PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR EDUCATORS AND ACADEMICS
DISCOVER DR. EKMAN'S TRANFORMATIVE TRAININGS AND WORKSHOPS
Dr. Ekman’s research and resources are a cornerstone of professional development for educators, teachers, academics, researchers, special education instructors, and school counselors.
Select your field to discover benefits, applications and resources
BENEFITS AND APPLICATIONS
- Tailor your lesson plans to include more engaging material based on students’ emotional responses
- Identify instances of emotional suppression or deceptive behavior, inviting inquiry into students’ experience and motivations
- Monitor students’ social-emotional learning progress and identify any areas of challenge or need for intervention
- Collect observations of students’ emotional engagement and wellbeing to provide meaningful updates for parents and guardians
- Model greater emotional awareness and empathy for students and peers alike
RECCOMENDED RESOURCES
FACE BASICS
Online training to learn the fundamentals of spotting micro and subtle expressions.
ATLAS OF EMOTIONS
Free interactive resource to identify and describe emotions and their triggers.
THE FEELINGS FIELD GUIDE
A 92-card deck and guidebook teaching you how to identify and respond to emotions within yourself and displayed by others.
BENEFITS AND APPLICATIONS
- Appropriate for use in both laboratory research and classroom settings
- Connect observable emotional responses and nonverbal communication theories with concrete, quantifiable data
- Gain inspiration and content for creating your own research projects around emotions
- Universally applicable, relevant across differences in language and culture
RECCOMENDED RESOURCES
FACE ADVANCED
Online training tools to increase expertise in reading micro expressions with an expanded collection of faces and perspectives.
FACIAL ACTION CODING SYSTEM (FACS)
A comprehensive, anatomically based system often used in research for coding facial movement.
BENEFITS AND APPLICATIONS
- Help students learn the communicative value of nonverbal information
- Assist students with identifying their own emotions and the emotions of others by identifying key features of facial movement
- Practice appropriate responses to emotions evoked in everyday scenarios
- Increase sensitivity to students’ emotional triggers and subtle reactions for earlier, more attuned interventions
- Provide qualitative and quantitative feedback to parents and caregivers
- Gain skills to help prevent burnout and support your own emotional balance
RECCOMENDED RESOURCES
EKMAN LIBRARY
Complete collection of online training tools to help read micro and subtle expressions plus tools to help you respond to the emotions you detect in other people.
THE FEELINGS FIELD GUIDE
A set of emotion flashcards and accompanying guidebook, teaching you how to recognize and respond to facial expressions and emotions.
CULTIVATING EMOTIONAL BALANCE
Online and in-person course combining wisdom traditions, contemplative sciences, modern psychology, and scientific emotion research to help you balance your emotional life and find greater joy.
Bulk purchases for classroom use and department-wide training is now available! Get in touch with a Paul Ekman Group associate today.
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