‘InsideU’ Helps Children Understand Mental and Emotional Wellness. When Disney and Pixar’s Inside Out first came out in 2015 I believe a lot of people not only related to various aspects of the emotional characters but also noticed how amazing this would be to use those same characters to help others understand their own emotions.
Pixar has teamed up with The Crown Institute at the University of Colorado Boulder, the Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Denver, and Liquid Interactive.
We of course had to enjoy the first 4 stories, and immediately fell in love with it. The interaction and back and forth aren’t just a Hey everything is great, the team thought that through, and sometimes you just want to answer “Meh..”.
At the end of the day, Disney is for young and old, and if Disney/Pixar characters can help us adults escape reality, or help us deal with emotions, or help us escape mental issues, then certainly children could use the same thing. I say this knowing how just watching a character come to life in a theme park can change a person, and also knowing how many adults escape many different emotions by visiting these theme parks.
Related: Inside Out 2 New Trailer Introduces Four Emotions Parents of Teens Will Totally Get
STARTING THE CONVERSATION ABOUT EMOTIONS:
The Crown Institute worked directly with Pixar Animation Studios to create InsideU. This collaborative project aims to harness Disney and Pixar’s Inside Outs potential as a powerful, entertaining, and educational tool for improving peoples’ mental and emotional wellness. InsideU was collaboratively designed with youth using Inside Outs’ unique characters and narratives that are deeply rooted in elements of evidence-based psychotherapies.
Using a combination of clips from the iconic movie and interactive learning opportunities, InsideU facilitates the creative application of social and emotional learning skills to real-world dilemmas faced by elementary school-aged children.
Taking inspiration from Disney and Pixar’s Inside Out, the overall goal of the Crown Institute’s InsideU is to develop and study highly engaging social and emotional learning tools that are relevant to a diverse population of children and youth. The Crown Institute worked directly with Pixar Animation Studios to create InsideU. This collaborative project aims to harness Inside Outs’ potential as a powerful, Jentertaining, and educational tool for improving peoples’ mental and emotional wellness. insideU was collaboratively designed with youth using unique characters and narratives from Pixar’s Inside Out.
A combination of clips from the iconic movie and interactive learning opportunities are deeply rooted in elements of evidence-based psychotherapies. InsideU facilitates the creative application of social and emotional learning skills to real-world dilemmas faced by elementary school-aged children.
ABOUT US:
InsideU was created by the Renée Crown Wellness Institute at the University of Colorado Boulder in partnership with Pixar Animation Studios, Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Denver, and Liquid Interactive. It brings to life our vision of building a world in which all young people thrive, supported by the inner resources and caring relationships required for a lifetime of wellness.
Our vision invites many disciplines, perspectives, and people to come together. We seek to promote the wellness of young people and the systems and adults who support them through interdisciplinary research-practice partnerships. That is the shared work of the Renée Crown Wellness Institute.
