Managing Emotions in Times of Uncertainty & Stress
Published: December 4, 2020
Description
Developed by the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, Managing Emotions in Times of Uncertainty & Stress will provide participants with the knowledge, skills, and strategies to understand and manage their emotions and those of their students. The 10-hour online course is designed for school staff, including teachers, paraprofessionals, counselors, principals, and non-teaching staff in preK-12 schools.
Course Takeaways
- Educate school staff in the science and impact of stress.
- Offer strategies for helping students to identify and manage their emotions.
- Provide school staff with the opportunity to build and apply social and emotional skills and strategies.
- Provide resources and ideas that are relevant during this time of heightened stress and uncertainty.
Meet the Instructors
Marc Brackett, Ph.D., is founding director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence (YCEI) and professor in the Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine at Yale University. He is the lead developer of RULER, an evidence-based approach to social and emotional learning that has been adopted by nearly 2,500 pre-K to high schools across the United States and world. He also serves on the Board of Directors for the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL). As a researcher, Marc has focused on the role of emotions and emotional intelligence in learning, decision making, creativity, relationships, health, and performance. He has published 150 scholarly articles and received numerous awards and accolades for his work in this area. He also consults regularly with corporations, such as Facebook, Microsoft, Pinterest, and Google on integrating the principles of emotional intelligence into employee training and product design. Marc is the author of Permission to Feel (Celadon/Macmillan), which is being translated into 15 languages.
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