Self-E for Schools
Self- E (Self- Enhancement) program for children and adolescents
What is Self-E for Schools?
Self-E stands for Self-Enhancement. It is an initiative of “EMOTICONS India” for schools aiming to equip students with techniques to deal with difficult circumstances and manage their own emotions during one of the most conflicting years of their lives.
Self-E is a positive, preventive, and psychological health education program. It is India’s first ever highly researched, preventive and curative program, based on world renowned psychological techniques and therapies like Rational emotive behavior therapy, cognitive therapy, play therapy and client centered therapy.
Our Objective
To help create efficacious, resilient, and well-functioning adults by increasing self-awareness, inculcating a habit of rational thinking and using effective coping mechanisms
Our Philosophy
“It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men” The world has become fast-paced, and is consistently seen to be growing and changing, with different problems coming our way each day. In such a space, the children too need to be growing in a way where they can effectively and healthily deal with the issues and stressors coming to them. It has been seen that ineffective management of day to day issues, demands and overwhelming stressors leading to further more severe problems like depression, suicide, addiction and other mental illnesses.
The good news is that we can largely prevent this ill-effect with Self-E. Our Programme vehemently believes in the fact that these students have immense potential within them, and that it should be utilized to bring out the best in them.
Self-E Features and Benefits:
- Starts early when the minds are malleable
- Inculcating growth mindset
- Emotional maturity and management
- Dealing with different perspectives and not just problems
- Customized for each developmental age group
- Adopted to modern times and Indian culture
- Objective Evaluation of Progress
- Increased effectiveness through Parent & Teacher awareness sessions
- Opportunity to students to display the learned skills at the end of Self-E
Self-E Program Outcomes:
- Increase in Mental Health Awareness
- Increase in self-esteem and self confidence
- Increase in emotional intelligence
- Managing negative dysfunctional emotions like anxiety, depression, anger.
- Managing interpersonal relations
- Managing day to day stress to major set-backs in life
- Managing regular conflicts
- Overall cognitive, emotional and behavioral skills development.
- Gain basic life skills like empathy, gratitude, critical thinking, decision making, problem solving, assertiveness, self acceptance, flexibility, self discipline, resilience etc.
- Preventing psychological disorders like depression, anxiety disorders, suicide etc.
