Positive Psychology for Education

Schools & Youth Groups

Useful resources for Children's Mental Health Week.

childrensmentalhealthweek.org.uk

The gift and power of emotional courage

Powerful message from Susan David. Why we need to accept all emotions.

ted.com Psychologist Susan David shares how the way we deal with our emotions shapes everything that matters: our actions, careers, relationships, health and happiness. In this deeply moving, humorous and potentially life-changing talk, she challenges a culture that prizes positivity over emotional truth an...

How can we support creativity in schools?

ppfe.co.uk The theme of a training day recently was storytelling. We shared stories of important themes from books, television programmes and films that are important to us in our lives.

We are born creative geniuses and the education system dumbs us down, according to NASA scientists

Thought provoking TED talk by George Land. Does the Education system make us less creative?

ideapod.com The scientists gave the test to 1,600 children between the ages of 4 and 5. What they found shocked them.

Hilarious.

Thank you so much to on twitter for creating the ‘Ladybird Book 📖 of Edu-Twitter’ these have had me in stitches 😂😂😂

Make sure you head to Twitter and give it a RT and follow him!
Ladybird book of Edu-twitter Vol. 1 - https://twitter.com/i/moments/810814715207229444

Ladybird book of Edu-twitter Vol. 2 - https://twitter.com/i/moments/951559440003674114

Goals vs Projects

ppfe.co.uk This week, like every January, I have been bombarded with emails from well intentioned online marketeers to credible business owners in a variety of industries, all encouraging me to set goals for 2018. Money targets. Fitness goals. Relationship advice.

The Greatest Story Ever Told

Happy Christmas!

ppfe.co.uk This is the time of year when we celebrate Christmas and the birth of Jesus. The story is told with children recreating the story of Jesus in Nativity plays in schools around the world.

"Good" and "bad" are incomplete stories we tell ourselves

Heather Lanier's heartfelt message about being human without judging our experiences as being good or bad.

ted.com Heather Lanier's daughter Fiona has Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome, a genetic condition that results in developmental delays -- but that doesn't make her tragic, angelic or any of the other stereotypes about kids like her. In this talk about the beautiful, complicated, joyful and hard journey of raising a...

What Is Important?

ppfe.co.uk It was fabulous this week to work with a group of amazing parents in a primary school thinking about wellbeing for our children in the week of World Mental Health Day

Pretending to be Batman helps kids stay on task

I'm Batman.

digest.bps.org.uk Adults may be tempted to give this technique a go too

What Is Wellbeing?

What we can do on World Mental Health Day to make a difference.

ppfe.co.uk World Mental Health Day is on the 10th of October and it is an opportunity to reflect on not only the nation’s mental health but also the world.

There's more to life than being happy

Useful insights into meaning and purpose. Interesting that storytelling is the key. What stories are we telling ourselves?

ted.com Our culture is obsessed with happiness, but what if there's a more fulfilling path? Happiness comes and goes, says writer Emily Esfahani Smith, but having meaning in life -- serving something beyond yourself and developing the best within you -- gives you something to hold onto. Learn more about the...

Why The Art of Speaking Should Be Taught Alongside Math and Literacy

What an amazing school.

ww2.kqed.org Oral communication skills are often overlooked in school in favor of math, reading and writing. But this London school has put it front and center with amazing results.

For Teens Knee-Deep In Negativity, Reframing Thoughts Can Help

Really useful although just not judging children's thinking without feeling we have to reframe or replace is more powerful and compassionate. What do you think?

ww2.kqed.org Irritation and gloom may seem like the default mode for teenagers, but parents can help them gain a more realistic and resilient way of thinking. A clinical psychologist explains how.

Tips to Help Kids with Back-To-School Anxiety

Some great advice on helping children go back to school.

ww2.kqed.org The start of the year can be a particularly hard time for kids — trying to navigate from the carefree summer to the routine of school. But, experts say, nerves and anxiety are normal.

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