EUGANGS Community Safety Interpersonal Communication Emotional Intelligence

Aims of the session You will: understand some brain functions as they relate to emotional intelligence (EI) experience the co-constructive approach to the Eugangs programme

Session overview You will speculate on what happens in the brain when we get angry / anxious You will then receive information from research on Emotional Intelligence to develop your understanding of these processes Revisit original answer in light of what you have learned

Three questions 1/ What happens in our brain when we fly off the handle? 2/ What happens in our brain when we stop ourselves from flying off the handle? 3/Why has the brain evolved in such a way that we fly off the handle in the first place?

Making sense of EI diagrams Look at the diagrams What do you make of them? What are they telling you about how the brain works?

Key brain areas related to EI Watch this presentation by Daniel Goleman, who will explain how the brain functions when we get angry / anxiouspresentation by Daniel Goleman Make notes - particularly when he mentions the brain parts you have seen in the diagrams

What answers can we give now? What answers can we give now? 1/ What happens in our brain when we fly off the handle? 2/ What happens in our brain when we stop ourselves from flying off the handle? 3/Why has the brain evolved in such a way that we fly off the handle in the first place?

Implications Implications 1/ What does what you have learned mean for how you work? 2/ Does it back up what you already do in your work and in relationships?