Lesson Tag: feelings

Gifted students are often perceived as naturally resilient, capable, and emotionally self-sufficient. However, research and experience show that these students can face unique social-emotional challenges, including anxiety, depression, perfectionism, and social isolation. Educators and caregivers play a crucial role in fostering emotional intelligence and well-being in gifted learners by providing them with the tools they need to navigate their emotions and relationships effectively.

This session provides practical strategies to help gifted students develop strong social-emotional skills and thrive both academically and personally.

Human beings are built to reflect each other’s emotions. When children display intense feelings and behaviors, our brains naturally reflect those. We start to feel stressed, angry, fearful, or overwhelmed, just like our kids. The most helpful thing we can do is to develop a brain calming practice and make it part of our daily routine.

Enhancing your relationship with your child begins with helping them understand and articulate their feelings. This class introduces the concept of emotional intelligence and provides tools to foster your child's emotional growth, leading to improved behavior and stronger connections.

After this quick video, you will be able to...

• Assist your child in understanding and expressing their emotions.
• Apply techniques to enhance your child's emotional intelligence.
• Strengthen your parent-child relationship through effective emotional coaching.

Many educators assume that gifted students are more capable than their peers of handling social emotional challenges. That is not always the case. Gifted students can also struggle with anxiety, depression, and social difficulties. Families can help their children by strengthening social emotional skills. 

Human beings are built to reflect each other’s emotions. When children display intense feelings and behaviors, our brains naturally reflect those. We start to feel stressed, angry, fearful, or overwhelmed, just like our kids. The most helpful thing we can do is to develop a brain calming practice and make it part of our daily routine.

Many parents and educators assume that gifted students are more capable than their peers of handling social emotional challenges. That is not always the case. Gifted students actually struggle with anxiety, depression, and social difficulties at higher rates. Families can help their children by strengthening social emotional skills at home. Participants will gain practical skills in supporting the social emotional health of their gifted children.

When Teens understand how their brain works and what they can do to strengthen brain health, their social-emotional well-being and motivation to learn increases.

It can be a challenge to help your child feel safe when we are all navigating a new normal and trying to keep up. Children are especially at risk if they have not learned skills to cope with fear and other stressors. Now that children are spending more time with parents, it is particularly important for parents to recognize that we are the filters through which our children see that world. 

• Do you find yourself trying to solve your child's problems?
• Do you sometimes get into conflict about problems that aren't really yours to solve?
• Do you wish your child would be more effective at dealing with challenges? 

When you recognize who "owns" a problem, you are able to determine who is responsible for solving a problem. Once you know which problems are yours to solve and which problems are your child's responsibility to solve, life gets a lot easier.

We often fall into conflicts when we try to solve our kids' problems. And it is important to raise children who know how to solve problems. When teens perceive that they are problem solvers, they are less likely to use substances, less likely to harm themselves or others and they are all around more competent.

 A better relationship with your child starts with emotional intelligence. 

Emotional intelligence increases children's self-worth and cooperation, it improves communication and strengthens the parent-child connection. Family conflict decreases with strong emotional intelligence and it impacts all of your child's future relationships.