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As a teacher I am always curious to discover how EFT might work in new situations at school. It’s fun to try tapping on just about anything and notice the positive results that we get. Recently I had the opportunity to use EFT in two different ways with my class during a medical crisis.  

My students were in the gym playing floor hockey. During the game, Kevin raced in low toward the net to score and was accidentally struck with a hockey stick right above his eye. It was nobody’s fault, just a freak accident. 

Kevin was brought to the office and was attended to by one of my coworkers.  By the time I arrived, Kevin had a cloth and an ice pack over his wound.  He was obviously in pain and very upset. 

I immediately took his hand and began tapping on his karate chop point while he relayed the details of his accident to me. I asked if I could see his cut and was shocked to notice a deep, significant flap of skin come away from his forehead. 

Keeping my own feelings to myself, I asked how he was feeling and he answered quietly, “Sick, I am going to throw up.”  He was in shock: white, clammy and shaking. I thought that he was going to faint so I continued to tap on his karate chop point while someone brought him a bowl.  

While I continued to tap I asked, “Do you want me to say the words for you?” He nodded, so I added, “I’ll just tap on your finger points though, and leave your face alone.” 

By the time his mom arrived to take him to the hospital he was calm enough to walk to the car with our help.

After Kevin left I returned to my class and attempted to teach a lesson, however all of my kids wanted to talk about the accident. There had been a lot of blood on the gym floor, and they were very upset about the whole thing.  The boy who had been in net called out, “I can’t get that visual image out of my head. I was the goalie and saw everything, even the flap of skin with all that blood. It was awful!” 

So we applied EFT in an entirely new way. We called it the “Yuck Factor”. Together we tapped on the blood and all the gory details of the accident until we were ready to create new images of Kevin’s wound being healed with stitches. That helped everyone to calm down so that we could resume our day with some semblance of normalcy. No one mentioned Kevin’s accident again until he returned later from the hospital to show us his scar and seven stitches.  

Kevin’s scar has healed remarkably well. Now that he is over the shock, he has a story that he may enjoy telling for the rest of his life.  

Feeling curious about how effective EFT had been for Kevin during the aftermath of his accident, I recently asked him if he thought the tapping had helped him at all.  He responded with a big smile.

“Yes! he said, “If we hadn’t have tapped I would have thrown up for sure!”

Thank goodness for EFT!

After using EFT for over two years on a variety of school related issues, I decided to gather and record data to show how effective EFT can be for relieving anxieties in children and thereby improving academic performance and test results.

Each week my grade three and four students are given a math test in which they strive to complete 100 basic multiplication or division facts in ten minutes.

A few months ago, I told my class that because they were getting so quick at multiplication, I was going to reduce their time from ten minutes to eight. I knew this would create some anxiety.

Before the first test my students recorded and measured their level of anxiety on a scale from 0 – 10.  They completed that test without using EFT.

The second test was taken a few days later, after we used EFT to address their fears.  Before the test we tapped as a group about their worries, as well as on their stress-related physical symptoms, such as rapid heartbeat, dry throat, mind blocks, churning stomach, etc.

Here are the results of the two tests: (Student names have been changed.)

These results show a significant increase in many students’ test scores.  It is evident that once test related anxiety is addressed and released through the use of EFT, students are capable of reaching their potential in exam situations.

Food for thought,.

A short video summarizing some of the most important characteristics of students today – how they learn, what they need to learn, their goals, hopes, dreams, what their lives will be like, and what kinds of changes they will experience in their lifetime. Created by Michael Wesch in collaboration with 200 students at Kansas State University.

Food for thought!

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     As a dean at a high school, I am often asked this question by students.  I spend a large portion of my day counseling with students, and helping them overcome obstacles and make better choices.  It is my philosophy to teach them thought skills to help prevent them from getting into trouble.

     On this particular day, this student was very upset, and by the time he sat down, “A” was almost in tears.  He then started crying as he described a particularly tough situation currently happening at home.  I obviously could not send him back to class so aggitated, and just talking did not appear to be helping. 

     I then instructed him to do what I do, and say what I say.  I asked him to rate the intensity on a scale of 0-10, and he rated it at a 10. I started by creating a simple set-up phrase that applied to his issue, namely, he was feeling guilty about being the cause of the particular issue.  We then started to tap. I implement the top of the head point, and the forehead or “third eye” point.  I also include tapping the inner wrists together.  After the first round, he rated it as a 6.  We then went through another round, and he then rated it a 0.  He was then laughing, and saying that he thought things would probably work out after all.

    This was amazing to him that he felt so much better in only a couple of minutes, and then he went back to class.  As I saw him in the hallway later on, he was his usual happy self.  I was so thankful to be in a position to help this student, with the amazing EFT tool.

   As a side note, two days later, he came to tell me that the situation did indeed resolve itself, and all was well.  I couldn’t help but think, what would the impact be if this type of result was occurring on school campuses around the country and around the world?  Talk about forming our future!

Kylie learned to tap at school over two years ago and has been tapping her worries away ever since, so I invited her to write about how EFT has helped her in her life.

The Key to Unlocking My Inner Peace

by Kylie, age 11

Grade Three was the most marvelous year that I’ve had in elementary school.  My teacher taught our class with enthusiasm and fun.  Out of the many things she shared with us, tapping had to be the one that worked the most magic.

I remember the very first time that I tried tapping outside my classroom. It was during a violin concert. I was feeling anxious and worried because the judges at the festival were harshly critiquing every child’s performance.  My hands were clammy and beginning to freeze up, so I began to tap.  While I tapped I reminded myself that whatever the judges thought, all I could do was to play to the best of my ability…and whatever happened during my performance, I was still an awesome kid!  After tapping, I walked up to the stage and with total calmness I let my music take me away. The judges must have been impressed because later that night I received a call informing me that I had made it into the Highlights Concert.  Without tapping, I don’t believe that I ever would have made it.

I continue to use tapping to help me in many stressful situations.  Music to me is like the icing to chocolate cake.  Even though I love to perform I get nervous at times. My hands freeze up and I’m not able to play the melody that comes from my heart.   Though I sometimes feel frozen with worry, this sensation soon washes away whenever I tap.  By tapping on pressure points all my worry, envy and sorrow is washed away and my heart is filled to the brim with confidence and joy.  Tapping gives me the strength to follow my dreams and become a better person.  Tapping is the way I get through the bumps and snares life brings.  No one is perfect, and no one will ever not have a time when they come upon sorrow or fear in life, but I know that with tapping there is always a solution to help me move on and lift me through the rough patches.