{"id":199843,"date":"2023-06-07T07:30:58","date_gmt":"2023-06-07T11:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=199843"},"modified":"2023-06-27T12:45:34","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T16:45:34","slug":"feel-your-best-self-collaborative-puppetry-project-wins-telly-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2023\/06\/feel-your-best-self-collaborative-puppetry-project-wins-telly-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Feel Your Best Self Collaborative Puppetry Project Wins Telly Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just a few months ago, UConn\u2019s Feel Your Best Self collaborative project was named one of the best in global children\u2019s programming. Now, it has also been honored for its excellent video content for all ages.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The free educational toolkit and its accompanying videos, which feature three puppets named Nico, CJ, and Mena, teach children and caregivers coping strategies to promote emotional well-being. In May, Feel Your Best Self was honored with four <\/span>Telly Awards<\/span><\/a>, which honor excellence in video and television across all screens. The Telly Awards came only three months after the project won <\/span>a Kidscreen Award<\/span><\/a> for best original web\/app series.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cPutting Feel Your Best Self out has been one of the most exciting challenges I have experienced as a scholar,\u201d says co-founder Sandy Chafouleas<\/a>, who is also a Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor in the Neag School of Education\u2019s Department of Educational Psychology<\/a>. \u201cWhen we first decided to collaborate, we knew there was a critical need to bring fun and easy-to-use ways to learn emotion-focused coping skills. What we didn\u2019t know was how quickly interest would spread, and we continue to be both surprised and thrilled at the tremendous positive response across ages and settings.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The 44<\/span>th<\/span> annual Telly Awards were announced on May 23 and the Feel Your Best Self team was recognized in the following categories:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n