Puppets and Emotional Well-being: The Making of the Feel Your Best Self Toolkit

CSCH Director of Programs & Communications Helene Marcy interviews the creators of Feel Your Best Self, a toolkit that uses puppets to teach children strategies that promote emotional well-being. Host: Helene Marcy, Director of Programs & Communications at the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health Guests: Sandra Chafouleas, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor in UConn’s Department of Educational Psychology in the UConn Neag School of Education and Co-Director of the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health Emily Wicks, Co-Interim Director of the UConn Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry Emily Iovino, Postdoctoral Scholar at the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health and the Neag School of Education in the Department of Educational Psychology. Resources Read a transcript of the podcast Feel Your Best Self UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health UConn Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry UConn Neag School of Education UConn School of Fine Arts Social Media Links Feel Your Best Self on Facebook Feel Your Best Self on Twitter Feel Your Best Self on Instagram Feel Your Best Self on Pinterest @UConnCSCH on Twitter @UConnCSCH on Facebook Ballard on Twitter Ballard on Facebook Produced, directed and edited by Helene Marcy. This recording has been made available for informational and educational purposes only. Puppets and Emotional Well-being: The Making of the Feel Your Best Self Toolkit was created by the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health and recorded in November 2022. Copyright © 2022 by the University of Connecticut. All rights reserved.