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The Power of Hope: Building Resilience in Uncertain Times
The Power of Hope: Building Resilience in Uncertain Times
Parenting, For TeachersLea WatersJuly 8, 2024hope, adversity
How to Help Kids on the Spectrum Identify and Connect With Their Strengths
How to Help Kids on the Spectrum Identify and Connect With Their Strengths
Lea WatersMarch 27, 2023
The Benefits of Teaching Visible Wellbeing in a Hospital School
The Benefits of Teaching Visible Wellbeing in a Hospital School
Lea WatersMarch 26, 2023
The Role Emotional Intelligence Plays In Students’ Learning Acuity and their Visible Wellbeing
The Role Emotional Intelligence Plays In Students’ Learning Acuity and their Visible Wellbeing
Lea WatersFebruary 6, 2023
How to Help Kids Break Bad Habits Formed During The Pandemic (And Create New Positive Ones That Will Aid Their Growth and Development)
How to Help Kids Break Bad Habits Formed During The Pandemic (And Create New Positive Ones That Will Aid Their Growth and Development)
Parenting, The Strength SwitchLea WatersJanuary 22, 2023
How Students Perceive Gratitude (And What They Stand to Gain From This Understanding)
How Students Perceive Gratitude (And What They Stand to Gain From This Understanding)
For TeachersLea WatersNovember 23, 2022
Understanding Micro Connections And The Benefits They Hold For Children
Understanding Micro Connections And The Benefits They Hold For Children
Parenting, The Strength SwitchLea WatersNovember 9, 2022
How Teachers Can Increase Kids’ Attention in the Classroom
How Teachers Can Increase Kids’ Attention in the Classroom

For more than a century, intelligence has been a key asset that teachers seek to develop in their students. Over the last two decades, we’ve also come to understand that helping students cultivate and manage their emotions is an important outcome of education.

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For TeachersLea WatersOctober 24, 2022
How Strength-Based Parenting Can Help Your Children Thrive and Grow During the Pandemic
How Strength-Based Parenting Can Help Your Children Thrive and Grow During the Pandemic

Recent studies show that children are experiencing more stress because of deviations from the norm due to the pandemic. However, this situation also presents an opportunity for parents to help their children thrive.

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Parenting, The Strength SwitchLea WatersAugust 24, 2022
Helping Students Deal With Uncertainty and Transitions Using Emotional Coping and Positive Appraisal
Helping Students Deal With Uncertainty and Transitions Using Emotional Coping and Positive Appraisal

The last two and half years of living through a global pandemic have shown us that change, disruption and uncertainty are features of life that are going to stick around for a while.

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Parenting, The Strength SwitchLea WatersJuly 27, 2022
Boosting Your Family’s Wellbeing in Year 3 of the Pandemic With the SEARCH Framework
Boosting Your Family’s Wellbeing in Year 3 of the Pandemic With the SEARCH Framework

Family wellbeing has been disrupted through the pandemic. Use the SEARCH Framework to help everyone boost their wellbeing, especially your kids.

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Parenting, The Strength SwitchLea WatersJune 21, 2022
How Teachers Can Improve Students’ Wellbeing Literacy (and the Impact It Has On Their Mental Health)
How Teachers Can Improve Students’ Wellbeing Literacy (and the Impact It Has On Their Mental Health)

Research finds that positive education interventions bring beneficial effects on a student’s mental health. It can lead to improvements in life satisfaction and reduction of anxiety.

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For TeachersLea WatersJune 3, 2022
The Study That Demonstrates Childhood Understanding of Wellbeing (And How to Design Wellbeing Programs for Young Children)
The Study That Demonstrates Childhood Understanding of Wellbeing (And How to Design Wellbeing Programs for Young Children)
For TeachersLea WatersApril 19, 2022
How to Overcome Your Negativity Bias So You Can Focus on Your Child’s Strengths
How to Overcome Your Negativity Bias So You Can Focus on Your Child’s Strengths
ParentingLea WatersApril 7, 2022parenting, Strength Based Parenting, mindfulness
Witnessing War and Disaster from afar: How to prevent ‘remote exposure trauma’ in kids and teens.
Witnessing War and Disaster from afar: How to prevent ‘remote exposure trauma’ in kids and teens.
Parenting, For TeachersLea WatersMarch 3, 2022
The Teacher Trauma Problem in Classrooms (And The Techniques Teachers Can Use to Confront Their Trauma)
The Teacher Trauma Problem in Classrooms (And The Techniques Teachers Can Use to Confront Their Trauma)
For TeachersLea WatersFebruary 26, 2022
The Counterintuitive Secret to Improving Your Child's Attention Span (And the Two Types of Attention)
The Counterintuitive Secret to Improving Your Child's Attention Span (And the Two Types of Attention)
ParentingLea WatersFebruary 10, 2022
How Strength-Based Discipline Helped Five Boys Understand How to Behave Appropriately (And the Five Questions That Can Help You Overcome a Child’s Strength Breakdown)
How Strength-Based Discipline Helped Five Boys Understand How to Behave Appropriately (And the Five Questions That Can Help You Overcome a Child’s Strength Breakdown)
For TeachersLea WatersJanuary 2, 2022
The Positive Psychology Approach to Raising Your Kids - What It Has to Offer and How to Employ It
The Positive Psychology Approach to Raising Your Kids - What It Has to Offer and How to Employ It
Parenting, The Strength SwitchLea WatersDecember 17, 2021
The Three Steps That Help You to Raise Your Child’s Courage
The Three Steps That Help You to Raise Your Child’s Courage
ParentingLea WatersNovember 3, 2021Strength Based Parenting, courage
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