Developing Emotional Strength Through Divorce
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Help your child navigate the emotional challenges of divorce with resilience, emotional management, and conflict resolution skills.
Plan Objectives:
Recognizing & Managing Emotions: Help your child identify, understand, and regulate their emotions effectively.- Building Resilience: Teach strategies for adapting to family changes with emotional strength and confidence.
- Handling Transitions Positively: Provide tools to help children manage stress and uncertainty during family adjustments.
- Strengthening Conflict Resolution Skills: Equip children with techniques to resolve disputes constructively within the family.
- Fostering Healthy Relationships: Encourage positive connections with both parents and siblings despite changes in family structure.
Emotional You: Managing Your Emotions
Course Objectives: 
Emotional 
Self-Management
- Understand Emotions: Recognize how feelings influence thoughts, behaviors, and relationships.
- Cope with Stress: Use breathing and distraction techniques to manage challenging emotions.
- Build Emotional Skills: Develop a toolbox for regulation, stress relief, and problem-solving.
- Communicate Effectively: Share emotions with trusted individuals for stronger social support.
- Cultivate Positivity: Set goals and engage in activities to foster long-term emotional health.
Resilient You: What is Resiliency?
Course Objectives: Emotional Resilience
- Resilience Building: Enhance resilience through effective goal-setting and learning from setbacks.
- Emotional Regulation: Improve well-being by developing skills for managing stress and emotions.
- Self-Care Practices: Foster resilience by engaging in restful, relaxing, and physical activities.
- Relationships: Develop healthy interpersonal connections using empathy and communication.
- Personal Growth: View challenges and changes as opportunities for personal development and adaptability.
FearLESS: Building Brave Young Hearts
Course Objectives: Emotional Fear Management
- Understanding Fear: Recognize fear’s role and learn when it’s helpful or harmful.
- Coping Strategies: Explore methods to manage fears like social anxiety and failure.
- Stress Management: Practice mindfulness, breathing, and movement to reduce stress.
- Growth Opportunity: Reframe fear as a stepping stone for building confidence.
- Support System: Help friends and family face fears with empathy and courage.
Conflict Resolution Foundations
Course Objectives: 
Social Conflict Resolution
- Strategies: Develop approaches to handle conflict constructively through communication and empathy.
- Emotions: Manage emotions in conflict using mindfulness and positive self-talk.
- Listening: Build skills in active listening and perspective-taking to reduce misunderstandings.
- Problem-Solving: Practice negotiation and problem-solving for mutually beneficial outcomes.
- Empathy: Recognize the crucial role of empathy in resolving conflicts and nurturing relationships.
Dr. Corina Weir
Dr Corina Weir with over 8 years of specialized experience in behavior change and pediatric psychology. As a former University lecturer, she has a passion for educating the next generation. Her role as a working mother of two young children provides her with firsthand knowledge of the challenges and importance of fostering skills in emotional regulation.
Dr. Weir created her own or was part of the team that created the course.
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Emotional You: Managing Your Emotions
Dr. Kymberli Barker
Dr. Barker is the mother of two fantastic young men, and they are her priority in life. She holds degrees in biochemistry, math, forensics, and psychology. She is a consultant and a professor at multiple colleges, including the Citadel, and Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth. She spent fifteen years in public education, prior. Her personal focus is child advocacy and she developed the Guardian ad Litem/(GAL)/CASA program for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. She is tribally and state sworn as a GAL. Her favorite thing is being a mom.
Dr. Barker created her own or was part of the team that created the course.
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Resilient You: What is Resiliency?
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Conflict Resolution Foundations
Lauren Hudak
Lauren Hudak is an educator with over eight years of experience. After graduating from the University of Virginia with degrees in English Literature and Media Studies, she went on to get her Masters in Teaching from New York University. Lauren has worked with all ages of students from Pre-K through college, but she thrives when working with middle schoolers. She believes this is the perfect age to integrate mindfulness, technology, and social emotional learning into student learning objectives. She wants to help students conquer their fears and build a better world. When she’s not teaching, Lauren loves being outdoors, traveling and spending time with her family.
Lauren created her own or was part of the team that created the course.
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FearLESS: Building Brave Young Hearts
Ali Dareneau
Ms. Dareneau is an English teacher with dual degrees in Psychology and English Education, she enjoys helping students reach their potential, especially when it comes to English Language Arts. With over 16 years of classroom experience and working with education-based companies, she brings creativity and enthusiasm to the classroom and beyond. She earned a Bachelor's degree in Psychology in 2007 and completed her Masters's degree in English Education in 2013 which have both shaped her into the passionate educator she is today. Her professional experience as an English teacher, curriculum designer, and writer demonstrates her passion for reading and writing and solidifies her belief all students can strengthen their reading and writing skills no matter what level they begin their journey.
Dareneau created her own or was part of the team that created the course.
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Conflict Resolution Foundations