Mad is not bad! "Outreach night"
- Suyoung Kim
- Nov 21, 2022
- 2 min read
Updated: Nov 22, 2022
You are invited to the outreach night!
Vision
In Ontario's education system: All parents acknowledge the positive impact of parent engagement.
It is time to talk to your students, "Mad is not bad!"
Issue: Students are unsafe because of multiple anger issues, which can make students' learning, relationships, well-being, and other peers' mental health. How could it be overcome by cultivating social-emotional skills, and various coping skills, supportive minds?
Anger Management for Kids & How to Deal With Anger - Child Mind Institute
Below video clip suggests ABCD's easy method to deal with an anger issue.
You can do it at home to address your child's anger issue and participate in an enjoyable outreach night!

Participants: Teachers, parents, staff, Psychologist
Date: Friday, Nov 30th, 2022
Preparation: Bring home food or snack
Goal: Anger issues can be resolved by various strategies from the resources like FNMI books, anger issue-related books, and articles, supportive minds, social-emotional skills
Venue: Grade5 Classroom
Agenda: How can parents deal with students' anger issues?
Grade 5 Social-emotional skills can be cultivated through the outreach night program curriculum. You will discuss more anger issues in an enjoyable Jigsaw group.
This is for the discussio activity steps and instructions
What steps do parents and teachers follow in the activity instructions by the Psychologist?
-The Psychologist will be invited to help them discuss anger issues. Teachers and parents have a big circle and have different teams to teach each other the best strategy according to the below steps.
Step1) Let the group have a big FNMI Circle (Respect, Wisdom, Responsibility and Relationships)
Step2) Choosing one resources from the bookself or research in a Jigsaw Group . And then they can teach another groups the best strategies to support students' angry minds.
**research, picking up the book from the bookshelf, using the tablet, and other resources
Step3) Make a hand infographic using one FNMI wellness value
Step4) Making a presentation about sharing the work
What to expect from parents and teachers: Masterpiece of production.
This is an example of a hand infographic that teachers and parents can make.
Respect: I can respect others, so I will not act on my angry feelings. I can calm down and take a deep breath. Honestly, I will talk to my parents, friends, teachers, and staff for their dignity. "I was angry because of this, and I need a break time. Can we talk later?"
Discuss more how cultivating social-emotional skills help address anger issue
1) Self-management: Deep breath / Time-out
2) Self-awareness: Keeping an emotional note
3) Responsible Decision-Making: Thinking about the result of immediate anger
4) Social awareness: Write down an empathy map
5) Relationship skills: Negotiating conflicts before the angry
....
Emotional note/ Peers' Jigsaw activity/ Reducing unhealthy food / Using puncking bag
Students need supportive minds
1) Respect
2) Responsibility
3) Wisdom
4) Relationship
I will send you this message to talkingpoints. If you have further questions, please leave me the comments below. I am looking forward to seeing you.
Sharon
Resources
1. Supportive minds
-Ecological awareness: file:///C:/Users/admin/OneDrive%20-%20Queen's%20University/Desktop/%EC%9E%90%EB%A3%8C/806/new%20806/ecological%20awareness.pdf
-Navajo's view: Beautiful difference
-Supporting social-emotional learning: Checking in, peer interactions, problem-solving
https://www.ontario.ca/document/health-and-physical-education-grades-1-8/social-emotional-learning-sel skills#:~:text=Throughout%20the%20curriculum%2C%20students%20also%20learn%20to%20apply%20SEL%20skills.&text=This%20new%20section%20builds%20on,ability%20to%20learn%20and%20thrive.
https://bcchp.org/the-importance-of-social-emotional-learning-in-children/
2. Coping strategies: anger issue
books, articles, hands-on experience, visualizing contents
Article: https://freespiritpublishingblog.com/2018/03/12/how-to-handle-anger-issues-in-the-classroom/
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