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Danny Rhay

Children With Positive Outlooks Are Better Learners - 0 views

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shared by Danny Rhay on 13 Aug 09 - Cached
  • "In the last 50 years, the U.S. population has seen an increase in their standard of living, such as having more money, owning more homes and cars and living longer. But our sense of meaning, purpose and satisfaction with life have not gone up, they have gone down,"
  • The effects can carry over to adulthood and cause early death, more health problems, less satisfaction with jobs and relationships and higher rates of depression
  • Penn Resiliency Program (PRP)
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  • The PRP promotes optimism by teaching students to think more realistically and flexibly about the problems they encounter. PRP also teaches assertiveness, creative brainstorming, decision-making, relaxation and other coping and problem-solving skills.
  • One exercise involved the students' writing down three good things that happened each day for a week. Examples were: "I answered a really hard question in Spanish class," "I helped my mom shop for groceries" or, "The guy I've liked for months asked me out." Next to each positive event, the students answered the following questions: "What does this mean to you?" and "How can you increase the likelihood of having more of this good thing in the future?"
  • The students who took the program reported more enjoyment and engagement in school. The teachers reported those students were more curious about what they were doing, loved learning and showed more creativity. Effects were particularly strong for students in regular, non-honors classes. According to mothers' and teachers' reports, the students in the PPP had more empathy, self-control and desire to cooperate and assert themselves. Teaching children how to foster their own resiliency, purpose in life and positive feelings can bring "new prosperity" to people's lives
  • Danny Rhay on 13 Aug 09
     
    wonder if this applies to grownups too?
Barbara Smith

Great Results after Chiropractic Care - 1 views

After my X-ray came in and having seen the curvature in my spine which the doctor said that we could have done something during childhood, I realised that it will be good to have my kids go through...

started by Barbara Smith on 15 Sep 12 no follow-up yet
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