IMPROVE SELF-KNOWLEDGE AND EMOTIONAL REGULATION FOR CHILDREN AGED 7 TO 15 WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES

Abstract

Through the activities described in this work, such as MIO© workshops, meditation, or a work on sensations/emotions, I hope that the children involved will learn to channel their attention, to soothe the whirlwind of bodily sensations generated by certain emotions and increase their ability to manage stressful situations. In addition, by having a better knowledge of their cognitive and emotional functioning, we hope that children will be able to better enter into academic and relational learning. For children with learning difficulties, the stakes of motivation are high. By bringing them experiences where they can gain a sense of control over what is happening within them, it gives them the desire to learn and understand. I hope that they will then be able to pass on some of their knowledge to their peers. But above all, the main challenge of these activities is to make children live positive experiences and emotions. Indeed, to learn you have to be inhabited by this feeling of comfort, this impression that we call pleasure. Research shows that curiosity, attention and pleasure lead to the formation of new synapses and consequently the acquisition of new knowledge. In closing, I would like to thank the children I accompany as well as my colleagues because they have been open to including new ways of doing and thinking in our daily lives. I look forward to continuing the experimentation and implementation of various experiments initiated by this CAS in educational neurosciences at the University of Fribourg.