By Bill Overton, EdD. Abstract Our present world needs a paradigm shift; one that has co-existing peacefully as the main goal. While people from all over the world have different theories about the challenges involved, most can agree that education is at the center of making any long-term changes. Education has been touted as one […]
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February 14, 2022 Dear EQ4Peace members, What follows is a summary of a few of my beliefs from a variety of peace writings I’ve read recently. They are my present beliefs in peace and in peaceful ways. These are what I strive to embrace as a way of life. I believe that most EQ4Peace members
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Guidelines for Conflict Resolution Taken from Deepa Chopra’s, “Peace is the Path” Show respect for the opposition Recognize perceived injustice Believe in forgiveness Bond on an emotional level No belligerent actions Recognize values that are opposed to yours Don’t pass judgment and make your opponent wrong Don’t talk in terms of ideology Confront underlying factor
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Suggestions for EQ4Peace Clubs A Few Suggestions About How You Can Start and Maintain Your Own EQ Club Goals: The goals of EQ4Peace clubs are as follows: To learn and practice the behaviors of positive EQ & peace To support and continue the priorities and beliefs of EQ4Peace.org To learn how to resolve conflicts of
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Hi everyone, First of all, congratulations to all of you teachers, administrators, aides, assistants, office staff, and students who have earned a long-awaited summer break. I realize that some of you will be moving immediately into participating in summer school, summer camps, or summer trips but still you’re deserving of a pat on the back
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Good, clean humour, to consciously lighten our spirit! EQ Quote of the Day “The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.” ~ Helen Keller
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Conversing On The Real: Authentic Conversations About Living Plugged In By Heather Constantine LMSW-IPR and Deborah Havert $ 43.84 *includes shipping & handling Checks written to Personage Publishing Or: https://products.6seconds.org/shop/conversing-on-the-real-authentic-conversations-about-living-plugged-in/ “The Other Kind of Smart” a book by EQPro author Harvey Deutschendorf https://products.6seconds.org/shop/the-other-kind-of-smart/ Putting EQ to the Test: Using EQ to Prepare
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Hi everyone! Welcome to the EQ4Peace newsletter’s first edition and to the EQ & SEL in the Classroom Corner. It will be our goal to give you information, tips, & activities relevant to the classroom in every edition. My name is Bill Overton, EdD. and I was a classroom teacher for
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EQ4Peace.org continues to show its innovative side by continuing to help people achieve the life that they desire. We are keenly aware that life offers sometimes unbelievable challenges that we have to overcome. The COVID pandemic, for one, has been an extremely difficult one to navigate. It still is. Sometimes for a variety of reasons,
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Rarely have we seen something occur in our world that has had the impact of COVID-19. In many ways, many things have changed, and many things will never return to the way they were before. We’ve seen major changes in the way we socialize, the way we purchase goods, the way we’re entertained, and especially
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The Process for Changing Classroom & School Cultures By Bill Overton, EdD. The Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) movement is an extremely positive step to reaching and teaching the whole child. This relatively new way of thinking about students, and people in general, has been extraordinarily helpful to many in recent years. As a result of
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EQ4Peace Ideas for Building, Practicing and Maintaining Community People inherently need several things at least on an occasional basis. They need social connections of different kinds, some of these being private and confidential. With these they need strategies for navigating the social milieu as well as how to maintain their own sense of efficacy and
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