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Puppets and Emotional Well-being: The Making of the Feel Your Best Self Toolkit

CSCH Director of Programs & Communications Helene Marcy interviews the creators of Feel Your Best Self, a toolkit that uses puppets to teach children strategies that promote emotional well-being.
Host: Helene Marcy, Director of Programs & Communications at the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health
Guests:
Sandra Chafouleas, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor in UConn’s Department of Educational Psychology in the UConn Neag School of Education and Co-Director of the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health
Emily Wicks, Co-Interim Director of the UConn Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry
Emily Iovino, Postdoctoral Scholar at the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health and the Neag School of Education in the Department of Educational Psychology.
Resources
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Feel Your Best Self
UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health
UConn Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry
UConn Neag School of Education
UConn School of Fine Arts
Social Media Links
Feel Your Best Self on Facebook
Feel Your Best Self on Twitter
Feel Your Best Self on Instagram
Feel Your Best Self on Pinterest
@UConnCSCH on Twitter
@UConnCSCH on Facebook
Ballard on Twitter
Ballard on Facebook
Produced, directed and edited by Helene Marcy.
This recording has been made available for informational and educational purposes only.
Puppets and Emotional Well-being: The Making of the Feel Your Best Self Toolkit was created by the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health and recorded in November 2022.
Copyright © 2022 by the University of Connecticut. All rights reserved.

The State of Social Emotional Learning in Connecticut

Description: CSCH Co-Director Sandra Chafouleas interviews a panel of experts on the state of social emotional learning in Connecticut
Hosts: Sandra Chafouleas, CSCH Co-Director and UConn Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor in Educational Psychology, Neag School of Education
Helene Marcy, Program Manager, UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health
Guests:
Jeana Bracey, Associate Vice President of School and Community Initiatives at the Child Health and Development Institute of Connecticut (CHDI)
Michelle Doucette Cunningham, Executive Director of the Connecticut After School Network and founder of the Social Emotional Learning Alliance of Connecticut (SEL4CT)
Zachary Munroe, Assistant Principal at Maple Hill Elementary in Naugatuck
Resources
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CHDI School Based Mental Health Resources
Social Emotional Learning Alliance of Connecticut
Maple Hill Elementary
UConn Neag School of Education
UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health
State of CT Resources:
Connecticut State Department of Education SEL Resources
State of CT Components of Social, Emotional and Intellectual Habits: K-3
Recent Legislation passed by the Connecticut General Assembly:
Senate Bill 1 (Act Concerning Childhood Mental and Physical Health Services in Schools)
Senate Bill 2 (Act Expanding Preschool and Mental and Behavioral Services for Children)
House Bill 5001 (Act Concerning Children’s Mental Health)
Social Media Links
CHDI on Twitter
SEL4CT on Twitter
@UConnCSCH on Twitter
@UConnCSCH on Facebook
Produced by Sandra Chafouleas and Jess Koslouski. Directed by Sandra Chafouleas. Edited by Helene Marcy.
This recording has been made available for informational and educational purposes only.
The State of Social Emotional Learning in Connecticut was created by the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health and recorded in May 2022.
Copyright © 2022 by the University of Connecticut. All rights reserved.

Do Children Have Human Rights?

Description: CSCH Co-Director Sandra Chafouleas interviews Richard Hiskes about his thoughts on the human rights of children
Hosts: Sandra Chafouleas, CSCH Co-Director and UConn Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor in Educational Psychology, Neag School of Education
Helene Marcy, Program Manager, UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health
Guests: Richard Hiskes, Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Human Rights at the University of Connecticut
Resources
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Richard Hiskes Faculty Page
Richard Hiskes book: Suffer the Children: a Theoretical Foundation for the Human Rights of the Child
UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health
UConn Human Rights Institute
The Educator’s Institute for Human RightsSocial Media Links
@UConnCSCH on Twitter
@UConnCSCH on Facebook
Produced by Sandra Chafouleas.
Directed by Sandra Chafouleas and Helene Marcy. Edited by Helene Marcy.
This recording has been made available for informational and educational purposes only.
Do Children Have Human Rights? was created by the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health and recorded in March 2022.
Copyright © 2022 by the University of Connecticut. All rights reserved.

