H-22
(K-12)
ENERGY, ALIVENESS, CREATIVITY:
RESTORING EDUCATIONAL BALANCE
THROUGH EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
Sandra Zahn, Education Consultan,
Milwaukee
dragonflysz@earthlink.net
Learn to honor what is alive in the
moment within yourself and your
students by expressing emotional
energy in healthy, constructive
ways. Explore Multiple
Intelligence Theory and ways to help
students focus and access their
creativity. Learn to use
breath-work techniques and
structured and creative rhythm in
the education environment to teach
emotional "response-ability,"
relieve stress, heighten
consciousness and stimulate
creativity. Other Therapeutic
Art experiences will include
collage, sculpture, painting, and
drawing - no previous art experience
necessary!
Logical and abstract thinking is
greatly limited by the inability to
process emotion in healthy ways.
Classroom teachers will learn how
they can support the development of
Cognitive Intelligence by nurturing
emotional awareness and healthy
expression (Emotional Intelligence).
The power of these techniques to
turn potentially destructive
emotions into creative, constructive
intentions is immense. These
methods can be adapted to all grade
levels but are especially powerful
for elementary, middle, special
education and alternative school
settings.
