Well-being Briefs
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Physical Well-Being
The Ontario Healthy Schools Coalition held their annual conference in April 2017. Delegates that attended participated in a world café relating to the domains of wellbeing. An expert in the field addressed each domain. Dr. Dean Kriellars was the expert facilitating the physical wellbeing domain. Participants were provided a series of questions and had a brainstorming discussion about the questions.
The delegates that attended the physical well being session were asked to respond to three questions, which are listed below.
- What are the psychological and social barriers to having a physically active life?
- How does one create confidence in movement?
- Why is it that young females are less active than males (pre puberty) when in fact the activity standards are the same?
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Social Well-Being
The Ontario Healthy Schools Coalition held their annual conference in April 2017. Delegates that attended participated in a world café relating to the domains of wellbeing. An expert in the field addressed each domain. Dr. Ian Manion was the expert facilitating the social wellbeing domain. Participants were provided a series of questions and had a brainstorming discussion about the questions.
The delegates that attended the social well being session were asked to respond to three questions, which are listed below.
- What are the particular threats and opportunities for the promotion of social wellness in your schools?
- What are the everyday things that your school/ board staff can do to promote social wellness?
- How does your school/ board work with the community to promote social wellness?
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Cognitive Well-Being
The Ontario Healthy Schools Coalition held their annual conference in April 2017. Delegates that attended participated in a world café relating to the domains of wellbeing. An expert in the field addressed each domain. Dr. Sharon Pyke was the expert facilitating the cognitive wellbeing domain. Participants were provided a series of questions and had a brainstorming discussion about the questions.
The delegates that attended the cognitive well being session were asked to respond to three questions, which are listed below.
- How do you promote skill development in the cognitive domain at your organization?
- From your perspective, what would a school's cognitive domain look like/ feel like in terms of activities?
- Why do you think the cognitive piece of the well-being wheel is an important part of a child/ youth's growth and development?
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Emotional Well-Being
The Ontario Healthy Schools Coalition held their annual conference in April 2017. Delegates that attended participated in a world café relating to the domains of wellbeing. An expert in the field addressed each domain. Dr. Kathy Short was the expert facilitating the emotional wellbeing domain. Participants were provided a series of questions and had a brainstorming discussion about the questions.
The delegates that attended the emotional well being session were asked to respond to two questions, which are listed below.
- Describe practices in your school/ board/ community that have been successful in promoting emotional wellness amongst students. How do you know these practices have been successful?
- What are the conditions and supports needed to bring these emotional wellness practices to scale in sustainable ways across Ontario schools and boards?
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Spiritual Well-being
The Ontario Healthy Schools Coalition held their annual conference in April 2017. Delegates that attended participated in a world café relating to the domains of wellbeing. An expert in the field addressed each domain. Dr. Stephen Tooshkenig was the expert facilitating the spiritual wellbeing domain. Participants were provided a series of questions and had a brainstorming discussion about the questions.
The delegates that attended the spiritual well being session were asked to respond to three questions, which are listed below.
- What would a school or program look like/ act if they had a sense of spirit/ self?
- Why are the physical, cognitive, emotional and social so important for the self/spirit? To understand the spirit, you must firs understand your own sense of self/spirit. On a separate piece of paper, please create a circle-within that circle, create four sections.
- By understanding the four directions, you begin to see more of the spirit, you begin to see inside yourself, you also begin to create programs that encourage a sense of spirit.
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