The RULER Approach
Share
Twitter @rulerapproach Instagram @ruler_approach
RULER empowers people of all ages to use emotions intelligently so that they are happy, healthy, compassionate, and productive.
Your phone can tell you how many times you picked it up today, but it cannot tell you whether that habit left you more settled, more scattered, more connected, or more alone.
That is the data most screen-time reports leave out, even though it explains why two hours online can either help you reset or leave you worse than when you started.
is asking us to notice that difference. That is also what the free RULER Technology Self-Study Resources are designed to help students practice across elementary, middle, and high school: noticing how technology is actually affecting the way they feel (and honestly, a lot of adults may need that practice too).
Free toolkit: https://contact.rulerapproach.org/techfeelings/?
05/30/2026
We spend a lot of time helping students name what hurt. We spend far less time helping them name what is still strong, still possible, and still theirs to grow.
A student can explain what happened, but still struggle to name what they can practice, what they are good at, or what kind of future they are allowed to imagine. Pain should not be ignored, but pain cannot be the only mirror a student is handed.
Because if every adult conversation keeps returning to what went wrong, even with care, a student may start to believe the wound is the most important thing about them.
From the vault, Dealing with Feeling with .brackett and . Send this to someone who helps students see more than one version of themselves.
Click here to claim your Sponsored Listing.
Category
Contact the school
Website
Address
340 Edwards Street Yale University
New Haven, CT
06511
