Resources
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Books & Publications
Adam Saenz, our founder, has written 3 books and been widely published online.
Relationships that Work
Written in partnership with adolescent therapist Jeremy Dew, this book reveals how teachers can increase job satisfaction and personal fulfillment by connecting with others. Each chapter is packed with strategies, reflection questions, and assessment tools
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The Power of a Teacher
Bringing together years of research and professional development conducted in school districts nationwide, The Power of a Teacher, is packed with unique encouragement and an accessible wellness guide designed specifically for teachers to nurture peak-experience teaching. assessment tools.
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The EQ Intervention
Emotional intelligence in the classroom matters more now than ever.
The EQ Intervention is the product of years of research and experience by licensed psychologist, substitute teacher, coach, and school district consultant Adam L. Saenz, who has worked for years within schools nationwide to improve the emotional health of both faculty and students. Here, he presents an accessible, deep-dive exploration into the critical value of practicing Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) skills in the classroom—for both students and faculty—to decrease student violence and aggression, and to increase student academic performance and positive relational engagement.
Within these pages, Dr. Saenz explores how he and his clinical and research teams developed the research-based assessment called the Educator Assessment of Social and Emotional Learning (EASEL). The EASEL provides valuable information about your personality style, your own SEL skills, and your vulnerability to stress. This tool is the backbone of Dr. Saenz’s work to increase emotionally intelligent leadership in districts, on campuses, and in classrooms.
“In The EQ Intervention, school psychologist Adam Saenz offers teachers practical Social and Emotional Learning skills that will help them maintain effective relationships with every student, every day.”
–Todd Whitaker, Ph.D.
Author of What Great Teachers Do Differently
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Heart Smart Classroom Curricula Outline
Our scope and sequence links directly to CASEL’s core competencies. We start with foundational components of Social and Emotional Learning, and then systematically teach through self-awareness, self-regulation, interpersonal skills, empathy, and effective decision making.
The Heart-Smart Classroom:
student workBook
We are thrilled to offer this K-12 SEL curricula! It is straight-forward, written by teachers for teachers. This curricula presents a systematic journey through the five aspects of SEL: self-awareness, self-regulation, empathy, social skills, and effective decision making. Each student in each class documents their SEL journey throughout the year in their personal workbook, and each classroom teacher will have a corresponding teacher guide that includes the lesson plan and learning outcomes.
You can take a look here: Third Grade Student Workbook Sample
The Heart-Smart Classroom:
teacher guide
We are thrilled to offer this K-12 SEL curricula! It is straight-forward, written by teachers for teachers. This curricula presents a systematic journey through the five aspects of SEL: self-awareness, self-regulation, empathy, social skills, and effective decision making. Each student in each class documents their SEL journey throughout the year in their personal workbook, and each classroom teacher will have a corresponding teacher guide that includes the lesson plan and learning outcomes.
You can take a look here:Third Grade Teacher Guide Sample
Power Point and Handout for COVID-19 Webinar: Finding My Dream Team
These days and the weeks ahead are uncharted territory, and experiencing the unknown, by definition, is stressful. Since stress is fuel, let’s learn to harness the power of that fuel to become Life Givers instead of letting the fuel turn us into Life Suckers. Here’s what we’re going to learn:
- Understand how stress results in the fight-or-flight responses
- Understand the difference between Life Giving and Life Sucking fight-or-flight responses
- Develop a personal Behavior Intervention Plan (don’t laugh…I’m on one, too!). This will prime you to return to your campus at the top of your game.
- Build the Dream Team that will keep you at peak performance as you surf this wave of stress to the best you
- Laugh at my bad jokes. (“A duck walks into a bar…”)
Webinar Power Point
Webinar Notes
CONVERSATION STARTERS
Use these images to Start conversations with your child about thir thoughts and feelings regarding the Corona virus.
In the Media
These folks have reached out to Adam (and you can, too!).
Nicole Cantanese of the Sunday Riley
Kerri Griffiths of Twinkl
Liz Weaver of Learning Success
Julie Metea of School Transportation News
Barbara Guener of The Corner on Character
Matt Tuckey of Power Is a State of Mind
Kelly-Jane Cotter, Asbury Park Press
Videos
We can’t be everywhere at once. So we built a library of videos to help everyone you care about get your heads and hearts in the game.
Workshops & Trainings
Workshops
Every year our team travels to dozens of conferences to speak alongside the most forward-thinking experts in the field of emotional intelligence. We invite you to come learn from us and the other professionals who are redefining what it means to lead in the EQ Era.
Press Kit
