Parenting Teens workshop by Salony Priya conducted by The Telegraph online Edugraph

One Day National Workshop in Calcutta on Holistic Health The Mindful Way

A joyful day at Indian Schools Al Seeb, Muscat. 105educators deliberated on strategies for #Good mental health # Positivepsychology in our schools #Teacher as counsellors- The Ummeed way to EnableEmpower and Energize Educators on the 24th of July 2024.

"An absolutely captivating session by Salony mam, 7hours not a dull moment, introspection and discussion, activities summing updeep realisation, humour and real-life anecdotes.... she had every participantinvolved and spell bound " Alex Joseph Principal Indian School Al Seeb

“Dear ma’am, Today’s workshop was really interesting andinspiring. Many words like hyperactive/ social media addiction/ peer pressureare used so frequently in our staff room and v didn’t know it’s actual meaningand implications. Today you have given us precise examples with proper context veryyear we start our academic year with a workshop but this was exclusivelydifferent. You have made us connect with practical knowledge and understanding Thankyou ma’am " Shiny Ponnachan Sr Teacher

Creating possibilities for young minds - 300 plus students of Rockvale Academy, Kalimpong had the Ummeed Positive life skill experience on 16th May.

It was empowering, energizing and promising.

Adolescence is a period of investment in yourself-emphasis on defining yourself and making informed choices.

Highlights of the session -

Positive Peer pressure - build it

Use internet to connect with people across the globe who have interests similar to yours

Don't give up, develop resilience

Believe there is something out there that you are good at, find it

Be proactive and respond to situations DEAL don't Deny

Capt Prakash Pradhan, Principal Rockvale Academy appealed to students to Think beyond , reach out and integrate life skills with academic, take counselling and be their best!

Dr Graham's Homes School, Kalimpong a legacy institution with 124 years of pastoral care, sporting excellence, education and empowerment is orienting the team to face new challenges.

Emphasis on Change by Choice was the Ummeed way to rekindle the Passion in the two days(14th & 15th May) of discussions, group activities and brainstorming to take innovative initiatives.

• Key highlights were
  
• Good mental Health
  
• Dealing with stress
  
• Positive psychology in our classrooms
  
• Adolescent issues
  
• WHO prescribed Happiness correlates
  
• EQ driven connect with students not just IQ
  
• Peer tutoring and Mentoring
  
• Strength based counselling approaches to build self esteem
  

"Extremely engaging interesting and eye opening sessions " Jeena

 

On 6th May Mrs.Salony Priya empowered the educators of Kerala Samajam Model School, Jameshpur. Ummeed way to build insight,skill and resilience of educators.

Positive psychology way to create Happiness ---- building self-awareness about our stressors and triggers, empty utterances that create barriers in communication and sap our Emotional energy were the highlights of the interactions.

“Flourishing the Eric Selingman's model of Mental well-being introduced in signature style of relatable self-disclosure and motivating all participants to introspect. Thank you Salony Ma’am for rejuvenating, giving us a lot of food for thought and so many implementable strategies... an extremely positive and valuable experience today!" - Ms Nandini Shukla, Principal, KSMS, Jmashedpur.

“Today's session conducted by Salony maam for the teachers was not only engaging but very interactive, interesting and full of insights. The session threw light on ways to develop emotional intelligence, create a wellbeing card along with happiness Quotient and taught us what a difference it can be with making a Vision Board. She also mentioned about Self talk being the key to upgrade oneself at the behavioral front. The session was interspersed with various activities which kept the teachers engaged and focused. Thank you Ma’am for providing us with tips to become a better human being in this materialistic world.” - Sujata Singh, Vice Principal, KSMS Jamshedpur.

On 2nd May Ummeed creates an interactive learning experience for students of Science departments at Bhowanipur Education Society College, Kolkata on Identifying Anger Triggers - Getting insight into techniques for managing distressed emotions and building resilience in relationships. Good mental Health as a choice for a meaningful life style- is a series of such sessions at college for youth to be Aware and Adopt Proactive Self Talk. 

What is joke, where it hits others self-esteem and people feel hurt and react

What really makes us angry??

Identify Anger cues and Anger triggers and processing it to gain perspective was discussed and demonstrated with examples.

