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What We Pay Attention To
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This 2-minute video for parents features Mental Health Therapist Stephanie Dann talking about what we pay attention to as parents.
Uploaded Nov 19, 2020 to COVID-19 Information
- When times are hard, we tend to focus more on correcting and what kids are doing wrong.
- Sometimes we get tunnel visioned and don’t see the times they are doing things right, those small glimpses of controlling emotions, maturity, and problem solving.
- Changing your focus can change how you feel about parenting.
- Noticing and letting kids know we see their positive behaviors increases the likelihood they will do more of it in the future too!
Challenge: Try to notice one positive thing your student does each day this week, tell them what you are seeing! Just say the positive and walk away, don’t say the positive and end it with, “but you need to work on…” -
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Neutral Thoughts
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This 2-minute video for families features Mental Health Therapist Stephanie Dann talking about neutral thoughts.
Uploaded Mar 03, 2021 to COVID-19 Information
When we have negative thoughts often like, “I am so terrible at math,” this can turn into a firm belief about ourselves that is resistant to a positive perspective. Telling ourselves, “I am good at math!” doesn’t feel genuine and is easily dismissed.
Try instead to replace negative thoughts with neutral thoughts like, “I’m learning math, this is hard because I am learning.”
We often try to change negative thoughts into positive ones, but oftentimes that doesn’t work.
Challenge: When your student voices a negative thought about themselves, try to resist the urge to tell them the opposite positive thought. Experiment with helping them have neutral thoughts about themselves or their abilities instead, as a first step to being open to positive thoughts in the future. -
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Coping Skills Part 1
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This 3-minute video for students and families features Mental Health Therapist Stephanie Dann talking about coping skills (part 1).
Uploaded Mar 15, 2021 to COVID-19 Information
Coping skills are anything we do to help us with uncomfortable thoughts or feelings.
Think about coping skills like a buffet, you should try lots of them and you can use different kinds based on the situation.
-Distraction is absorbing your mind in something else, examples include conversation, tv, reading, arts and crafts, video games, listen to music, organize, clean, do a project
-Mindfulness is paying attention to the present moment, examples include noticing sights, sounds, smells around you, scanning your body and noticing how it feels, deep breathing
-Catharsis is letting out how we feel physically, examples include run, cry, laugh, yell/scream, cold shower, popping bubble wrap, dance, journal, playing sports
Challenge: Use distraction, mindfulness, or catharsis as a coping skill this week, extra points if you try something you have never done before! Try to “sample” something new from the coping skill buffet. -
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Coping Skills Part 2
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This 3-minute video for students and caregivers features Mental Health Therapist Stephanie Dann talking about coping skills (part 2).
Uploaded Mar 22, 2021 to COVID-19 Information
- Coping skills are anything we do to help us with uncomfortable thoughts or feelings.
- Self-Compassion is showing yourself the same care you would show a friend that is going through a hard time, examples would be massage your hands, taking a hot shower or bath, treat yourself to something nice, take a break, cook your favorite food, positive affirmations, self-care
- Thought Challenging is identifying and pushing back on negative thought patterns, examples would be write down your negative thoughts and then examine the evidence for or against them, talk out your negative thoughts with a friend, replace negative thoughts with positive or neutral thoughts
- Accessing your higher self is connecting with a perspective greater than your own and shifting your focus outward, examples would be volunteering, meditating, praying, gratitude, random acts of kinds, doing something nice for someone else
Challenge: Use self compassion, thought challenging, and accessing your higher self as a coping skill this week, extra points if you try something you have never done before! Push yourself not to be reliant on just one type of coping skill. -
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Deep Breathing
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This 2-minute video for families features Mental Health Therapist Stephanie Dann talking about deep breathing.
Uploaded Feb 05, 2021 to COVID-19 Information
-When we are upset or stressed, the thinking part of our brain stops working well.
-The best way to get your brain back online and be yourself again is deep breathing.
-Deep breathing involves taking in a lot more air into our lungs than we normally would and pushing it out. Putting your hand on your stomach and watching it go up and down can help you know if you are doing it right, also known as “belly breathing”.
Challenge: When you feel stressed or upset, try taking three intentional deep breaths to help bring your thinking brain back online. -
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Emotion Coaching Part 10 - Repairing Mistakes
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This is part 10 of our Emotion Coaching caregiver series. Jonathan Andrus, School Counselor at Elk Ridge Elementary, explains why finding opportunities to repair the parent-child relationship is important. For more information, visit the Gottman Institute at gottman.com or read "Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child" by Dr. John Gottman.
Uploaded Dec 03, 2020 to COVID-19 Information -
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Apologizing
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This 2-minute video for parents features Mental Health Therapist Stephanie Dann talking about apologizing.
Uploaded Jan 21, 2021 to COVID-19 Information
We all make mistakes and apologizing is a part of making things right again. There are some benefits to apologizing: makes the person and you feel better, improves the relationship, and you are more likely to make a better choice in the future.
Steps to making an apology:
1. Calm down and think
2. Say what you did and why it hurt the other person
3. Ask how you can fix things
4. Say you will try to do better next time and that you hope that person can forgive you
5. Give the person time to feel better
Challenge: When you make a mistake, don’t pretend like nothing happened. Be brave and make an apology! - 4:32 White River School District Homecoming 2022 Uploaded Nov 02, 2022
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Feelings Vocabulary
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This 2-minute video for families features Mental Health Therapist Stephanie Dann talking about expanding your feelings vocabulary.
Uploaded Mar 03, 2021 to COVID-19 Information
We often use limited words to describe our feelings.
Naming our feelings helps us manage our feelings.
Research with the brain shows when we can name uncomfortable feelings, they start to go down. “If you can name it, you can tame it.”
Challenge: 1) Do a quick google search for an emotion list, feeling chart, or feeling wheel. See if you can find a word or words to describe how you're feeling right now. 2) Try observing your student and using words beyond sad, mad, happy, ok, frustrated, excited to describe how you think they are feeling. - 00:49 Levy Video Athletic Programs 1 Featured Uploaded Jan 24, 2020