Emotional Intelligence is about using your emotions to guide you through the world. It is about being able to use your own knowledge of emotions to make decisions, to calm yourself down, to manage anger and conflict, to help you in your relationships with people, to know what is happening in social situations, and to assist you in many aspects of life where you or another person is involved.
SMART EQ™ aims to build emotional intelligence in children aged 6 to 12 years old through proven methodologies based on the successful Learned Optimism, PATHS, and Aussie Optimism programmes from USA and Australia.
With stronger emotional Intelligence, your child can:
- Be more successful with making friends and be more able to manage situations of conflict with peers
- Better manage emotions when upset or angry and have fewer behaviour problems
- Concentrate better and have greater academic success
- Have fewer physical illnesses
- Have more stable and satisfying relationships as adults
- Have greater career success: Emotional Intelligence may be a better predictor of academic and career success than IQ!
SMART EQ™ includes fun games, group discussions and role plays where students learn how to identify their feelings, as well as techniques and strategies to manage their angers and fears, generate helpful positive thoughts, communicate effectively and solve problems. By building up their emotional intelligence in a structured manner, children become more motivated and engaged students, enjoy better relationships, are happier and more resilient.