In The News

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    Scripps News

    FYBS was featured on Scripps News! Watch and read the story to see our team in action at North Windham Elementary School.

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    UConn Today

    Feel Your Best Self won FOUR Telly Awards! Read about our big win and what it means to our team to be recognized in four categories.

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    UConn Today

    Feel Your Best Self is on THIRTEEN PBS! Read more about this partnership and how it happened.

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    Principal®

    Thanks to generous support from Principal® Foundation for making FYBS possible. Read about how they made sock puppet kits as part of a staff wellness initiative!

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    Colorín Colorado

    Check out our Q&A with Colorín Colorado, where we talk about the history behind and applications of FYBS—specifically our Spanish materials!

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    UConn Today

    Learn about the composer, producer, and vocalist of the FYBS Theme Song, Ethan Hanzlik, and how our theme song came to be!

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    Edutopia

    Feel Your Best Self was featured on Edutopia! Watch the video to see FYBS in action in an elementary school.

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    WFSB

    FYBS was featured on WFSB's Great Day CT @9a and Great Day CT! Watch the segment to learn more about how FYBS got started and is being used in schools.

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    UConn Today

    The FYBS toolkit won a Kidscreen Award in the Digital Kids category for Best Web/App Series Original! Read about the win and what it means to the team.

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    WNPR

    Feel Your Best Self was featured on WNPR's Where We Live! Listen to and read the story to learn about how FYBS is being used in Connecticut schools.

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    UConn Today

    The FYBS toolkit was nominated for a Kidscreen Award, which recognizes children's TV and digital media content! Read about the nomination and what it means to the team.

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    NPR

    Feel Your Best Self was featured in NPR's Morning Edition! Listen to and read the story to learn about how we piloted FYBS in a 1st grade classroom.

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    EWA

    Co-Founder Sandy Chafouleas discusses how FYBS can be used as one component to address the mental health crisis in US schools.

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    UConn Today

    Puppets get the laser treatment! Learn about how Feel Your Best Self worked with the UConn Tech Park on producing puppet kits.

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    UConn Today

    Learn how FYBS got started through a unique collaboration between UConn CSCH and the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry.

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    CSCH Podcast

    In this podcast, the creators of FYBS were interviewed about the making of FYBS, where we are now, and future directions.