Character Strengths with Frederika Roberts

In this episode, Toria talks to Frederika Roberts about knowing
our character strengths and how we can use character strengths
within our classrooms to support the wellbeing of the young
people we teach. 

Frederika is a former teacher passionate about supporting the
wellbeing of children and the adults around them. She supports
wellbeing in education through her presentations, workshops,
post-graduate lectures and books.  Frederika is known for
converting the science of wellbeing into practical everyday tools
and practices, and has been interviewed and quoted in the press
and media, including BBC radio and TV, ‘Glamour’ and ‘Yours’
magazines, and the ‘Daddilife’ website.


She is the Founder and Lead Trainer of Educate to Flourish
CIC,  author of Recipe for Happiness, For Flourishing's Sake
and Whole School Mental Health (due for publication in 2023),
co-author of Character Toolkit for Teachers and the Character
Toolkit Strength Cards, and co-editor of The Big Book of Whole
School Wellbeing.


Frederika holds an MSc in Applied Positive Psychology and is
currently undertaking a Doctorate in Education, with a research
focus on Whole School Wellbeing.


She tweets @Frederika_R & @EduFlourish  



Website & other links: 


http://happiness-speaker.co.uk &
http://educatetoflourish.org.uk


Happiness Speaker https://www.youtube.com/user/happinessspeaker


Educate to Flourish
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUJ4wVvetuePYWFIf6d8mfg





Useful links I mentioned: 


VIA Character website: http://viacharacter.org





Action Research reports - these can be downloaded from my Educate
to Flourish website.  The Challenger Multi Academy Trust
(CMAT) one is the one that includes the research I mentioned on
using the language of strengths and emotions in Early Years:


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