Triumph Steps Blog
Triumph Steps Certifies 12 Coaches
Hello friends, We are thrilled to announce that we have 12 new certified Triumph Steps Transformative Coaches (TSTC) that are all working at Healthy Connections, CMHC. In addition, these clinicians have begun a new contract with the Miami Dade County Public School...
Beatriz Martinez of Triumph Steps Helps More Youth Overcome Their Challenges
Mental advocate founder of Triumph Steps and co-founder of Healthy Connections, CMHC, Beatriz Martinez, offers a youth-centric solution to bring emotional literacy to schools and help kids overcome challenges as they get ready for a new school year. Beatriz Martinez...
Assuring that Mental and Emotional Education Does Not Become a Fad
I’ve been advocating for emotional literacy to become an integral part of education for years. The line that I often use is “Happiness is a skill that can be learned, and we have completely forgotten to teach the most fundamental class in schools.” School districts in...
Reviewing your 2019
Dear friends, Have you reviewed your growth and your wins of 2019? What an invigorating exercise it was for me. I had not written our accomplishments until now and this is the perfect opportunity to share with you Triumph Steps 2019 year in review. We have lots to...
Required Mental Health Education in Florida Schools
Last week was sweet for me. I was a guest at the biannual meeting of the Florida Partnership for Healthy Schools (FPHS) put together by the Florida Department of Education, and while I was participating and immersing in the latest data on Social Emotional Learning,...
Brain Awareness Month: A Week of Learning and Growth
This past week I have had the honor and privilege of attending two phenomenal conferences; one to learn about HeartMath and the second, the 2019 Summer Academy hosted by the Florida Department of Education. These two conferences provided me with a wealth of priceless...
Violence Prevention with Emotional Literacy
When we send our children off to school everyday, we do so thinking about their future. We take great care is selecting their school, the people that surround them, the books they read and the media they consume, all in the hopes of securing for them a bright future...
Love, Luck and Emotional Literacy
“I find the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.” Thomas Jefferson Love is a many splendored thing… Love is a battlefield… All you need is Love. Love has been the perennial topic of scholars and poets alike since time began, and it is undoubtedly a crucial...
Florida Healthy Teen Relationship Month
The month of love is declared Florida Healthy Teen Relationship Month by governor Ron DeSantis. Recently, I was watching a TV show with my 15-year-old daughter in which the boyfriend of one of the female characters called her a piece of trash (and a bit more). The...
Four Steps to Improve Emotional Literacy in the Classroom in 2019
On days when emotions in the classroom are running high what is a teacher to do? Children, unlike adults, have not yet learned that they can be in control of their emotions instead of having their emotions control them. It all Starts with a Thought Emotions are the...