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EMPATICUS and rePULSE Contribute to a Focused Attention for 300 Teachers at the Omega Institutes Conference on Mindfulness & Education
Daniel Rechtschaffen, founding director of the Mindful Education Institue, became aware of and intrigued with the rePULSE method and the related EMPATICUS’ products for social and emotional learning while he was conducting a conference in Thailand. His interest led to Gunilla Dobrin, CEO for rePULSE AB, and Pål Dobrin, CEO for EMPATICUS AB being invited to New York to share their respective impulse control method and social and emotional learning accessories at the Mindfulness & Education Conference which was held at the prestigious Omega Institute in New York on the August 17th weekend.
Gunilla and Pål shared the stage with such luminaries as Dr. Daniel Goleman, who was instrumental at bringing the concept of Emotional Intelligence to the mainstream and is the author of the New York Times best-selling books, Emotional Intelligence and Social Intelligence; Dr. Daniel Siegel, the Executive Director of the Mindsight Institute who developed Mindsight and has written several best-selling books about the brain and raising children; and several other eminent experts in the areas of Social and Emotional Learning and Mindfulness.
- It felt a bit surreal to share the stage with such a distinguished panel. We are talking about the individuals who revolutionized the way in which we look at intelligence and what makes people successful. To get our work noticed in this context was something we hardly even dreamed about when we started a few years ago, said Pål Dobrin.
The participants presented several new initiatives with “focused attention” as the foundation for many of the changes they desired to see implemented in the school system to support children and adolescents in their educational and social development.
The atmosphere that was generated by the panel of experts in neurology, social and emotional intelligence and mindfulness, with their progressive thoughts on the future of education, was extremely positive and well received by the three hundred teachers and school administrators that were in attendance at a conference.
The CEOs for rePULSE AB and EMPATICUS AB were exhilarated to be a part of this educational forum on Mindfulness in Education and were ecstatic to contribute their method and educational tools towards this progressive vision of the future in education. Participating in the conference intensified their optimism and they now have many new and exciting ideas for how to develop their method and educational tools further.
- This is incredible big news for two, small, Swedish west coast companies. It came as a complete surprise that our work is up there in the forefront internationally, said Gunilla, founder of the rePULSE method.
The rePULSE method is now set to be launched in earnest as prePULSE in the United States with the assistance of the conference participants.
For Pål, the greatest benefit, and a positive surprise, was the interest shown by investors from Silicon Valley regarding his company’s electronic applications.
- There's apparently a big demand for ideas on how to make technology more people-friendly and complementary rather than disruptive within schools. This is our area of expertise, this is where we will leave or mark for the future, stated a tired but very satisfied EMPATICUS CEO.
- When we arrive home, we will have to control the impulse to organize all the business cards that we received during the conference. We will have to prioritize, sleep, unpack our bags and then absolutely focus on moving forward with our dreams and plans..
Empaticus will soon launch the Emotivation app to support people in dealing with their emotions and improving their current awareness and presence.Ämnen
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Empaticus uses modern technology to develop playful tools for personal development and social and emotional skills. We pay close attention to current reasearch for our apps and web solutions.
The Empatico app is available at Apple Stores for iOS devices and we have developed courses in Cultivating Emotional Balance to be available for our winter schedule.
Research on the method has shown that it helps teachers to be more accessible and responsive to the students’ emotional needs which naturally leads to an increase in academic performance and a harmonious classroom environment.
Two additional apps are set to be launched soon: The app EMOTIVE designed in collaboration with Dr. Eve Ekman which provides emotional reporting and regulation as well as intellectual training. And the EmoXpress app which deals with the expressions of emotion and will help children and students with neuropsychological disorders.
Empaticus has also published the book, “No One Asked.”