Your Questions About Emotional Techniques
Susan asks…
My brother needs help, but the help he needs would mean my parents leaving his life?
My parents negatively affect my brother’s mental and physical health. They are, in my opinion, TERRIBLE parents. Mentally (and sometimes physicall) abusive. They lack good discpline techniques and always resort to yelling, which drives my brother insane. He has many violent and emotional outbursts. He does poorly in school, is addicted to video games, is a little overweight and a very unhealthy eater. I also believe he is depressed at the age of 8.
Please help? 
MyDigiResults answers:
The difficulty may be that you might be the only person that realizes your brother may need help. The question is of how prepared are you to help see that he gets some help from outside sources. It would not be uncommon that others are aware of your struggle and your brother’s struggle. It’s yourself as well as your brother. You might have to be the strong one and make sure that this is brought to the attention of someone that can help. Schools may not seem like a good source but they are a source, Doctors and nurses are good sources because they know about outreach programs that sometimes overlap in what kind of services that they offer. The internet is an excellent source. You can search for children services and counseling as a beginning. You have to , sometimes ,continue searching resources until you find something that makes sense. It’s not as hard as it seems to find people who care and are willing to take the time to help. No matter what don’t give up and if it means separation from the source of the problem then consider that you did him and yourself a favor by doing so. There’s more to being a parent than just having children.Be strong.
Steven asks…
Special Education Teachers: A few brief questions about your students, teaching philosophy, and related topics?
To anyone involved in Special Education –
I am interested in your thoughts on the following questions:
-Why did you chose to teach students who have disabilities?
-How many students with disabilities do you instruct?
-What techniques do you use to meet the individual needs of the students? (Including emotional, social, and instructional needs)
-How do you integrate school personnel, resources, parents, and community members in meeting the needs of the students?
-What is your opinion on inclusion? Do you think it is successful?
Thank you for your time!
MyDigiResults answers:
I decided to become a special education teacher because my youngest sister has Down syndrome. She was born in 1965, 10 years before there was a federal mandate to provide free appropriate public education to be people with disabilities. When she was born, the doctors told my parents that she was “a mongolian idiot” and that they should institutionalize her and tell us 4 older children that the baby had died. It was a very different world then. Younger people really don’t understand how much things have changed for people with developmental disabilities. My parents brought her home, and even though she was slower in achieving developmental milestones, she actually was very cute and engaging and eventually reached the milestones. I was so jazzed that she was proving the doctors wrong – they said she’d never even learn to care for her own personal needs, but she was toilet trained and dressing herself, learning to read, etc. I volunteered in her preschool program (which we were really lucky to have, since it was not a federal requirement at the time), and I loved working with little kids like my sister. So I decided to be a special education teacher, and 40-some years later, I am still so excited to have the opportunity to make a difference in my students’ future.
I teach a special day class for children ages 5 to 7. I currently have 12 students, 8 on the autism spectrum and 4 children with other disabilities, including Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, and severe speech and language delays.
Each student has an Individualized Education Plan, so in effect, each child has his or her own specialized curriculum. Because my students are considered Severely Handicapped, I have a very tightly staffed class – 4 adults (teacher and 3 teaching assistants) to 12 students, or a 1:3 ratio. We use an incredibly wide variety of instructional methods and materials, since our kids have a wide range of educational needs. Within our class, we are toilet training some students, while others are very close to age-appropriate in their reading and math skills. (They are far from age-level in social skills, behavior, and communication, which is why they are currently in a special day class instead of being in an inclusion model.)
I have been teaching at my school for more than a decade, so I have developed good relationships with many of the general ed teachers. They are great about including my students when they can. Sadly, things have really changed since No Child Left Behind, and now the Race to the Top. The general ed teachers do far fewer art, music, and other creative activities than they did years ago, and that means there are far fewer opportunities for my students to join in on general ed activities. The teachers are focused on preparing their students to do well on standardized testing, and they don’t have much time for the enrichment activities that used to be opportunities for integration.
I support inclusion as a theory, but as a practice I have been less than impressed. In the last 12 or 13 years, I have had 3 students leave my special day class and successfully (with supports) go out into the general ed world. I am so happy that these kids are on the diploma track and will have the opportunity to go to college if that’s what they want. These are students who are autistic (and we’re not talking Aspergers here) but who have cognitive abilities that are average or above. They had behavior and communication issues when they began in our class, but after several years of intensive programming, they were able to move into general ed, with supports. All of them are doing well and making good grades.