"A very engaging discussion on Anger as an Emotion, how we get triggered and how we can manage anger outburst today with Salony mam" Abhishek

"Immensely useful, made me understand my behavior and how lead to cope with distressing emotions is critical , today got insight into what is managing lifestyle for Good mental health "Muskan, 2nd Year BESC, Kolkata.

Ms Pinki Shah, Vice principal Bhawanipur Education Society College, Science section addressing students on importance of building Emotional resilience.

Birla Education Trust and Ummeed creates another progressive intervention for integrated education Basic Counselling skills to deal with adolescent issues.

Felicitation and certification of 40 teachers from Birla public school, Birla Balika Vidyapeeth, Birla School Pilani & Birla shishu Vihar on 20th April after 100 hours training by Ummeed was conducted amongst joy and deep sense of responsibility.

A well-earned certificate with loads of reflection and insight.

These teachers act as pastoral guides, reaching out to provide Emotional support and build good mental health in each student as CBSE guidelines.
They are enabled and strengthen the Life skill integration in school activities and are empowered to take regular Skill building and value education classes on contemporary topics.

Dr Kasturi, Principal, Birla Balika Vidyapeeth appreciated Ummeed's efforts for such meticulously designed effective and very practical training full of real case studies and appealed to all to implement this as we need to change ... with Ummeed!

Mr Dhirendr Singh, Principal, Birla School, Pilani shared the importance of Emotional regulation and how developing resilience is critical for us and adolescents, thanked Ummeed team for this initiative of 7 months of skill building training.

Mrs. Salony Priya empowered the senior school educators of Calcutta Boys Schools on 6th April. The sessions focused on understanding today’s psychosocial issues, social transition and guiding teachers with a positive approach to dealing with the same. The key factor in dealing with adolescents is to provide them with emotional support to develop good mental health. Learning the common adolescent behaviors and the emotional needs associated with them. Teachers from the main branch of Calcutta Boys School along with Beliaghata, Sonarpur and Asansol participated in the workshop with great enthusiasm.

"Today's session taught me that students need to care from their emotional ground. If a student is very stubborn talk to him, listen him, scolding or giving punishment is not a solution. Salony Ma'am is very resourceful. I have learned a lot." - Abhishek Ghosh, Calcutta Boys School.

“The session was amazing. Will remember you ma’am. Being a psychology student I am regretting for not having a teacher like you in my college days. The three key areas I  took away from this session were the following: trusting and accepting the changes that are happening or will happen; communication is crucial; and an individual's behavior matters.”-  Noel Albert Mondal, Calcutta Boys School, Beliaghata.

“Ma’am your way of presentation and explanation on the topics is excellent. Really it helped me a lot. Three important key areas I took away from this workshop were how to deal with the emotions of developing children as a teacher, identify why a child is not acting normally, and how to instill moral values through appropriate behavior and communication.”- Pallave Litra, Calcutta Boys School, Sonarpur.

“Three main key areas  I took up from this session: better teaching techniques, managing my anger so that I can advise the kids. The resource person is fantastic. I am very much satisfied with her work”- Soumita Ghanty, Calcutta Boys School, Asansol.

5th April 2024 Mrs. Salony Priya empowered the junior school educators of Calcutta Boys Schools. Teachers from the main branch of Calcutta Boys School along with Beliaghata, Sonarpur and Asansol participated in the workshop with great enthusiasm.

Session focused on rejuvenating teachers to take up challenges by understanding the educational policy, rubrics of skill based learning methods, learning the progressive teaching strategies to balance IQ with EQ.

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"The session provides an eye opening and lovely perspective about society and our environment. We learnt about positivity, motivation, breaking societal misconceptions."- Vyvian Pote, Calcutta Boys School.

"Key learnings of Today's session are knowing the ability of the child, belief and let the child feel that the teacher is always there as well as the cognitive thinking and development of the child. Salony Ma'am is a wonderful mentor, philosopher, guide and motivator who introduced us to a whole new way of interactive sessions with child in the classroom."- Susmita Saha, Calcutta Boys School, Sonarpur.

"I am blessed to be a part of this integrated full of suggestions and ideas by salony mam in the workshop. During the session we learned the ways to build self esteem, to know the ability of the child and to build faith. Salony Ma'am beautifully elaborated and demonstrated to manage each and every child of today's world who will be the best of tomorrow. Thank You Ma'am." - Candy Mary Manion, Calcutta Boys School, Asansol.