NHASP Live Webinar with Dr. Sandy Chafouleas (free to members)
Tuesday September 23, 2025
An Introduction to the Feel Your Best Self Toolkit
A session that will be valuable to professionals who help children learn emotion regulation skills, such as psychologists, counselors, and social workers
Continuing Education Credits
1.5 CPD hours are available for this event!
NHASP is approved by the National Association of School Psychologists to offer professional development for school psychologists. NHASP maintains responsibility for the program. Certificates of Attendance will be provided following completion of the event. A total of 1.5 CPD hours will be awarded for this event. These hours are accepted towards the NCSP and other professional credentials.
A Zoom link will be provided to registrants in advance.
Event Description
Presenter: Dr. Sandy Chafouleas, Distinguished Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Connecticut
Dr. Chafouleas will highlight the essential elements of the Feel Your Best Self toolkit in supporting children’s skill development. This session will feature a Question & Answer session with Sandy, and participants will also have the opportunity to share their own experiences or ideas regarding using FYBS.
Feel Your Best Self is a free, award-winning toolkit that brings credibility, accessibility, creativity, and joy to learning emotion-coping strategies. From school stress to bedtime struggles, the FYBS strategies fit into everyday life, making emotional navigation simpler. https://www.feelyourbestself.org/
Learning Objectives
- Participants will identify skills which are appropriate to teach children using the Feel Your Best Self toolkit.
- Participants will describe effective ways to utilize the Feel Your Best Self toolkit in their work so as to optimize child skill development.
- Participants will be able to apply knowledge of appropriate emotion-coping strategies for children in real-world contexts.
Registration Information
Purchase orders will not be accepted for this event.
Online payments are preferred for this event. Please note that NHASP is now using payment processing through our website Wild Apricot to simplify your checkout process. You will no longer be redirected to PayPal for payment.
No refunds will be provided for cancellations received after 5pm on Friday, September 12, 2025.
For questions, please contact NHASP President Joe Mahoney using the Contact Us page.
Presenter Information
Dr. Sandra M. Chafouleas is a Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor and Neag Endowed Professor in the Neag School of Education at UConn. She also serves as the founder and Co-Director of the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health (CSCH). Dr. Chafouleas received her Ph.D. in psychology (school) from Syracuse University and is a licensed psychologist in Connecticut. Dr. Chafouleas focuses her work on usable practices that support the whole child, with specific expertise in strategies to support social, emotional, and behavioral well-being. As PI/Co-PI, she has secured over $20 million to support these research, service, and training activities. Dr. Chafouleas is co-creator of Feel Your Best Self, an award-winning toolkit for learning simple emotion-coping strategies. She has authored over 200 publications and regularly serves as a national presenter and invited speaker. She has received multiple recognitions for her work, including Presidential Citation from the American Psychological Association.
Disclosure: Dr. Chafouleas is a co-creator of the Feel Your Best Self toolkit, which is a free resource
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