Many approaches to children's challenges focus
on helping kids deal with emotional stress so that they can think straight.
Collaborative problem solving helps kids to think straight so that they avoid
emotional stress.
However , when we as parents or our kids are
stressed out with an onslaught of negative thoughts, it is impossible to use '
thinking ' , no matter how positive to change our negative thought patterns and
relieve our stress.
We need to first use ' Mindfulness' - see mindfulness for kids 2 , Coping Skills and other
techniques mentioned in the Capacitar Emergency Kit to clear our minds and
prepare them to engage in creative thinking and collaborative problem solving.
The Emergency Kit was Capacitar's response to
the trauma of Hurricane Katrina. The kit includes simple basic practices taught
by Capacitar to empower people to deal with the stress of challenging
situations. Practices include: Tai Chi, Finger holds, EFT, The Holds,
Head-Neck-Shoulder Release, and Acupressure points for stress, crisis and
depression.
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