Social Emotional Learning
Dr. Lorea Martínez Pérez is the award-winning founder of HEART in Mind Consulting, a company dedicated to helping schools and organizations integrate Social Emotional Learning in their practices, products, and learning communities. An educator who has worked with children and adults internationally, Dr. Martínez is currently a faculty member at Columbia University Teachers College, educating aspiring principals inEmotional Intelligence. Previously, she was a special education teacher and administrator. A native of the Costa Brava in Spain, she currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and two daughters.
Dr. Lorea Martínez is also the author of the book, Teaching with the HEART in Mind. In the book, Dr. Lorea Martínez provides a comprehensive roadmap to understanding the psychology of emotions, relationships, and adversity in learning, while equipping you to teach SEL skills and develop your own social and emotional intelligence.
In This Episode
Dr. Lorea Martínez believes that creating better outcomes for our children means academics and standardized assessments aren’t enough. You need to educate both their hearts and minds. In this episode Martínez offers social emotional learning tools and techniques that we can put into practice in our own homes. These HEART principals and framework help us integrate emotions, build relationships and support a rich learning environment. We explore;
- Social Emotional Learning and the psychology of emotions- honouring and responding to our emotions
- Thought patterns and self talk
- Self Empathy- the importance of connecting with ourselves and showing ourselves compassion
- How to establishing positive relationships
- The emotions that are most conducive to learning
I loved this interview. Dr. Martínez and I hold similar beliefs that purpose and connection are the key components to building a successful learning environment. I am certain that you will appreciate the practical steps and example that Dr. Martínez provides in this episode so that we not only have an understanding of why Social Emotional Learning is important, but the how in implementing this into our home and relationships.
Resources
Lorea Martínez websites and social media:
https://www.facebook.com/loreamartinezSEL/
https://twitter.com/loreamart/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/loreamartinez/
Heart In Mind Discussion Guide
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