More often, though, I get students referred to my class who were in inclusion and didn’t do well. There are a variety of reasons for this, but it often boils down to the fact that kids with autism and other special educational needs need the expertise of trained and experienced teachers. Instead, what often happens is that districts hire one-to-one assistants with little to no training or experience and they put them into a class with a teacher who is focused on getting the majority of kids ready to do well on standardized tests. The teacher probably has very minimal training in working with kids with special needs, and he or she can’t afford to spend a lot of time with any individual student. So the students with special needs ultimately end up spending a large percentage of the school day out of the classroom, with a minimally trained one-to-one who is trying their best. And if the student has behavior issues, he or she is going to spend even more time away from their classmates. I wish that people could use their heads instead of their hearts to see that kids with significant special needs often need a specific educational environment with instructional staff who have the training and experience to adapt the curriculum to the child’s specific needs.
Richard asks…
have you ever heard of a natural treatment called?
NET ( neuro emotional technique) or B.E.S.T?
i’ve personally have used both and find it non evasive for those that suffer from emotional trauma.
i’ve been seeing someone who i have a connection with. she’s awesome. there is evidence and it’s very powerful. drugs for my condition would not help. sometimes it’s ok to take a peek outside the box
MyDigiResults answers:
I’ve never heard of these treatments but I use EFT [Emotional Freedom Technique]. I used to have anxiety attacks until I Iearned EFT and it is the only thing that helps me. I’ve been on prescribed anti-anxiety meds and all they did was make my problems worse.
Ruth asks…
How to stop being so emotional??????????
There is a guy I really really really like <3, anyway we've been going out for a while but I'm too emotional. One simple complement from him will get me blush. I feel light headed when we are cuddling. I’m know I’m gonna have my first kiss with him but I think I might pass out or something . I need to know how to stop being too emotional. Not to much but not too little. I heard things that involve doing humiliating things in public. Please don’t metion any bold techniques. Too shy for that.
MyDigiResults answers:
Please don’t try to stop being emotional! Many people think it’s adorable. It is! It’s definitely nothing to be ashamed of. Be happy you are. Embrace it. 
Linda asks…
How can one know which kind of meditation is suitable to him/her?
Actually I want to know which kind of meditation technique helps to clean all emotional/mental blockages of mind.
MyDigiResults answers:
There are 40 types of meditation objects thought by the Buddha to develop concentration. Concentration can clean all emotional/mental blockages. Only Insight Meditation can uproot and destroy them entirely.
I don’t know what you mean by emotional/mental blockage. But I would like to share with you the Four Protection Meditation thought by Buddha.
Lust/Greed – Meditation of Loathsomeness (Asubha)
hate/anger – Meditation of Loving Kindness (Metta)
fear – Reflection of the Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha (Buddhanusati)
Ideal/lack of urgency – Meditation of the Impermanence of life (Maranasati)
During the lifetime of the Buddha, people go to the Buddha and Buddha personally select the meditation that is suitable for the person. Now when the Buddha is no longer here, look for a teacher experienced in these meditations. They will determine your character. Faithful, Analytic, Lusty, Hateful or Dull. Then from there they select the right meditation. They may make a good guesses by your characteristics.
Then when you find it not suitable, you can choose another one. My teacher usually start by teaching either Mindfullness of Breathing or Analysis of 4 Elements. Since I don’t know you well enough or what your emotional/mental blockages is, I won’t know what may be suitable for you.
Suggestion, look for a good competent teacher living near you.
Betty asks…
Im way too emotional! Any suggestions?
Ok my bf and i have been through alot in the 8 months we have been together. Because of that i get very emotional once we get into an argument, i automatically get that knot on my throat and usually end up crying. I tend to overreact and sweat even the small stuff. I know that this needs to change asap!! But i need to learn to calm down before i start getting all crazy. Are there any techniques that i can use to help? Oh and this also started as soon as i started my birth control, i understand that is one of the sideeffects but im not planning on stop taking them.
MyDigiResults answers:
Are you just taking birth control so you won’t get pregnant? You are actually killing the babies every time you have sex…(with no condom). So are you murdering just so you can have your pleasure?
Anyways, it doesn’t matter if you get emotional. Let everything happen the way it’s supposed to be.
Paul asks…
Are there any meditation techniques to block emotion?
I know this might seem like a strange question but, are there any meditation techniques to aid in blocking emotion? I’ve found that while most people enjoy the broad variety of emotions that goes along with being human, it’s very distracting, counterproductive and often self destructive to my goals and my life in general. I want to focus on a career and being self reliant, not relying on others (friends, family, etc) for my happiness or allow them to bring me down with them. I do not forsee myself as a father or husband and have little incentive to spend my life/cash on such a selfish and fruitless endeavour, as you have a better shot of getting hit by lightning multiple times than maintaining 1 happy marriage for more than 10 years. I’ll let some other poor bastard line a divorce lawyer’s pockets.
So are there any meditations I could try? Or perhaps some other form of emotional control short of a lobotomy?
