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11th May / Issue 2 Emotional LiteracyWelcomeWelcome to Issue Two of Social and Emotional Insight. Today Pip Wilson, author, trainer and social and emotional practitioner writes on Emotional Deprivation and Emotional Literacy. You can find out more about Pip on his website here: http://www.pipwilson.com/In this issue:• A Volcano / A Pickaxe / A Hammer / A Nail• Emotional Literacy• Tips & Advice• 50 Top Tips for Behaviour ManagementDictionary::literacy |ˈlitərəsē; ˈlitrə-|nounthe ability to read and write.Emotional Literacy is all about reading signals. Feelings are signals. They surge through us every mili-second when we are awake. Even when we sleep.Feelings are signals. It is the big ones that matter.The ugly ones really matter.Unless humans reach some competency in managing feelings they will be controlled.Control is bad. Like a capped volcano - they will eventually erupt.In 1979 I conducted my first study of Youth Gangs. I focused on the number one issue. The aspect of their lives which was most difficult for them. My study was titled 'Emotional Deprivation'. We now understand this as 'Emotional Literacy' - an ability in understanding and managing emotions.These young humans lived with violence. They exploded, erupted, lashed out and received in return.One day a teenager came into the Club swinging a builder's pick axe.He chased another young man around the pool table with myself in-between the two - I will never forget it!Later on that same evening they were playing football together in the sports hall.The volcano had erupted. Then behaviour returned to normal.Capped emotions, awaiting the next rumble from within.We can learn how to manage our emotions.It is possible to become more aware.It is possible to become more skilful."If we only have a HammerWe see everything as a Nail."In the weeks and months aheadI will share a few stories with you,I will share experiences with you,I will share tools for the toolbox with you.You will be able to take them and transpose them into your own life and work - because signals rise within us in every aspect of our existence.In our Toolboxes we need more than a Hammer.Just email ezines@incentiveplus.co.uk or reply to this email with any questions, advice or top tips.A Volcano/A Pickaxe/A Hammer/A Nail.IF A BUD OF A FLOWER GETS DAMAGED.FROST.Damaged.It won't open.When it ages.It will not open to the sun.When a new baby is bornbeautiful creationneeding sun and waterlike the bud of a flower -being nurtured withwarmth and encouragement.Love in wordsand every other human expression.A child grows, thrives, loves, growsGrows - a human *being* and a human *becoming*If the childreceivescoldchillabuse or rejectionor even indifference -the chill damages.FROST.Damaged creation.That person will struggleto open to the sunstruggle to relatestruggle to lovestruggle to becomestruggle reach potential.I reach out to those who have failed to love.And those who have been unable to love.Emotional Literacy is all about reading signals.Feelings are signals.- Pip WilsonThis email has been sent to you byIncentive Plus Ltd70 Alston DriveBradwell AbbeyMilton KeynesMK13 9HGCompany Registration No. 3830684You are being sent this email as you have agreed to receive relevant and informative emails from the Electric Word Group, the people who send you Behaviour Matters and SENCO Update.Unsubscribe from Incentive Plus emailsTo register online go to incentiveplus.co.ukTo change your email address contact us at ezines@incentiveplus.co.uk