Supporting Teacher Well-Being using a Total Worker Health® Approach

Description: CSCH Program Manager interviews UConn researchers about a NIOSH-funded project promoting teacher well-being.
Host: Helene Marcy, Program Manager, UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health
Guests: Jenn Cavallari, Associate Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences, UConn School of Medicine; Alicia Dugan, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, UConn School of Medicine, Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine; Lisa Sanetti, Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, UConn Neag School of Education (school psychology program)
Resources
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Jenn Cavallari Faculty Page
Alicia Dugan Faculty Page
Lisa Sanetti Faculty Page
UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health
Center for Promotion of Health in the New England Workplace (CPH-NEW)
 
Twitter: @DrSanetti @UConnCSCH @CPH-NEW
Produced by Sandra Chafouleas and Helene Marcy.
Directed and edited by Helene Marcy.
This recording has been made available for informational and educational purposes only.
Supporting Teacher Well-Being Using a Total Worker Health® Approach was created by the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health and recorded in January 2022.
“Total Worker Health®” is a registered trademark of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).  Participation by University of Connecticut does not imply endorsement by HHS, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
This podcast episode was supported by Grant Number Grant 1 U19 OH012299-01 from the U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of NIOSH.
Copyright © 2022 by the University of Connecticut. All rights reserved.

Using Peer Influence to Reduce Weight-Based Bullying

Description: CSCH Program Manager interviews Leah Lessard.
Host: Helene Marcy, Program Manager, UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health
Guests: Leah Lessard, Postdoctoral Fellow, UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity
Resources
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UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity
Leah Lessard website
UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health Social Media Links
Leah Lessard on Twitter
@UConnCSCH on Twitter
@UConnCSCH on Facebook
Produced by Sandra Chafouleas and Helene Marcy.
Directed and edited by Helene Marcy.
This recording has been made available for informational and educational purposes only.
Using Peer Influence to Reduce Weight-Based Bullying was created by the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health and recorded in September 2021.
Copyright © 2021 by the University of Connecticut. All rights reserved.

The Importance of Physical Activity on Wellness

Description: CSCH Program Manager interviews a panel of experts on the importance of physical activity.
Host: Helene Marcy, Program Manager, UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health
Guests:
Jaci VanHeest Associate Professor, Department of Educational Psychology in the UConn Neag School of Education and Director, UConn Public Health Learning Community
Nneka Arinze, Graduate of UConn’s Sports Management doctoral program and Program Leader, UConn HuskySport
Cassandra Rowett, Physical Education and health teacher, E.O. Smith High School, Mansfield, CT and adjunct professor of health, physical education, and kinesiology at Eastern Connecticut State University
Resources
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UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health
Thinking about the Link between Health and Learning: Physical Activity (Video)
WSCC Practice Brief: Physical Activity (includes strategies that those working in schools can use to promote evidence-based physical activity practices)
The Boy Who Learned How to Play (CSCH Live Talk by Jaci VanHeest, October 2017)
Social Media Links
Jaci VanHeest on Twitter
UConn HuskySport on Twittter
E.O. Smith High School on Twitter
@UConnCSCH on Twitter
@UConnCSCH on Facebook
Produced by Sandra Chafouleas and Helene Marcy.
Directed and edited by Helene Marcy.
This recording has been made available for informational and educational purposes only.
The Importance of Physical Activity on Wellness was created by the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health and recorded in April 2021.
This podcast series was made possible in part by funding from the Neag Foundation, which serves as a philanthropic force for positive change in education, health, and human services initiatives.
Copyright © 2021 by the University of Connecticut. All rights reserved.