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Bids for Connection
“Bids for Connection” are actions we take to make ourselves accessible and express care, as defined by Dr. John Gottman, a specialist focused on research-based approaches to healthy relationships. These...
Bids for Connection
“Bids for Connection” are actions we take to make ourselves accessible and express care, as defined by Dr. John Gottman, a specialist focused on research-based approaches to healthy relationships. These...
ABC's of being a Trusted Adult
Head Up, Hood Down: Can the Young People in Your Care Name a Trusted Adult? We recently spoke with an educator who expressed concern about a student in her class....
ABC's of being a Trusted Adult
Head Up, Hood Down: Can the Young People in Your Care Name a Trusted Adult? We recently spoke with an educator who expressed concern about a student in her class....
Belonging
Building Belonging in Youth-Serving SpacesAs we face the daily ups and downs of our lives, we all desire a place where we can be ourselves—where we can be named, known,...
Belonging
Building Belonging in Youth-Serving SpacesAs we face the daily ups and downs of our lives, we all desire a place where we can be ourselves—where we can be named, known,...
Back to School Relief or Worry?
Six years ago, when my son was 10, we walked to the bus stop on the first day of school awash in the usual back-to-school feelings—he was anxious and excited,...
Back to School Relief or Worry?
Six years ago, when my son was 10, we walked to the bus stop on the first day of school awash in the usual back-to-school feelings—he was anxious and excited,...
Personal Investigation
September is a month of new beginnings, offering fresh opportunities to build rewarding connections as the school year starts. This is a time when young people come together, often in...
Personal Investigation
September is a month of new beginnings, offering fresh opportunities to build rewarding connections as the school year starts. This is a time when young people come together, often in...
Self-Attention: Listening, Feeling, and Responding
August is an important month for young people, parents, and youth-serving professionals! It marks an end to summer holidays, the start of a new school year, and a transition back...
Self-Attention: Listening, Feeling, and Responding
August is an important month for young people, parents, and youth-serving professionals! It marks an end to summer holidays, the start of a new school year, and a transition back...