Arkansas A.W.A.R.E.
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Dr. Betsy Kindall, Nicole Fairchild and Dr. Stacy Moore discuss Arkansas A.W.A.R.E. - a project to Advance Wellness And Resiliency in Education. Project A.W.A.R.E. is a grant program funded by S.A.M.H.S.A. (the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration).
Betsy is an educator, a licensed school counselor and the Statewide Coordinator for Arkansas A.W.A.R.E. She has worked in Arkansas schools for nearly 20 years. Nicole is a Licensed Professional Counselor who has worked in schools for about 10 years. She is the project manager at one of the Arkansas A.W.A.R.E.. remote sites. Stacy is a Behavior Support Specialist/School Psychologist with Arkansas A.W.A.R.E. and has been working in Arkansas schools over 15 years.
They love working together and this podcast is a result of the creative energy synthesized through their conversations about mental health awareness. They begin by sharing a little about their previous work background and goals for this podcast series. In subsequent episodes, they focus on individual topics related to school culture and mental health. Their conversations are as witty and entertaining as they are informative. They share touching personal stories and address real-life situations that will help enable every listener to become more A.W.A.R.E. of the world around them.
The episodes in this series are generally less than ten minutes long, but are packed with valuable information and commentary that will leave you wanting more! New episodes are scheduled for release weekly, every Monday.
This project is dedicated to Advancing Wellness and Resiliency in Education. Please feel free to subscribe to this podcast and join us as we strive to help everyone become more A.W.A.R.E.!
Website: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/learning-services/school-health-services/arkansas-aware
Produced by Donnie Lee
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
More information: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/communications/dese-podcasts
Betsy is an educator, a licensed school counselor and the Statewide Coordinator for Arkansas A.W.A.R.E. She has worked in Arkansas schools for nearly 20 years. Nicole is a Licensed Professional Counselor who has worked in schools for about 10 years. She is the project manager at one of the Arkansas A.W.A.R.E.. remote sites. Stacy is a Behavior Support Specialist/School Psychologist with Arkansas A.W.A.R.E. and has been working in Arkansas schools over 15 years.
They love working together and this podcast is a result of the creative energy synthesized through their conversations about mental health awareness. They begin by sharing a little about their previous work background and goals for this podcast series. In subsequent episodes, they focus on individual topics related to school culture and mental health. Their conversations are as witty and entertaining as they are informative. They share touching personal stories and address real-life situations that will help enable every listener to become more A.W.A.R.E. of the world around them.
The episodes in this series are generally less than ten minutes long, but are packed with valuable information and commentary that will leave you wanting more! New episodes are scheduled for release weekly, every Monday.
This project is dedicated to Advancing Wellness and Resiliency in Education. Please feel free to subscribe to this podcast and join us as we strive to help everyone become more A.W.A.R.E.!
Website: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/learning-services/school-health-services/arkansas-aware
Produced by Donnie Lee
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
More information: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/communications/dese-podcasts
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Gratitude
Arkansas A.W.A.R.E.
06/01/20 • 11 min
Nicole and Betsy discuss ways that gratitude can have a positive impact on your daily life.
Arkansas A.W.A.R.E. website: http://bit.ly/AWAREwebsite
Produced by Donnie Lee
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
More information: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/communications/dese-podcasts
Arkansas A.W.A.R.E. website: http://bit.ly/AWAREwebsite
Produced by Donnie Lee
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
More information: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/communications/dese-podcasts
System of Meaning
Arkansas A.W.A.R.E.
05/18/20 • 10 min
Nicole and Betsy discuss what it means to have a "System of Meaning".
Arkansas A.W.A.R.E. website: http://bit.ly/AWAREwebsite
Produced by Donnie Lee
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
More information: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/communications/dese-podcasts
Arkansas A.W.A.R.E. website: http://bit.ly/AWAREwebsite
Produced by Donnie Lee
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
More information: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/communications/dese-podcasts
How do I Overcome
Arkansas A.W.A.R.E.
05/04/20 • 12 min
Nicole and Betsy discuss ways to help individuals overcome trauma in their lives.
TED talk on ACES by Nadine Burke-Harris: http://bit.ly/TedTalkNadineBurke-Harris
Shop for "The Deepest Well" online: http://bit.ly/ShopforTheDeepestWell
Fostering Resilient Learners website: https://www.fosteringresilientlearners.org/
Arkansas A.W.A.R.E. website: http://bit.ly/AWAREwebsite
Produced by Donnie Lee
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
More information: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/communications/dese-podcasts
TED talk on ACES by Nadine Burke-Harris: http://bit.ly/TedTalkNadineBurke-Harris
Shop for "The Deepest Well" online: http://bit.ly/ShopforTheDeepestWell
Fostering Resilient Learners website: https://www.fosteringresilientlearners.org/
Arkansas A.W.A.R.E. website: http://bit.ly/AWAREwebsite
Produced by Donnie Lee
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
More information: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/communications/dese-podcasts
Temptation Bundling
Arkansas A.W.A.R.E.
