In this session teachers will learn the basic building blocks of Positive Psychology’s model of well-being (Flourishing) including the 24 Character Strengths and 6 Virtues, the 10 Positive Emotions and the PERMA-V model of Flourishing as it pertains to physical, cognitive, social and emotional well-being. Notions of resilience as the ability to authentically experience adversity and strategies to cognitively and emotionally pivot perspective will also be discussed. Positive problem-solving and strategies to use humor and laughter to boost resilience will be share throughout.
Presenter: Maia Aziz
Audience: K-12
Resources:
- Maia on Twitter:
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Adam Grant book: - Dr. Barbara Fredrickson book Positivity 2009
- https://positivityratio.com/single.php
- www.viacharacter.org
- Ted Talk Brene Brown:
- Maia’s Website: