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Where Do I Start?
Stoplight Starts with Me!
The Stoplight Approach is for everyone! We want as many people as possible to take it on in their own settings - whether it is a family, a school, a community group, a business or an organization - the Stoplight Approach is designed to be relevant for any setting. Our team consistently creates resources for various environments that provides tools for different ages and contexts.
This booklet is for people who want to learn how brain science helps us understand ourselves and how we relate to one another. We all want to have good relationships, to be successful and happy, but relationships can be challenging and difficult when we interact with uniquely different people.
This booklet helps you on your journey to emotional health and well-being! 36 pages
Families
Whether stay-at-home or working, parenting is a full-time occupation - and sometimes it can feel daunting and overwhelming. Stoplight provides parents with resources to help them understand how to develop safe and loving homes to help their children feel loved and connected.
“When we ignore the mental health of parents and caregivers, we fail to support them to nurture and care for their children to the best of their ability.” - UNICEF
Babies and toodlers
Parenting young children can be overwhelming and exhausting. Your little ones are constantly sending emotional signal that don’t always make sense. Through a partnership with Little Winks we are developing a course to dedicated to Learning your Littles!
School aged Children
Ten Fun & Interactive Lessons Connecting Emotions, Colours, Child Protection & The Brain
Whether in a group, class or home setting, lead your children through 10 interactive lesson to understand their brain and how to improve their emotional intelligence.
Youth
Acknowledging the rapid brain development through adolescence, this book is geared towards helping youth navigate the complexities of their world and mind.
This book was written with and for teenagers, to understand others’ emotions as well as their own. Its practical suggestions will equip them to lead a less stressful, more successful life. Being aware of and in control of our emotions allows them to form stronger relationships with everyone around them.
Through the ages of 12-25 the brain matures and develops at a rapid pace. This book is geared towards helping youth navigate the complexities of their world and mind. “This book is a must-read. The brain science has helped me understand myself and my friends better so I have healthier interactions. ”
BEN age 19
Organizations
We hope to integrate our resources into organizations working with people of all ages and abilities. We also aim to impact on a systemic level by implanting the Stoplight Approach into national levels, for example by integrating it into teacher training.
“social and emotional skills develop in the context of relationships.” - Health Education
SCHOOLS, CLASSES & COMMUNITY PROGRAMS
How to Optimize Learning, Decrease Behavioural Issues & Create a Safe Learning Environment
The Stoplight Approach is a philosophy with a practical framework solidly based on brain science, involving the whole school community. Through using the principles and tools of the Stoplight Approach, your school becomes a place where each child, staff member and parent feels safe and valued. It is within this positive culture that emotional intelligence can develop and grow and where students can best reach their academic and overall potential.
This handbook provides you with the basics needed to embed the Stoplight Approach into your school: foundational principles, teaching tactics, ways of managing behaviour and discipline, and strategies to support the diverse needs of your students. It is not however, simply about following rules and guidelines, but about how to build community, redeem relationships and grow empathy with social responsibility. It provides a philosophy and framework for any school to adopt - no matter the demographics or reputation your school has - to help both you and your students to succeed.
So, this is YOUR school. What is your dream for your school? The Stoplight Approach might just help you attain that.
Whether full-time or substitute teachers, leaders of children/youth community classes and programs, behaviour management can be a nightmare. Extending beyond the scope of behaviour management, Stoplight presents teachers with the tools to understand emotional intelligence, develop trust based relationships with their students, and figure out how best to respond to the myriad of behavioural issues they face each day.
Endless Other Avenues
The Stoplight Approach has endless contexts it is relevant to and can be applied to.
This includes refugees and people dealing with trauma and grief.
Organizations or classrooms assisting people with disabilities or learning differences. For example L’Arche in Manchester has benefited from the common language amongst caregivers and clients.
The approach can be applied to workplaces for conflict management and to sustain overall wellbeing of employees.
Coming soon is a book focused on grief and trauma…
Faith Based Communities And Churches
This version adds a biblical perspective to help youth navigate the complexities of their world and mind.
Includes Ten complimentary lessons connecting the Bible & the brain AND Ten Fun & Interactive Lessons Connecting Emotions, Colours, Child Protection & The Brain!
Learn about the spiritual components of the Stoplight Approach Child, Youth and soon Parent resources! These resources are perfect for small groups, youth groups and children’s camps/Sunday school.
We Welcome You!
Whoever YOU are and whatever context YOU are in, we welcome you to think about becoming part of this movement!