FOR PARENTS:
The spirit of the Handle with Care program is one of celebrating parenting and caregiving, recognizing the value of every parent, caregiver, and child. The Program uses a strengths-based approach that assumes every parent and caregiver has problem solving skills, potential resources, and wants what's best for the children in their lives.
· The Psychology Foundation of Canada is a national charitable organization whose focus is on mental health promotion creating and providing prevention programs that are used across Canada in the education, social service, health and business sectors. Our suite of research-based and evaluated programs support parents through the challenges spanning the developmental stages from birth to adulthood and teach coping skills to last a lifetime. Find many Parenting for Life Booklets to download including, “Straight Talk About Teens” and “Focus on Self-Esteem” here:
Mindset Works is the global leader in growth mindset training for educators and students, leveraging the pioneering research of co-founders Carol Dweck and Lisa Blackwell. The mission at Mindset Works is to enable a world in which people seek and are fulfilled by ongoing learning and growth.
The team at Mindset Works consists of practitioners, coaches, leaders, and researchers who work together to translate academic research into award-winning teacher and student programs. Our programs increase motivation and self-efficacy to develop future generations of self-driven learners.
Reaching IN...Reaching OUT (RIRO) creates evidence-based programs that teach resiliency thinking and coping skills to adults and young children under the age of 8 years. Resilience is the ability to "bounce back" from life's inevitable pressures and hard times. It helps us handle stress, overcome childhood disadvantage, recover from trauma and reach out to others and opportunities so we can grow and learn. "Resilient" people have been shown to have happier relationships and are less prone to depression, more successful in schools and jobs, and even live healthier and longer lives. Substantial evidence confirms that thinking and coping skills that promote resilence can be learned. Find useful Parent Tip Sheets below:
Ø Being Calm - Parent Tip Sheet:
Ø Understanding Feelings – Parent Tip Sheet:
Ø Flexible Thinking – Parent Tip Sheet:
Ø Keep Trying – Parent Tip Sheet:
Ø Positive Outlook – Parent Tip Sheet:
Ø Participation & Helping Out – Parent Tip Sheet:
FOR TEACHERS:
Mindset Works is the global leader in growth mindset training for educators and students, leveraging the pioneering research of co-founders Carol Dweck and Lisa Blackwell. The mission at Mindset Works is to enable a world in which people seek and are fulfilled by ongoing learning and growth.
The team at Mindset Works consists of practitioners, coaches, leaders, and researchers who work together to translate academic research into award-winning teacher and student programs. Our programs increase motivation and self-efficacy to develop future generations of self-driven learners.
ØGrowth Mindset Feedback Tool for Teachers to use when students struggle despite strong effort, lack specific skills needed for improvement, are making progress, succeed with strong effort, succeed easily without effort, don’t put in much effort and then don’t succeed : http://www.mindsetworks.com/FileCenter/MM3J5IO126930FPPC4TD.pdf
· From The American Psychological Association, the Top 20 Principles from Psychology for pre-K to 12 Teaching and Learning, which includes information on, how students think and learn; what motivates students; why social context, interpersonal relationships, and emotional well-being are important to learning; how the classroom can best be managed; and how to assess student progress: http://www.apa.org/ed/schools/teaching-learning/top-twenty-principles.pdf
· The ABCs of Mental Health provides web-based Resources for teachers. The Resources include ideas for promoting the mental health of children and adolescents, information about how children change as they get older, descriptions of behaviours that might indicate a problem, and practical suggestions for steps to take: http://www.hincksdellcrest.org/ABC/Teacher-Resource/Welcome
· From Kids Health Website:
ØKidsHealth in the Classroom offers educators free health-related lesson plans for all grades and subject areas. Each Teacher's Guide includes discussion questions, activities, and reproducible handouts and quizzes, all aligned to national health education standards:
ØSpecial Needs Factsheets explain the basics about health conditions that can affect learning in the classroom, and offer quick tips on teaching strategies to help students succeed in school. Each factsheet features links to related resources for kids, teens, and their parents, as well as additional resources for teachers: http://kidshealth.org/en/parents/classroom/?WT.ac=classroom