• Making School Curriculum More "Touchy Feely"

    Leadership expert touts emotional intelligence as key to success

    Mar 09, 2010
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    Submitted by: Ginny Deerin

    More and more leadership training in the workplace focuses on developing the social and emotional skills that WINGS teaches kids in the early elementary school years. Here's a video of Yvette Vignando of Emotional Intelligence Development Australia explaining why emotional intelligence ought to be an essential part of the curriculum in every school - transforming kids into "better learners, more connected, better behaved."

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  • Stressed-Out Kids and What to Do for Them

    Brush up active listening skills to help

    Mar 04, 2010
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    Submitted by: Paula Schwed

    Kids are feeling much more stress than their parents suspect, according to a report by the American Psychological Association that's highlighted in the new SEL Exchange newsletter from CASEL, the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning.

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  • General Steps Up the War Against High School Dropouts

    Grad Nation, Great Nation

    Mar 01, 2010
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    Submitted by: Ginny Deerin

    General Colin Powell knows how to fight and win, so when he announces a new campaign to mobilize Americans to end the high school dropout crisis, it's great news for those of us in the field. 

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  • Social and Emotional Capabilities Make Holland One Happy Place

    Gallup poll names Michigan one of the 10 happiest towns in America

    Feb 19, 2010
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    Submitted by: Ginny Deerin

    It's easy to see why Boulder, Colo., and its scenic vistas made the list, and a frigid winter makes balmy Honolulu a safe bet, but why on earth is Holland, Mich., high on the list of the happiest towns in America?

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  • What is Charisma? High Social and Emotional Competency

    Academic breaks it down into six building blocks in Psychology Today

    Feb 16, 2010
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    Submitted by: Ginny Deerin

    What is that special something that makes a person charismatic? Think of people like Oprah Winfrey, John F. Kennedy, Gandhi. Ronald Riggio, Ph.D., has studied charisma for three decades and he says they all possess a collection of social and emotional skills that allow them to affect and influence others at a deep emotional level.

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