What Is Empathic Distress and How Does It Impact Educators?
Even if you’ve never heard the term “empathic distress” before, if you’re an educator, you’ve probably felt it at some point.
Even if you’ve never heard the term “empathic distress” before, if you’re an educator, you’ve probably felt it at some point.
Here at Calm Classroom, we talk a lot about how mindfulness can help students. But mindfulness isn’t just for kids — its benefits for adults have been confirmed, too. That means that teachers can use mindfulness to reduce stress levels and feel...
Thanks to the American Rescue Plan package, many school districts are receiving an influx of ESSA grant funding. Educators now have an opportunity to fund substantial mental health and social-emotional learning (SEL) initiatives, along with many...
You may know by now that taking a trauma-informed approach in your classroom is important. By creating a trauma-informed classroom environment, you can make sure that all students feel safe and are ready to learn — no matter what kind of experiences...
We often talk about how mindfulness can help students. But what about how it can help teachers? Teachers and other school staff can use mindfulness to create a calmer classroom environment. But they can also use these practices at home to reap the...