Emotions and Behavior
June 28, 2018
Seedling
Trauma & The Brain

Trauma & The Brain

How Does Trauma Affect The Brain?Trauma causes the brain to function from the “survival center.” Trauma responses come from the autonomic nervous system. When students are faced with a perceived threat they will go into a flight, fight, or freeze response. These...

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How The Nine Temperament Traits Affect Behavior

How The Nine Temperament Traits Affect Behavior

SensitivityHigh sensitivity children are like radios with the antennas up, only they are not picking up just one station but ALL the stations at once. Sensitive children may notice everything from the tag in their tee-shirt to the temperature of their milk. They often...

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Shame, Guilt, And The Power Of Empathy

Shame, Guilt, And The Power Of Empathy

The words guilt and shame are often used interchangeably, but there are major psychological differences between the two: Guilt is a common feeling of emotional distress that signals us when our actions or inactions have caused or might cause harm to another person....

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Kids Who Experience Trauma

Kids Who Experience Trauma

Most of us are familiar with grief. It is often something we are comfortable showing and thus sharing. It entails feelings of sadness and often loss. Trauma on the other hand is something that often remains hidden, something that is dealt with privately, many times...

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Emotional Vocabulary List

Emotional Vocabulary List

ANGER, APATHY, and HATRED Soft Anger and Apathy Annoyed Apathetic Bored Certain Cold Crabby Cranky Critical Cross Detached Displeased Frustrated Impatient Indifferent Irritated Peeved Rankle Medium (or Mood State) Anger Affronted Aggravated Angry Antagonized Arrogant...

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Feelings and Behavior Go Together

Feelings and Behavior Go Together

Helping children understand the link between feelings and behavior can help them learn how our feelings can affect the choices we make, and can improve children’s self-control. It can also improve their ability to recognize feelings in others in order to empathize and...

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Anger Iceberg

Anger Iceberg

For a full length article on The Anger Iceberg, go to The Gottman Institute website.

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A Closer Look At Trauma

A Closer Look At Trauma

Emotional and psychological trauma is the result of extraordinarily stressful events that shatter one’s sense of security. For our mentees, witnessing a parent’s arrest, being physically removed from home to live with a relative or an unfamiliar foster parent, not...

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