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, Penny Taylor, Director of Healthy Schools, Bureau of Standards and […]
Gables Living Feature
Beatriz Martinez-Peñalver was featured in Gables Living in their June 2019 Edition [real3dflipbook id=”3″]
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 component to a happy and fulfilled […]
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 female character became very depressed, because she believed […]
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 body’s physical reaction to a thought. When […]
The Power of Believing
December 2018 Putting out milk and cookies for Santa, mischievous elves on a shelf moving throughout the house, looking out the window hoping to see Rudolph’s shiny red nose in the sky… The magic of the Holidays is inextricably linked to the wide-eyed wonder of children and their unwavering belief that anything is possible. While […]