Raising Emotionally Intelligent Children at Schools

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Emotion coaching at schools is defined as a universal approach adopted in the UK and Australia and aiming at supporting sustainable emotional health and well-being of children. 

Emotion coaching approach was applied for 2 years at schools and children and youth centres through pilot implementation and parents and school staff all participated in the emotion coaching courses. Some of the findings of the research in this field are as follows: 

Participants stated that they could communicate with kids more effectively and consistently in stressful situations as their experience with emotion coaching improved. 

It had a positive impact on enabling children to acquire the desired behaviour and improving the satisfaction of employees. 

It helped trainers develop emotion regulation skills during unusual situations, improved the emotional literacy of students and contributed to establishing trust in student-trainer relationship.

Schools reported that families’ satisfaction increased and parents’ complaints decreased.

Emotion coaching course that helps developing emotional intelligence skills presents important tools to help, as an adult, children regulate their emotions even when they have negative and intensive emotions, enable them to understand their emotions and also create a positive atmosphere to all individuals at schools without a program, empathize and manage conflicts. 

As Emotion Coaching is a natural communication style, many adults already possess this parenting style. Our goal is to give some tips to adults who accompany children throughout their development to provide better guidance. There is no doubt that many of the fellow travellers on this journey are the school staff.