Sara Williams
Sara Williams
How to teach kids to dream in 3 steps
Wow! What another big honor. Thanks to years of research, we got a story in the preeminent blog for psychologists in Psychology Today. (It’s been a while, so I thought it would be okay to reprint this article now.) You’ll get an overview of our dream process, and you’ll learn more about our philosophy that drove the creation of the book. Yay!
Kit de herramientas y chequeo de salud mental
Educa a tu familia en casa con esta estrategia optimista de salud mental. Maneje el estrés, manténgase saludable y entusiasme con su futuro.
Mental Health Checkup & Toolkit
Homeschool your family in an optimistic mental health strategy that not only teaches how to manage stress and stay healthy but get excited about the future.
Dream It! Achieves a research publication milestone
Great news!!! Today is an exciting day for the science of dreaming (goal setting, aspiration, passions). We are proud to announce that our latest dream research study has been published in the peer-reviewed, scientific journal Child & Youth Care Forum.
Children’s mental health and wellbeing in picture books
Dr Sara Williams shares her thoughts about children’s mental health and well being in picture books with Tiny Owl, an independent children’s book publisher in the UK.
Improving social and emotional awareness using the Dream It! Playbook
Student’s using the workbook “Dream It!” had a scientifically proven, evidence-based improvement in optimistic thinking and perseverance (along with improvements in hope, growth-mindset and overall school climate) among elementary school students. Highlights from our most-important study to date, including lots of pictures and graphs.
Fluffy Bunny
Read the original, award-winning story by our co-author, Sara, that she wrote when she was in the 4th grade. Reprinted here with an alternative ending and new illustrations by Scott.
Improving children’s optimistic thinking by teaching them to dream about life goals
We were honored to attend the American Psychological Associations 2018 annual conference to present the results of our study. This is a new analysis of our data that, essentially, says that young students perform better when they are taught the basics of socioemotional skills, like passion and goal setting, first before more academic subjects, such as reading, writing and arithmetic.
Promoting optimistic thinking in YMCA after-school students
The Dream Playbook was tested by the University of Cincinnati in a year-long study called “Promoting Optimistic Thinking in YMCA After-School Students” as part of community service and outreach program.
