Children experience more stress today than ever before. They live in a world that often seems to move at a dizzying pace, in a world whose problems are many and complex. Along with family, academic and peer pressures, children are subjected to a constant buzz and barrage of an endless array of devices and diversions in the digital, cell phone and computer age.
Join behavioral and developmental pediatrician Dr. Timothy Culbert, and facilitator Jeff Goelitz, an education specialist with the Institute of HeartMath, for the Helping Children Manage Stress webinar. They will discuss these and other concerns and offer strategies parents, educators and other care providers can employ to help today’s youth live happier and more stress-free childhoods.
The countless distractions of the modern world are taking a toll on millions of children. A very simple and important example is the decline in traditional, healthy playtime, often beginning at a very early age. Combine all of the distractions with an increasingly competitive global economy that has children growing up sooner so they can get ahead faster, and it is clear the mental and emotional strains being placed on today’s youth have reached dangerous and unacceptable levels.
Learning practical strategies and techniques for lowering stress among children and helping them build resilience for the future is a vital tool for those who care for and care about children.
Culbert and Goelitz will discuss how you can integrate new strategies such as teaching children habits of the heart, into your daily lives that will benefit children immediately and into the future.
Webinar topics:
- Why now is so unique for children.
- Recognizing the many faces of stress.
- Different stressors for different children.
- The crucial influence of adults.
- Strategies for helping children lower, manage stress.
- HeartMath self-regulation tools and technologies.
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Dr. Culbert is the medical director of the Integrative Medicine Program at Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota and author of the Be the Boss series of books for children on how to better manage pain, sleep, stress and physical health. He gives frequent presentations on mind-body skills training for children, including teenagers.
Jeff Goelitz is a senior trainer and program developer for the Institute of HeartMath. He has created HeartMath programs for teachers and families, including the TestEdge® Early HeartSmarts® and HeartSmarts learning programs for home and classroom. He is also the principal developer of HeartMath’s Wild Ride to the Heart® board Game.
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