04/20/20 • 11 min
Betsy and Nicole discuss "Temptation Bundling" in this episode of the Arkansas A.W.A.R.E. podcast. They talk about ways to incorporate the idea of Temptation Bundling in your classroom and everyday life and how it can help produce positive outcomes for everyone.
http://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/divisions/learning-services/school-health-services/aware
https://www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org/
Produced by Donnie Lee
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
More information: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/communications/dese-podcasts
http://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/divisions/learning-services/school-health-services/aware
https://www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org/
Produced by Donnie Lee
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
More information: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/communications/dese-podcasts
School Violence and Rapport
Arkansas A.W.A.R.E.
04/06/20 • 7 min
School Violence and Rapport
Safe, supportive and collaborative school cultures are what we all what. What keeps it from sticking? How do we get there? If we have a “winner-take-all” culture, what can we do? Find out more at the Arkansas AWARE webpage and explore the resources you’ll find there. Reach out to us, request a training, and get involved.
http://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/divisions/learning-services/school-health-services/aware
https://www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org/
Produced by Donnie Lee
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
More information: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/communications/dese-podcasts
Safe, supportive and collaborative school cultures are what we all what. What keeps it from sticking? How do we get there? If we have a “winner-take-all” culture, what can we do? Find out more at the Arkansas AWARE webpage and explore the resources you’ll find there. Reach out to us, request a training, and get involved.
http://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/divisions/learning-services/school-health-services/aware
https://www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org/
Produced by Donnie Lee
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
More information: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/communications/dese-podcasts
Window of Tolerance
Arkansas A.W.A.R.E.
03/23/20 • 10 min
Dan Siegel designed this amazing thing called the Window of Tolerance. This concept helps us to visualize and understand what it looks like when we move in and out of regulation and dysregulation; both us and the young people we serve. We all have a Window of Tolerance, we all dance in and out of it, and we all need a bigger one.
https://www.drdansiegel.com/
https://www.nicabm.com/trauma-how-to-help-your-clients-understand-their-window-of-tolerance/
http://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/divisions/learning-services/school-health-services/school-based-mental-health
The WSCC model from the CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/healthyschools/wscc/index.htm
Produced by Donnie Lee
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
More information: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/communications/dese-podcasts
https://www.drdansiegel.com/
https://www.nicabm.com/trauma-how-to-help-your-clients-understand-their-window-of-tolerance/
http://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/divisions/learning-services/school-health-services/school-based-mental-health
The WSCC model from the CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/healthyschools/wscc/index.htm
Produced by Donnie Lee
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
More information: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/communications/dese-podcasts
S.B.M.H. in Arkansas
Arkansas A.W.A.R.E.
03/09/20 • 11 min
SBMH in Arkansas
Betsy and Nicole talk about what School-Based Mental Health looks like in the state of Arkansas. Our strengths, our areas to improve, and how we’re moving forward.
Visit the SBMH webpage to explore and learn more:
http://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/divisions/learning-services/school-health-services/school-based-mental-health
The WSCC model from the CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/healthyschools/wscc/index.htm
Produced by Donnie Lee
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
More information: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/communications/dese-podcasts
Betsy and Nicole talk about what School-Based Mental Health looks like in the state of Arkansas. Our strengths, our areas to improve, and how we’re moving forward.
Visit the SBMH webpage to explore and learn more:
http://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/divisions/learning-services/school-health-services/school-based-mental-health
The WSCC model from the CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/healthyschools/wscc/index.htm
Produced by Donnie Lee
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
More information: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/communications/dese-podcasts
Self Care Strategies: Coordinated School Health Panel Discussion
Arkansas A.W.A.R.E.
02/17/20 • 37 min
Employee Wellness Strategies – School-Led Panel Presentation
During this session, participants will hear from a panel of Arkansas educators focused on innovative strategies to promote self-care for faculty. By utilizing the tools already available, panelists will detail simple strategies they incorporate throughout their daily routine to promote mindfulness and ensure better care for themselves. In addition, unique school-wide approaches will be discussed that may be implemented within any building.
