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Replay Now Available
Webinar: Nurture Emotional Intelligence in Your Child
Here are the 3 key takeaways:
1) There are no "bad" emotions, only bad actions.
Our emotions help us to:
- Seek out the things we both want and need
- Be protected from harm
- Learn from experiences
- Socially connect with others
2) Emotional Intelligence is made up of 4 components
- Self Awareness
- Self Management
- Social Awareness
- Social Management
3) Strategies to develop Emotional Intelligence
Self Awareness:
- Understand how thoughts affect emotions and behaviours
- Teach children about emotions explicitly
- Be consistently responsive to build a secure attachment
Self Management:
- Check self-talk for accuracy & develop helpful self-talk
- Practise mindfulness exercises
- Engage frontal lobe to calm down
Social Awareness:
- Tune in to tone of voice (auditory skills)
- Tune in to body language (visual skills)
- Use social stories
Social Management:
- Develop constructive listening and communication skills
- See others as having weaknesses vs being flawed
