Jeni Hooper
Child and Educational Psychologist, M.Litt. BA (Hons)
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Childhood Wellbeing and Personal Growth Expert
Jeni Hooper Quick Facts
- Main Areas
- Discover your child's strengths, multiple intelligences, emotional literacy, learning styles
- Best Sellers
- The Flourishing Programme
- Career Focus
- coach, trainer and author
- Affiliation
- British Psychological Society, Association for Coaching, Health Professionals Council
As an Educational and Child Psychologist I am captivated by the amazing journey every child takes to grow from tiny, helpless baby into an independent, flourishing and unique adult. The comparatively new science of positive psychology is rich with wisdom on achieving excellence and finding happinesss and self fulfillment. I have helped hundreds of families to ensure their child is flourishing and will be happy, confident and successful.
I have developed The Flourishing Programme which is a step by step guide to discovering and developing your child's strengths so they can succeed. Find out how to ensure your child has an emotionally, intellectually and spiritually satisfying life by contacting www.jenihooper.com.
If you are facing challenges because your child is having behaviour or learning difficulties then The Flourishing Programme will customise a solution that works well for you offering positive psychology solutions to support your family to sustain life together as a strong and united team to face whatever life sends your way.
visit us at www.jenihooper.com to browse our free resources or to request a consultation.
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Parental Leadership and Guidance: what is your preferred style?
Every parent wants the best for their child. How we lead and guide our children throughout their childhood is a blend of instinct, experience and planning. We often struggle to describe how we do what we do. However, as a parent you are likely to have a signature style that guides your relationship with your child. You may recognise yourself in one or several of these pen portraits.
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Finding the Blueprint for a Good Childhood: helping children to flourish.
What Children Need to be Happy, Confident and Successful is being identified by the research evidence emerging from Positive Psychology. This research focuses on giving children the tools they need to manage their lives successfully. I believe that when you prepare children for adult life you need to build up the inner child's strengths, skills and resilience. More like lighting a fire rather than filling a bucket.
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The Positive Psychology of Play: How Play Helps Children to Flourish
Children love to play and become totally absorbed in games they choose for themselves. Everyone agrees that play is important for young children but once children reach school age it can become crowded out by a busy timetable of structured activities and homework. But play is not just a time filler and it has a continuing important role to play in a child’s development throughout childhood and beyond.
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10 Ways to Help Children Flourish not Flounder: What Positive Psychology shows us will work.
We recently had World Mental Health Day, a great reminder of the importance of supporting all those who are affected by depression, anxiety, stress and other mental health issues. It set me thinking about the need to talk about wellbeing and wondering why it is still a faintly awkward thing to do.
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Motivating Children: to push, pull or inspire?
Motivated people do get better results there’s no doubt about that. Motivation probably counts for more than ability because persistence, effort and problem solving are key skills to overcome challenge and stay focused on your goals. So where does motivation come from and can you help children to become motivated? The short answer is yes and here are 5 strategies to help you fire up your child’s enthusiasm.
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The importance of early learning experience
I have been working with a group of early years professionals in my role as a Child and Educational Psychologist, they are a campaign group who are working together to raise the awareness of good early years practice. Over the past few months we have been debating and researching best practice in nurseries and kindergartens around the world.
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Teach Your Child Optimism to Boost Wellbeing and Positive Mental Health.
It makes a big difference to wellbeing when you learn to think optimistically. When bad things happen it is natural to be upset. What you feel is automatic but you can learn to control what you think about the situation and what you do next. When you think and act positively it helps get you past the bad feelings. Let’s think about what happens when someone says something which hurts us. We feel low and that can spoil our day. It can be hard to escape those horrid negative thoughts and makes you more likely to believe what has been said is true.
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Happy, Confident and Successful Children: the power of praise to boost wellbeing
Each time you praise your child for positive behaviour at home 3 important things happen: 1. Praise draws your child’s attention to that behaviour as a valued skill/achievement showing that this is something you consider worthwhile e.g. “well done for reading your book on your own” sends a message that independent reading is not easy and needs to be worked at.
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Protect your Child from Stress in 5 Easy Steps
Modern life is fast and highly stimulating, we are bombarded by information and are tempted by endless opportunities which create increasingly high expectations of what we should do and achieve. Many adults thrive on this adrenaline-high lifestyle. But have you noticed how many children are far ...Modern life is fast and highly stimulating, we are bombarded by information and are tempted by endless opportunities which create increasingly high expectations of what we should do and achieve. Many adults thrive on this adrenaline-high lifestyle.
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Bully Proof Your Children: 10 Powerful Strategies to Stop Bullies In Their Tracks.
All parents want their children to be popular. We want them to be confident and relaxed in company and to be able to deal with a whole variety of people. We can’t always be there with them to show them how to do it. Even when they are quite young and playing with friends, there will be times ...All parents want their children to be popular. We want them to be confident and relaxed in company and to be able to deal with a whole variety of people. We can’t always be there with them to show them how to do it.
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Seeing The World Through Your Child’s Eyes: What It Is Like To Be A One Year Old
Have you a one year old at home? Do you wonder if your older children can understand the little one’s needs? Here are some ideas of what it might be like to be that age again so you can enter a one year olds world and see it through their eyes.
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Life Beyond Divorce: Creating The Best Life For Your Children.
• Has your life has taken an unexpected turn because of separation or divorce? • Are you unsure what to expect from the future? • Are you feeling drained? • Are your children irritable or having mood swings? • Is communication in the family not as good as it used to be? • Do you want to make ... • Has your life has taken an unexpected turn because of separation or divorce? • Are you unsure what to expect from the future? • Are you feeling drained? • Are your children irritable or having mood swings? • Is communication in the family not as good as it used to be?r
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Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Jeni Hooper
- Everyone is the child of their past.
- It is never too late to have a happy childhood.
- A good childhood last a lifetime.
- There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots;the other, wings. (Hodding Carter)
- If a child lives with approval , he learns to live with himself (Dorothy Law Nolte)
Contacting Jeni Hooper
Jeni Hooper Child Psychologist and Wellbeing Coach on +441962 889437 or via email info@jenihooper.com
How to get started
Visit www.jenihooper.com to discover The Flourishing Programme which gives children the support they need to be happy, confident and successful.