Arkansas A.W.A.R.E. website: bit.ly/AWAREwebsite
Produced by Donnie Lee
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
More information: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/communications/dese-podcasts
During this session, participants will hear from a panel of Arkansas educators focused on innovative strategies to promote self-care for faculty. By utilizing the tools already available, panelists will detail simple strategies they incorporate throughout their daily routine to promote mindfulness and ensure better care for themselves. In addition, unique school-wide approaches will be discussed that may be implemented within any building.
Arkansas A.W.A.R.E. website: bit.ly/AWAREwebsite
Produced by Donnie Lee
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
More information: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/communications/dese-podcasts
Defensive Dehumanization
Arkansas A.W.A.R.E.
02/10/20 • 9 min
Betsy and Nicole have spent a lot of time so far encouraging you toward empathy, understanding and self-care. Now we’re going to talk about self-care from a completely different angle.
Defensive dehumanization.
Wow. That sounds terrible! It sounds like something we should be fighting against. It’s true,
dehumanizing people is a step towards things like slavery, murder, violence or genocide. In order to wipe out a people group, drop a bomb, or fight in a war, you have to dehumanize your opponents.
What’s interesting is that empathy is actually a part of creating space for dehumanizing a person or
people group. It is because I have such great empathy and love for my family that I might be willing to kill someone who breaks into my house and harms my child or spouse. In that moment it is my
tremendous empathy that leads me to dehumanize the intruder.
Tricky right???
You 2.0: The Empathy Gym:
https://www.npr.org/2019/07/22/744195502/you-2-0-the-empathy-gym
Social Connection Enables Dehumanization: https://faculty.chicagobooth.edu/nicholas.epley/WaytzEpleyJESP2012.pdf
Why We Fight: https://www.apa.org/science/about/psa/2017/12/why-fight
Why Doctors Should Be More Empathetic--But Not Too Much More:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/doctors-and-dehumanization-effect/
Arkansas A.W.A.R.E. website: bit.ly/AWAREwebsite
Produced by Donnie Lee
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
More information: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/communications/dese-podcasts
Defensive dehumanization.
Wow. That sounds terrible! It sounds like something we should be fighting against. It’s true,
dehumanizing people is a step towards things like slavery, murder, violence or genocide. In order to wipe out a people group, drop a bomb, or fight in a war, you have to dehumanize your opponents.
What’s interesting is that empathy is actually a part of creating space for dehumanizing a person or
people group. It is because I have such great empathy and love for my family that I might be willing to kill someone who breaks into my house and harms my child or spouse. In that moment it is my
tremendous empathy that leads me to dehumanize the intruder.
Tricky right???
You 2.0: The Empathy Gym:
https://www.npr.org/2019/07/22/744195502/you-2-0-the-empathy-gym
Social Connection Enables Dehumanization: https://faculty.chicagobooth.edu/nicholas.epley/WaytzEpleyJESP2012.pdf
Why We Fight: https://www.apa.org/science/about/psa/2017/12/why-fight
Why Doctors Should Be More Empathetic--But Not Too Much More:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/doctors-and-dehumanization-effect/
Arkansas A.W.A.R.E. website: bit.ly/AWAREwebsite
Produced by Donnie Lee
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
More information: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/communications/dese-podcasts
A.W.A.R.E. Podcast Season 1 Finale
Arkansas A.W.A.R.E.
06/02/20 • 10 min
Nicole and Betsy wrap up the first season of the A.W.A.R.E. podcast. We would like to thank our listeners for their support throughout our first season. We plan to launch season two in the late Summer/early Fall of 2020 with new content, special guests and more!!
Thank you for listening to our podcast!
Arkansas A.W.A.R.E. website: http://bit.ly/AWAREwebsite
Produced by Donnie Lee
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
More information: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/communications/dese-podcasts
Thank you for listening to our podcast!
Arkansas A.W.A.R.E. website: http://bit.ly/AWAREwebsite
Produced by Donnie Lee
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
More information: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/communications/dese-podcasts
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How many episodes does Arkansas A.W.A.R.E. have?
Arkansas A.W.A.R.E. currently has 125 episodes available.
What topics does Arkansas A.W.A.R.E. cover?
The podcast is about Health & Fitness, Mental Health and Podcasts.
What is the most popular episode on Arkansas A.W.A.R.E.?
The episode title 'Gratitude' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Arkansas A.W.A.R.E.?
The average episode length on Arkansas A.W.A.R.E. is 16 minutes.
How often are episodes of Arkansas A.W.A.R.E. released?
Episodes of Arkansas A.W.A.R.E. are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of Arkansas A.W.A.R.E.?
The first episode of Arkansas A.W.A.R.E. was released on Oct 29, 2019.
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