Maureen Healy
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Boosting Well-Being: Planting the Seeds
Meta-analyses show that schools with integrated well-being programs often see an 11 percentile point gain in academic achievement. So, well-being programs do help boost student mood, but also clearly contribute to improved learning outcomes. Invite Maureen Healy to understand the research backed and best practices of today’s well-being programs.
Specifically, Maureen will customize her event but may cover:
- Micro-habits of well-being in the school and classroom (embedded into curriculum)
- Restorative practices that benefit K-5, Middle and High School Students
- Character development (essential concepts to help children)
- Brain Science and Digital Well-Being (“the dopamine loop”)
Common myths of well-being programs may also be addressed such as the belief that they’re about feeling good all the time. Wrong! They may (and often do) have the side effect of boosting student and community mood, but they go much deeper including strengthening student belonging, self-regulation and identity, co-regulation with adults, school climate scores and smart use of technology including AI.
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Books by Maureen Healy
“The Happiness Workbook for Kids: 24 Fun Activities to Help Kids Focus, Make Smart Choices, and Bounce Back from Challenges” (2022)
“My Mixed Emotions: Help Your Kids Handle Their Feelings” (2018)
This thoughtful, engaging book is packed with helpful hints, tips, and techniques for helping children learn to recognize and express their emotions.Feelings can be complicated, and learning to express them is a skill that must be developed. My Mixed Emotions is here to coach children through a variety of emotions and situations including dealing with bullying, understanding grief, and coping with large family changes, such as divorce.Divided into happiness, fear, anger, and sadness, My Mixed Emotions explores the four main emotions, the reasons why we feel them, and the science behind each one. Children will discover great things about themselves, such as what happens in their brain when they are happy, why they cry when they are sad, and why they sometimes feel nervous.My Mixed Emotions will become a friend and guide as children travel through the mixed-up world of emotions to discover the wonderful, unique person that they are.
“The Emotionally Healthy Child: Helping Children Calm, Center, and Make Smarter Choices” (2018)
The Emotionally Healthy Child: Helping Children Calm, Center, and Make Smarter Choices
“Growing Happy Kids: How to Foster Inner Confidence, Success, and Happiness” (2012)
“365 Perfect Things to Say to Your Kids” (2010)
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