Videos & Resources to Promote Children's Emotional Health and to Teach Essential Coping Skills for Parents, Educators & Students (The California Healthy Minds Thriving Kids Project, Child Mind Institute)
Description:
The California Healthy Minds, Thriving Kids Project features a series of free videos and print resources for parents, educators and students, all available in English and Spanish. Developed in partnership with the state of California, this project promotes children’s emotional health and teaches essential coping skills through five topics.
The videos feature the voices and lived experiences of caregivers, teachers and kids today. Videos for the elementary school age group use a whimsical story-telling approach to engage younger viewers and make lessons more memorable.
The first topic in the series is Understanding Feelings. These videos can help kids learn to better understand and recognize their emotions — an important first step toward healthy coping and deeper relationships.
The second topic in our California Healthy Minds, Thriving Kids Project series is Relaxation Skills. These videos can help kids learn specific techniques, such as paced breathing, that they can use when experiencing intense or uncomfortable emotions.
The third topic in the series is Understanding Thoughts. These videos can help kids learn about connections between their thoughts, feelings and behaviors and how they can change thinking patterns to make them more helpful.
The fourth topic in the series is Managing Intense Emotions. These videos can help kids learn to handle intense emotions without giving in to the urge to act in impulsive ways that can make problems bigger.
The fifth topic in the series is Mindfulness. These videos can help kids learn how paying attention to the present moment can increase self-awareness, improve decision-making and make it easier to deal with uncomfortable emotions.