To add, I am a devout Catholic and would not commit suicide. However I have heard of people having moderate success with emotional control in ways similar to anger managment or various other emotions that lead to problems. I find that I have the bad tendency to empathize and have found that love is far too damaging to be uninhibited. I’ve had too many bad experiences with love that i see it as it is, a subjective chemical response based on nothing more than evolutionary biology. Emotions are constantly in flux and should not be relied upon for longterm happiness.
MyDigiResults answers:
Hello,
Blocking is not really possible but it is possible to get rid of them. Try the third meditation at this website below.
Take care.
Sharon asks…
PLEASE HELP!!! IDENTIFY PERSUASIVE TECHNIQUES?
i no this is long but i have this essay i need to do and need to identify the persuasive techniques, thanks )
THIS weekend, in a first for Victoria and Australia, Universal Royalty – a Texas-based company specialising in glamour beauty pageants – will hold a modelling and talent competition for babies and children.
On the face of it, the event looks like harmless fun. Everyone knows how much kids love to dress up and how much pleasure parents get dressing up their children.However, there are some disturbing aspects to this particular style of “glamour pageant”.
Many in Victoria are disturbed by US-style child beauty contests. Since this event was flagged this year, the glamour pageant has divided our community.
In Melbourne, the pageant, to feature on the controversial cable TV show Toddlers and Tiaras, will be open to Australian babies as young as six months. It will include a compulsory beauty competition, modelling and make-up workshops. Organisers have also set up exclusive deals with local media – perhaps in an attempt to guarantee positive coverage.
Make no mistake about it, child beauty pageants are big news and also big business. An internet post from an organiser of the Melbourne pageant estimates the industry is worth about $5 billion worldwide.
Parents can be expected to pay about $400 to enter their child in the Australian event, but the spin-off costs for costumes, make-up and dance lessons can spiral into the thousands.
Most Victorians are not opposed to baby competitions at local shopping centres. We don’t mind our kids dressing up as fairies or pirates and we actively encourage them during book week to dress up as their favourite character.
But when our children are “glammed up” and objectified to look like mature attractive women, alarm bells must ring. Governments have a responsibility to keep our children safe and to preserve their innocence when they are at risk.
There are many parents who are far from comfortable seeing very young children strutting their stuff in split gowns, heels, a spray tan, waxed legs and eyebrows, curled hair and caked-on make-up. It beggars belief that these competitions are really all about self-esteem, poise, and etiquette.
Psychologists and children’s advocates agree that beauty contests do not form part of a child’s healthy emotional development and that they can actually hurt our children in the long term.
Many also argue that beauty contests teach our kids the wrong values. There are more important qualities than being pretty. We have always taught our children this and it’s never occurred to us to ever enter our six-year-old daughter in a beauty pageant.
Child psychologists also warn of the damaging long-term effects of these competitions. Experts see a clear association between these types of events and the development of body image problems, eating disorders, and depression.
All this leaves me and many Victorians asking, whatever happened to letting kids be kids? Let them run around at the local park. Let them muck around in the back yard or kick the footy at the local oval.
Importantly, let their imaginations flourish and encourage them to read. Let them play. Let them learn. Let them be happy.
I think there’s a case to better regulate this industry and that’s exactly what we are talking about – it is an industry where large profits are being made.
If the Baillieu Government is interested in such regulation, they can count on Labor’s support to develop and implement it.
MyDigiResults answers:
Well, you’re only presenting one side of the argument, so you’re blindsiding readers or listeners to all of the facts, like how parents should know (or at least research enough to find out) that yes, pageants are going to be expensive, and anyone not comfortable with it shouldn’t watch or put their child in it. And the government shouldn’t get involved in situations like this. Pageant girls are some of the most happy and confident girls I know, because they learned the importance of being healthy and confident from a young age. Since the majority of teenage girls also have body image issues (but the majority of girls haven’t participated in pageant), pageants clearly aren’t the issue.
Chris asks…
What are good cheap guerrilla advertising techniques for a new kids chess academy and trophy store business? ?
My son goes to a chess academy in Huntington Beach, CA where he participates in chess tournaments, a Saturday night chess club, and other activities related to chess. It’s a new business and I really want it to succeed because I’ve seen what wonderful benefits my son has experienced since starting chess (improved attention, better emotional control, improved reasoning skills, etc). The guy who runs it knows a lot about chess but not much about advertising and he doesn’t have a lot of money to advertise so I wanted to put together a guerrilla marketing plan for him. Any ideas for cheap, creative marketing techniques?
MyDigiResults answers:
Check colleges nearby that have graphic design as a major. Contact the art dept. There and ask if any students would like the opportunity to work on advertising pro-bono. I was a Graphic Design major, and we did a lot of projects for free just to gain experience and have something real to add to our portfolios (as opposed to companies that we made up).
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