S'Elf' Care
Elves should not always practice this alone and should never relegate it to weekends only
What is s'elf'-care?
This model demonstrates how Freudy must have his basic needs, like cold weather, met before he can be the best snowman possible
What is Maslow's Hierarchy?
This connection with others is why many wish to be home for the holidays, it is also the basis for all trauma-informed practice
What is a relationship?
When something happens to Santa that he did not predict, could not have prepared for, and was out of his control; he experiences this
What is trauma?
When the Grinch is dysregulated he does not have access tot he centers in the brain responsible for morality and logic, perhaps this is why we say his heart is this
What is too small?
The approximate number of hours of sleep adult elves require
What is 7 to 8 hours?
Systems Theory demonstrates the incredible impact schools have on snow-child development including the ability to build healthy versions of these
What are relationships?
By singing Feliz Navidad in Spanish and English, Jose Feliciano could be said to be practicing this
What is inclusion, or cultural awareness?
When a sugar plum fairy's brain senses immediate danger, the brain stem takes control, turning off executive functioning and we enter this state
What is fight or flight?
The Grinch should have tried deep breathing because the three things that calm the nervous system are glucose, Physical stimulus, and this
What is oxygen?
Proper elf-care requires engaging in activities that can be said to do this for the elf
What is recharge?
This is the approximate grade level in which most snow-students begin to internalize how their snow-teacher treats them differently than others
What is 3rd grade?
After grandma gets ran over by a reindeer, we can use this STEM learner profile to understand how she feels, even if we have not experienced it
What is empathy?
According to the CDC, this is the amount of school aged reindeer that have been formally diagnosed with anxiety disorder: 1%, 3%, 7%, 9%
What is 7%?
The Grinch was acting out a message to others, because all behavior is a form of this
What is communication?
Sometimes lumped with meditation, this elf practice usually involves elements of grounding or centering and is a proven technique to increase calm
What is mindfulness?
Carol Dweck's extensive body of work linking adult snow-people's language and beliefs to the development and long-term outcomes of snow-children is based on these two mindsets
What are growth and fixed mindsets?
Actually seeing mommy kissing Santa Claus, could lead to one of these, commonly referred to as ACEs, and linked to a multitude of negative lifelong outcomes
What is an Adverse Childhood Experience?
Like all brains, Cousin Eddie's brain is designed for protection/survival, as such it hardwires automatic responses to certain stimulus and thus prefers this to the unknown
What is predictability?
When he became dysregulated, the Grinch should have been offered this number of choices
What is 3?
When elves engage in an activity designed to reduce their stress, they are said to be using this type of skill
What is a coping skill?
Per Erikson's developmental model, young snow-people are either learning competence or they are developing a sense of this during their elementary school years
What is inferiority?
Santa is not using this building block of trauma-informed care when makes a list and checks it twice to judge the naughty
What is unconditional positive regard?
This is the amount of time it takes Rudolph's brain to fully return to the green zone after being dysregulated
What is 25 minutes?
What is maladaptive?