As one of the teachers said in the film about children can get themselves all worked up on something very easily, but very few know how to calm themselves down. I couldn't agree with this more, and I feel that even adults are unsure how to do accomplish this. Having this skill allows a person to be more in control of themselves. It also allows for children to stay out of trouble when they are thinking calmly and rationally about a situation. For example, when a child is yelling at another child, and instead of this child getting yelled at becoming upset, the child walks away. Therefore he has become the bigger person by not letting his emotions get the better of himself.
Even in the research that they video stated about a teacher said that, after this program was installed into their curriculum, she did not have to write one student up in her classroom. If all students knew how to control their emotions in a positive way then students would not be getting into trouble at the school level as well as in their own personal lives.
I can use this in my future practice with youth by teaching youth to be aware of their emotions and knowing how to react in a positive way. By teaching them how to:
I had never heard of Resilient Kids either until I watched the video. By having this program implemented into the curriculum of schools, youth will really be able to learn how to handle their emotions and just take a few seconds and breathe to think about how to calm themselves down. Resilient Kids gives youth an outlet for zeroing in on their stress and turning it into something positive through mindfulness.
ReplyDeleteSame here It is so cool I loved it, I wish my town had this.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you! There needs to be more schools involved with Resilient Kids, especially the high schools. There are so many children getting into trouble and doing poorly in school because they don't know how to control their emotions and stress with school. By having these techniques that Resilient Kids teaches, kids can be more into their school work and more into how to control their emotions in every situation.
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