“The more stress a child is under, the higher her baseline level of arousal, the more energy she’s burning while ‘at rest,’ and the more reactive she is to stress.” Stuart Shanker - Author of Self-Reg … [Read more...]
The Essence Glossary™ The glossary promotes 32 attributes characteristics, which underlie our EQ. The glossary also provides a simple approach to understanding and supporting our wholeness and share humanity. Translations The Essence Glossary™ has been translated into Spanish, Chinese, Arabic, … [Read more...]
How often do you notice what has your attention? In particular, what has your attention when you are assessing children? For example, when you are completing a statewide assessment, or collecting day-to-day data…what has your attention? … [Read more...]
A teacher shared a story with me about how one time when using behavior charts, she was moving a child’s clip from yellow to red, and the child said, “Good! Go ahead! Then I don’t have to listen to you for the rest of the day!” … [Read more...]
Our beliefs and values work together to create our mindset. In turn, our mindset impacts our thoughts, feelings, actions, and decisions. Have your beliefs and values manifested into a fixed or growth mindset? Toward a view of the world where there is scarcity or abundance? Do you tend to see … [Read more...]
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