Developing a Healthy Mindset

DEVELOPING A HEALTHY MINDSET

Stress happens, and often! Is stress always bad? Is there anything we can do about it? Among resilience factors, adopting a healthy mindset increases confidence, reduces feelings of stress, increases positive mood, builds motivation, and improves performance. As early educators, doing the meaningful but challenging work of supporting children’s development can indeed feel stressful! In this session, you will learn about the research on healthy mindsets, in ways that can help you at every phase of the stress process: before, during and after stressful occasions. You will have a chance to practice these strategies individually and in groups, and will leave the session with practical tips and activities to foster a healthy mindset. Learning about and adopting a healthy mindset can help you feel better and may even improve your experience and impact in the classroom.

Light Dinner at 6pm, Session 6:30pm - 7:30pm

1 hour Training Certificate provided

Spanish Interpreting provided

NO COST to Participants for food or session

Questions: Contact Terri @ [email protected]

Location: Saint Mary's College - Spes Unica - Room 145*

* Link to Saint Mary's College Parking Map and Campus Building Map: https://www.saintmarys.edu/admission-aid/visit-campus/maps-directions?fbclid=IwAR0zFkmmp84DfHgyZffsWHqteg_ox2g9GO8RH2t5Xjpg_GY-Ylp_aWyjdes

FYI - Spes Unica is directly across from the Science Parking Lot and one of the 2 buildings the annual EC Fall Conference at Saint Mary's College is held in each year. Conference Registration/Check-in takes place in Spes Unica. Easy parking in the Science Lot that is close to Spes Unica - Room 145.

Presenter Bio:

Alissa Russel, PhD

Alissa Russell is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Saint Mary’s College, where she began teaching after earning her Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Notre Dame in 2012. She teaches primarily developmental psychology classes, including Child Development, Adult Development and Aging, and Stress and Resilience across the Lifespan. Her research interests include adult development and stress and coping, with a particular emphasis on normative daily stress and how resilience resources like self-regulation and mindset can buffer against normative stress. Her research often additionally explores the interplay between within-person processes and between-person characteristics with regard to daily well-being.

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