How well does your child cope with their feelings of anger? This link has great information on healthy anger management practices.
Posts Tagged ‘school assemblies’
Another School Year, Really?
21
Jun
As we begin to wind down another school year, we are incredibly grateful for each of you and all the efforts, energy and resources extended to ensure that your schools are safe and bully-free. Thank you for how much you care!
At Soul Shoppe this year alone, through assemblies and workshops we reached and connected with over 73,000 elementary students throughout the United States. Thank you for the opportunity to serve your schools and your students.
Here are some of our favorite student quotes for the year:
“ . . .now about our heart. You see when you are mad or something our heart will have bricks so your heart won’t open. When you use the “I Message” heart is open.”
“This experience will last forever. Thank you all for Soul Shoppe, my family and friends – now live peacefully.”
“My name is Jessica and I’m a peacemaker. When it is my day for the peacemaker job, I take it seriously and don’t play around. I help people solve their problems so they could leave in peace.”
Thanks again to all the students and schools we had the opportunity to work with this year. To schedule assemblies for the fall 2011, please contact our office at 510/338-3231 or email support@soulshoppe.com
“An Acknowledgment of Wrongdoing”
20
Jun
The teens involved in bullying Phoebe Prince right before she committed suicide have acknowledged the harmful impact their behavior had on Phoebe. While this didn’t bring Phoebe back, it did bring some healing to her parents. The themes in this article are complex. What isn’t complex is the simple truth that bullying behavior doesn’t help any situation, and that acknowledgment and cleaning up after behaving badly is important, even when outcomes can’t be changed. There is always an element of healing with true acknowledgement.
It Doesn’t Have to Come to This
18
Jun
This article about Josie Ratley’s experience is an extreme case of bullying. Before it ever comes to physical harm, before it ever comes to criminal trials, bullying causes emotional and social pain for years and years, often starting in Elementary School. Prevention is the only long-reaching solution. That’s why Soul Shoppe focuses on going into the Elementary Schools and giving kids the tools they need to create healthy social/emotional habits, and to build healthy and happy relationships with one another from the beginning. Getting bullying prevention programs into schools at the time kids first start going to school could help prevent this kind of very serious violence later on.
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/123217963.html
Thrive Research
10
Jun
Thrive Research develops online programs for behavioral, emotional, and social fitness to complement academics.
“Our programs are evidence-based and rooted in decades of research—we only focus on what works. We employ a variety of proven techniques to help teens make lasting behavior changes. These include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) training, positive psychology, mindfulness, sleep hygiene, and stress management.”
Find out more about Thrive Research at:
http://www.thriveresearch.com/
Mothers of LD kids Team With Soul Shoppe to Reach Out
09
Jun
Mothers of LD kids at Murwood ES have teamed with Soul Shoppe facilitator Daniel Bruno to reach out to their school community and help all students grasp what it is like to have a learning disability. Their children have been experiencing bullying at school.
“We hope this [workshop] will help kids have understanding and compassion for the kids who learn differently,” said Leslie Kowitz, who has two sons at Murwood, one with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and one with autism. Read this inspiring article:
http://www.contracostatimes.com/walnut-creek-Alamo/ci_18203617?nclick_check=&nclick_check=1
First Focus
08
Jun
“In an effort to generate new and innovative ideas to improve child well-being in the United States, First Focus has called upon both seasoned policy thinkers and emerging stars to provide game-changing proposals designed to advance federal children’s policy.”
Free resource on line: Big Ideas, Game Changers for Children (Download the whole book!) http://www.firstfocus.net/library/reports/big-ideas-game-changers-for-children
Making plans for next year’s projects? Need Extra Supplies & Support?
26
May
www.donorschoose.org is an awesome website where you can post a classroom project and people can choose to donate to your cause. Simple. Need t-shirts or supplies for your student Peacemakers? Post it up. Have a specific science fair you would like to host? Post it up. Need new technology? Yep, post it up. Check out other teachers and their projects to give you ideas. And maybe you’ll even be inspired to sponsor another teacher’s project.
Bullying Prevention 2011-12
25
May
The Soul Shoppe September calendar is starting to fill, if you are interested in getting staff and students on the same page and using a common language, then check out some of our bullying prevention assemblies, peacemaker programs or character workshops. “Free to Be: Creating Bully-Free Communities” is our most popular assembly that gets to the heart of any bullying that is occurring on your campus. Call or email us for more details at support@soulshoppe.com