You may have noticed that most of my articles are about trying to help parents and educators raise and educate kids with autism. So, most of \u00a0the tips I suggest are usually\u00a0targeting the kids.<\/p>\n
But, how about parents and educators themselves? Can they always be in their greatest shape, best mood, and ready to provide continuous help and support no matter what?<\/p>\n
Parents, in particular, as well as educators have a tough mission to accomplish.\u00a0They need to take care of themselves; physically, mentally and psychologically. Helping children on the autism spectrum is a long term commitment, and can be very challenging. They are better off staying healthy and strong in order to play an effective and impactful role in children’s life.<\/p>\n
Positive<\/strong> psychology, a new branch in psychology, focuses on enhancing human\u00a0strengths<\/strong> rather than trying to fix behavioral disorders. Its mission is to help people become and stay happy<\/strong>. Positive psychology does not ignore the important role of the traditional psychology dedicated to healing and curing mental illnesses; they actually\u00a0complement each other. It is believed that happiness<\/strong> is attainable when people are fulfilled and have reached their full potential.<\/p>\n Do you adopt a positive thinking? Check out the following elements:<\/strong><\/p>\n A positive thinker doesn’t ignore or escapes problems.<\/p>\n A positive thinker knows that problems are temporary, not everlasting.<\/p>\n A positive thinker sees the best in people, not only their shortcomings.<\/p>\n A positive thinker tries to make the best out of bad sitiuation.<\/p>\n When something bad happens a positive thinker\u00a0doesn’t spend time and energy in blame and regret.<\/p>\n A positive thinker tends to be creative and proactive to reconcile with people and her\/himself to find solutions.<\/p>\n A positive thinker is optimistic and surrounds her\/himself with positive thinkers.<\/p>\n A positive thinker always has hope no matter what.<\/p>\n A positive thinker enjoys a longer and healthier life.<\/p>\n A positive thinker has\u00a0a better immune system, her\/his body fights diseases easily.<\/p>\n A positive thinker is less prone to depression and has a stable and balanced state of mind.<\/p>\n A positive thinker can manage stressful situation better.<\/p>\n Are you a positive thinker?<\/p>\n Is your job meaningful and purposeful?<\/p>\n Do you have a strong social network and relationships?<\/p>\n How to apply positive psychology? How to increase happiness?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n From Wikipidia: “The purpose of positive psychology was summed up in 1998 by Marin Seligman and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi as follows: We believe that a psychology of positive human functioning will arise, which achieves a scientific understanding and effective interventions to build thriving individuals, families and communities.”<\/em><\/p>\n “Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” -Abraham Lincoln<\/strong><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n nadia shanab<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" You may have noticed that most of my articles are about trying to help parents and educators raise and educate kids with autism. So, most of \u00a0the tips I suggest are usually\u00a0targeting the kids. But, how about parents and educators themselves? Can they always be in their greatest shape, best mood, and ready to provide … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[201,23,381,200,197,10,30,199,77,50,14,383,198,92,31,16],"class_list":["post-2081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-abraham-lincoln","tag-aspergers-syndrome","tag-autism","tag-behavioral-disorders","tag-clinical-psychology","tag-communication","tag-flexibility","tag-happiness","tag-health","tag-independence","tag-organization","tag-parenting","tag-positive-psychology","tag-research","tag-social-interaction","tag-techniques"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2081"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2416,"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2081\/revisions\/2416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}