101 Activities & Ideas

Description

101 Activities for Empathy & Awareness
Practical, creative and adaptable ideas that will help to foster self-awareness and empathy in children and young people.

Includes ideas for:

• changing attitudes and behaviours
• Developing a sense of self & identity
• Finding a voice to express needs
• Possible choices & pathways for the future
• Friendships & support, learning to trust others
• Letting go of past hurts & moving on

Includes clear guidelines on application and development, and a sound framework and explanation of creative and playful ways to apply these ideas.

101 Activities for Social & Emotional Resilience
Activities and ideas to help young people to deal with life’s challenges.

Social & emotional resilience are important for young people’s development and growing independence. It is vital that they possess the tools to deal with effectively with challenges encountered both at school and in social situations.

This book provides the opportunity to rehearse these skills through easy-to-implement ideas and activities suitable for young people of all ages.

Themes include:

• Coping with stress & anxiety
• Building & maintaining friendships
• Family relationships
• School-based issues – teasing, bullying
• Dealing with emotions
• Self-control
• Problem solving
• Decision-making

101 Ideas for Increasing Focus & Motivation
Practical, creative and adaptable ideas that will help to explore the issues behind lack of focus and motivation in children and young people.

Many young people struggle with their levels of motivation and an inability to focus on tasks, whether complex or simple, both in school or at home. They lack the skills to concentrate and devise solutions to problems, which can also lead to a disproportionate reaction to failure.

These activities provide a practical means of exploring the issues behind lack of focus and motivation and will help to create more organised, self-aware young people who are better equipped to the challenges they encounter in daily life.

Includes:

• Increasing attention
• Being organised
• Increasing calm
• Boosting performance
• Procrastination
• Dealing with failure
• Problem solving
• Fighting boredom
• Increasing self-esteem

101 Ideas for Managing Challenging Behaviour
Practical and creative ideas and activities for managing challenging behaviour in young people.

These practical activities and ideas help those working with young people to address issues of challenging behaviour ranging from low-level disruption to more extreme aggression. Background information includes definitions of challenging behaviour, emotional & behavioural difficulties; understanding challenging behaviour & strategies for coping. The activities will help young people through addressing issues of self-esteem, empathy, managing emotions and social skills.

These are grouped in themes:

• Restlessness & hyperactivity
• Attention-seeking
• Aggressive behaviour
• Avoiding confrontation
• Verbal & physical abuse
• Disruptive groups
• Inappropriate social behaviour

101 Ideas for Positive Thoughts & Feelings
Easy to implement activities and ideas to help young people to regard themselves, their abilities and the world around them in a positive light.

Many young people have low feelings of self-worth, and lack confidence in their skills and abilities. This can lead to anxiety and a fear of failure, and a ‘Why bother, I won’t be able to do it anyway’ approach to tasks and challenges they may encounter, and even deliberate sabotage of activities. Using the ideas in this book, young people can be helped to increase their optimism and discover a step by step approach to building competencies in different areas of their lives.

Includes:

• Self-belief
• Expectations
• Managing anxiety
• Fear of failure
• Building confidence
• Valuing yourself
• Developing optimism