HEARTCARE Planning Toolkit – INDIVIDUAL
How do you fill in the HEARTcare planning template? Blogger Nadeen Halls shows you how an expert gets it done.
0504, 2023
0203, 2023
What I’ve learned from walking for 540 straight days
Most of all, I learned that walking was an easy way for me to restore my overall well-being. My mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical health has steadily improved since January 2021, and my family doctor noticed this progress during my yearly physical. I don’t believe that walking every day is the magic wand that will work for everyone, but it has made a real difference for me.
2401, 2023
6 Mental Health Activities You Can Incorporate in Your Classroom
One of the keys to fostering a safe and supportive learning environment for students is understanding the importance of promoting positive mental health activities and practices in K-12 classrooms.
1801, 2023
Travailler un double quart de travail : 5 conseils pour trouver l’équilibre en tant que mère enseignante
Voici 5 conseils qui m’ont aidé à trouver un certain équilibre en tant que mère enseignante.
2312, 2022
Working a Double Shift: 5 Tips for Finding Balance as a Teacher Mom
Working moms and burnout? I am a reluctant expert. A blog post by research assistant, Werklund School of Education masters student, mother, and teacher, Theresa Engel-Wood.
0912, 2022
Le professeur Rogue et la fatigue de compassion, un exemple tiré de la fiction
Originale Par Astrid Kendrick, EdD, translation by Aurelia Mir-Orefice and reviewed by Emilie Marceau Briggs Au cours des dix-sept derniers mois, j’ai étudié l’ampleur de la fatigue de compassion et de l’épuisement professionnel chez les travailleurs de l’éducation de l’Alberta. Les conclusions de 53 entrevues et trois sondages en ligne auxquels ont répondu plus de 4000 personnes sont claires. Cinquante-trois
0512, 2022
Self-Care Tips
By Aurélia Mir-Orefice, HEARTcare Project Research Assistant Aurélia Mir-Orefice is an MSc student at the University of Calgary specializing in School and Child Psychology. Her graduate research focuses on the development of handwriting and vocabulary in elementary school children. After going through the COVID-19 pandemic, taking care of one’s mental health has been put forth as a priority. There are
2609, 2022
3 Tips in Choosing a Mental Health Professional For Therapy
Exploring professional or expert strategies? Read this blog post by study research assistant and Werklund School of Education doctoral student, Rachel Pagaling for tips.
1706, 2022
Professor Snape and Compassion Fatigue, an illustrative example from fiction
Professor Snape, of the Harry Potter Series, is a fictional caricature that is a good metaphor for the collision between compassion fatigue and burnout. As a result, he causes far more harm than good for his students.
1706, 2022
Building Back from Burnout
Compassion fatigue is the cost of caring, or the emotional and mental exhaustion experienced by a caregiver who deals with students who have experienced a traumatic event. Burnout is the result of long term, unmitigated stress, and both mental health problems are occupational hazards in caregiving professions. As educational caregivers, teachers and other educational workers, are expected to provide the emotional labour necessary to ensure that their classrooms and schools are safe, happy, and caring environments for students regardless of their own emotional or mental state.