Materials

EMOTIONS INTERVENTION AREA

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Having an area dedicated with Emotions Intervention Materials demonstrates that emotions and their expression are invited and welcomed. This message needs to be explicit because there are so many venues where their emotions are not welcomed, or they are made to feel that ‘something is wrong with them’ if they are expressing their emotions. Helping students name, express and work through their emotions is a very important arena to support and prime their emotional development. These resources have been created exactly for this purpose.  They can be used with students of all ages, matching them to their particular emotional level will be key. Moving forward with sensitivity and care will be essential, dealing with emotions is ‘vulnerable territory,’ it takes time, and more time to prime the conditions for growth to unfold.