Negative Thinking Programme - My Thoughts Team ( A Structured 14 Session Workbook)

A negative thinking printable programme to support children with negative self talk, low confidence and self esteem.

14 sessions that will:

• teach children to identify common cognitive distortions
• challenge and reframe negative thinking
• improve self esteem and confidence
• increase self awareness
• teach strategies for overcoming negative thoughts

WELLBEING FOCUS:

Self Esteem, Confidence, Negative Thinking, Anxiety

What is the My Thoughts Team Programme?

This programme will help you teach children about negative thinking over 14 structured sessions. Please note this is the workbook and educator guidance only and doesn't currently include lesson plans (we will be adding these in the near future, which will appear in your account so do make sure you create one!).

Children will learn that thoughts aren't necessarily true, discover the CBT model to help them understand how their thinking impacts their emotions and how we can manage thinking to find more helpful emotional states that nurture wellbeing.

With our creative thought character concept (Protected by Copyright © Ink and Scribbles), children will learn about their mind, empowering them to understand that they have a lot of control over how they think and what they feel.

3 of the 7 characters in the pack represent the prefrontal cortex, the logical part of the brain. The others represent cognitive distortions. The 3 characters representing the prefrontal cortex will help children learn to use this area of the brain to manage automatic, negative thinking through links from each character to a strategy. The strategy activities and worksheets will help children understand how these techniques can be positive and useful.

How can this pack help me support my students or clients?

This programme is based in powerful CBT theory and provides resources and activities across 14 defined sessions that will help you support your students to:

• understand cognitive distortions
• challenge negative thinking
• develop self confidence
• improve self esteem

What's included?

This valuable programme contains a range of resources across 86 pages that will help you support children and teach them useful strategies to challenge negative thinking. This kit contains our unique thought character concept that promotes emotional intelligence!

The contents are structured over 14 sessions. Each is clearly separated through marker pages and each session includes a learning sheet that supports your delivery of the activities, followed by related activity sheets and worksheets. There’s also an educator guide which gives you some background information to you feel confident to deliver the sessions effectively.

The Learning about my Thoughts Team Programme Overview:

Comprehensive Educator Guide

Part 1 Let's think about Thoughts

Session 1

• Child Information Sheets to help them learn about their mind
• Introduction to the Thoughts and Feelings cycle (CBT triangle)

Part 2: Understanding Positive and Negative Thoughts

Session 2

• How thoughts create Feelings
• The Emotion brain
• Unhelpful and Helpful Thoughts

Session 3

• Learning more about Thoughts and Feelings
• Learning about Thought Distortions
• Thought character explanations to help children identify the unhelpful thinking behind their emotions
• Stress Responses

Session 4

• Finding Helpful Thoughts

Part 3: Techniques to calm the nervous system, allowing children to tune into more helpful thoughts

Session 5

• Understanding how calming techniques help us access logical thinking
• Calming STAR Poster (Stop, Take a Breath, Accept, Restart technique)
• Mind Island Mindfulness Activity

Part 4: Learning to challenge negative thinking using the prefrontal cortex characters

Session 6

• Accurate thinking (Fact or opinion)

Session 7

• Gaining perspective
• Emotion Thermometer that helps children make links between their thinking and the intensity of their emotion
• Size of Problem

Session 8

• Action Planning to help overcome negative thinking by gaining control through actions

Session 9

• Positive Thinking and Self Compassion
• Affirmations

Session 10

• Reframing negative thoughts
• Circle of Control

Session 11

• Reframing negative thoughts
• Recycling Negative thoughts

Session 12

• Feeling confident and improving self esteem
• Mind movies

Session 13

• Feeling confident and capable
• Moving out of the comfort zone

Session 14

• Using the Thoughts Team

Additional Resources

• Thought Character Prompt cards to help your child identify helpful, empowered thinking
• Posters to support the thought character concept
• Identifying Thoughts Charts
• Certificate of completion

What age range is this programme suitable for?

The kit is ideal for children aged approx 6 to 12 years of age.

DOWNLOAD INFORMATION:

This is a DIGITAL ITEM. No physical product will be shipped. 

A4, US Letter Size formats included.

After purchase you will have immediate access through a link that will enable you to download immediately to your computer. 

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Credits

You may use this item in your workplace setting. 

Authorised Users included: Teachers, Teaching Assistants, Wellbeing Professionals working with children such as coaches, therapists, psychologists and counsellors. 

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