WITY Lab
@WITY_Lab
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Research group at the @UofAlabama led by @SummerBraun_PhD dedicated to supporting the well-being of teachers and students through rigorous scientific inquiry
Joined October 2021
Hello, #AcademicTwitter! We're the Well-Being Interventions for Teachers and Youth (WITY) Lab. Led by @SummerBraun_PhD at the @UofAlabama, we're devoted to understanding and supporting the well-being of teachers and their students 🧑🏼🏫📚👧🏼
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Happy #WITYLabWednesday! The #WITYLab will be at the READ LIKE A LEGEND event this Friday, Oct 24, from 4–7 pm in the Bryant Conference Center @UofA! Come check out our activity using literature to cultivate students’ social and emotional skills! #Outreach!
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Happy #WITYLabWednesday! The #WITYLab took a mid-semester retreat to the Tuscaloosa River Walk and enjoyed some team building games and ice cream! A great mid-semester reset for the team!!
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This week, we’re celebrating #FeelGoodFriday by sharing a brief on a recently published paper from the WITY Lab! We found that demographic differences and mindfulness skills were associated with teachers’ decisions to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Celebrate your own work today!
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Happy #WITYLabWednesday! Meet Allison, one of our new Undergraduate Research Assistants! She's a sophomore majoring in Psychology and English, with double minors in Educational Policy & Reform and Social Innovation & Leadership. Welcome, Allison!
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Happy #FeelGoodFriday from the #WITYLab!! For teachers and students alike, maintaining a healthy work-life balance is crucial. One strategy to prevent burnout is to set a cut-off time for work every day, then prioritize personal time!
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Happy #WITYLabWednesday! Meet Allie, one of our new #WITYlab Undergraduate Research Assistants! She's a sophomore TRIPLE majoring in Neuroscience, Chemistry, and French from Wisconsin. Welcome, Allie!
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Happy #FeelGoodFriday from the #WITYLab! As the semester ramps up, remember the “5 R's” of mindfulness to get you through your busy days - Recognize, Relax, Refocus, Respond, and Reframe.
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Happy #WITYLabWednesday! Meet Jennifer, one of our new lab members! She's a first-year Ph.D. student in Developmental Psychology from Brazil. Her research interests include emotional development and applying emotion regulation strategies in education. Welcome Jennifer!
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Happy #WITYLabWednesday! The WITY Lab is back in full swing for the new school year! 🎉 We’re thrilled to welcome three new members. A warm welcome to Allison, Allie, and Jennifer!
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Happy #WITYLabWednesday! Join us in celebrating Tyler, a visiting undergraduate student who joined the @WITY_Lab as part of @UAGradSchool's Strategic Graduate Partnerships Initiative (SGPI). Tyler joined the lab to help us gain insights into pre-service teachers' mental health!
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Reminder: Tune in to our graduate student Zach's workshop about supporting your child's emotional development! Today at 5:30 pm CT via Zoom!
Happy #WITYLabWednesday! Join us on July 24th at 5:30 pm where our lab's graduate student, Zach, will be hosting a workshop titled "Supporting Your Child's Emotional Development". See below for the registration link and more details!
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Happy #WITYLabWednesday! Join us on July 24th at 5:30 pm where our lab's graduate student, Zach, will be hosting a workshop titled "Supporting Your Child's Emotional Development". See below for the registration link and more details!
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Happy #FeelGoodFriday! We hosted an end-of-year picnic to celebrate the contributions each member has made to the @WITY_Lab this semester! Enjoy this photo from the outing!
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Happy #WITYLabWednesday! Our focus groups with pre-service teachers have been so insightful! We've enjoyed connecting with each of you, hearing about your internship journey! Thank you to everyone who joined and shared
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Happy #FeelGoodFriday! We're launching focus groups this week to better understand how interventions can support preservice teachers' well-being. Curious how focus groups help guide studies like ours? Check out this TED Talk by Hector Lanz below: https://t.co/ET3frEbDAx
ted.com
Focus groups have been widely used by organizations and individuals to find out how their products and ideas will be received by an audience. From the usage of household products to a politician's...
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Happy #WITYLabWednesday! Exciting news about our current project, we will be garnering feedback from preservice teachers to learn how to better support their mental health outcomes this week!
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Happy #FeelGoodFriday! Did you know that meditation promotes emotional awareness and happiness in students from as young as 4 years old? Read the article linked below!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
This study aimed to understand how mindfulness meditation affects young people by examining its impact on self-regulation, happiness, emotional awareness, and school performance among two groups of...
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Happy #WITYLabWednesday! Today, our quantitative team showcased their new R skills by presenting some descriptives from our project with pre-service teachers! 📚✏️Take a look below
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Happy #WITYLabWednesday! Next week is the annual @URCAConference here at @UofAlabama. The @WITY_Lab is excited to hear from the undergraduate students across campus about the research they have been participating in!
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