Building Emotional Intelligence: Techniques to Cultivate Inner Strength in Children

Monday, April 14. 12:00pm-1:30pm. Leo K Theater.

Description 

Explore how the adults in children’s lives can cultivate the habits of mind, body, and heart it will take to continually relieve the pressure that children face. Since September 11, 2001, Linda Lantieri has been involved in helping thousands of children, teachers, administrators, and parents in lower Manhattan to develop their “inner resilience” by equipping them with strategies and skills to quiet their minds, calm their bodies, and identify and manage their emotions more effectively. The capacity to be more in control of one’s thoughts, emotions, and physiology can form a sort of internal safety net that gives children the inner preparedness they need to face the challenges and opportunities of life. Using principles derived from modern brain research, we will explore calming and focusing techniques and learn about how to foster a regular, contemplative practice that can cultivate skills in managing disturbing emotions, increasing compassion, and instilling stillness.

Presenter Bio 

Linda Lantieri, The Inner Resilience Program

Linda Lantieri, MA is a Fulbright Scholar, keynote speaker, and internationally known expert in social and emotional learning, conflict resolution, and crisis intervention. Currently she serves as the Director of The Inner Resilience Program (formerly Project Renewal), a project of the Tides Center, which is an initiative that equips school personnel with the skills and strategies to strengthen their inner resiliency in order to model these skills for the young people in their care. She is also the cofounder of the Resolving Conflict Creatively Program (RCCP). Started in 1985, RCCP is now one of the largest and longest running research-based school (K-8) programs in social and emotional learning in the United States. Linda is also one of the founding board members of the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL). Linda has 40 years of experience in education as a former teacher, assistant principal, director of an alternative middle school in East Harlem, and faculty member of the Department of Curriculum and Teaching at Hunter College in New York City. She is the coauthor of Waging Peace in Our Schools (Beacon Press, 1996); editor of Schools with Spirit: Nurturing the Inner Lives of Children and Teachers (Beacon Press, 2001); and author of Building Emotional Intelligence: Techniques to Cultivate Inner Strength in Children (Sounds True, 2008).