It’s not so much how we do something but that we do it. The group of students (5th and 6th graders) who attended the public speaking parent/child workshop brought this idea to life. For the past three sessions, each child got up to give a short talk in front of the group. We all know […]
What’s going well? What’s working for you? This is the key focus of positive psychology. We start here and work from this perspective into the areas that are problematic. When I take students out of class for their 30 minutes of counseling, I start with WWW – what went well so far today. (Credit goes to […]
I just completed my 11 month course in positive psychology. I feel proud and really good about it. I had initially been ambivalent about taking it because I wasn’t sure if I had the discipline to stick with it, as most of it is online: weekly videos, writing assignments (reflection papers) and study group calls, […]