Take-away skill statements for each activity may be used in educational and/or treatment planning, and also used to measure progress toward goals. These skills promote real life outcomes and behavioural changes. The activities in this workbook will help teens decide what they want to believe about themselves, develop positive traits, and re-program negative thoughts.
Key Features
- Decide what they want to believe about themselves.
- Picture their beliefs.
- Develop positive traits.
- Navigate obstacles.
- Re-program negative thoughts.
- Live life enthusiastically.
- Determine their future.
- Take possible actions.
Additional Information
Whether we realise it or not, we talk to ourselves all the time, every day. What we say affects how we see ourselves, others, and the world. Self-talk affects our emotions and actions. It may sound simple, but we can change our thoughts and change our lives.
The eight chapters in this workbook include:
- Affirmations
- Traits/Qualities
- Challenges
- Thought Re-programming
- Enthusiasm
- Self-Determination
- Positive Actions
- Recap
Teens - Positive Thoughts + Affirmations = Positive Actions Card Deck
Use the open-ended questions on the cards to break the ice and encourage discussion. Each question corresponds to a page in the book.
Sample Questions:
- If you had an affirmation that “spoke to you” where would you put it so you could see it several times a day?
- How does forgiving something that happened in the past affect the present?
- Does your life seem more like a rippling stream or Niagara Falls? Explain.
