Believing you can is the first step to achieving : a CBT and attribution retraining programme to improve self-belief in students aged 8-12 / Alicia Chodkiewicz and Christopher Boyle
BELIEVING YOU CANIS THE FIRST STEP TO ACHIEVING: A CBT and Attribution Retaining Programme to Improve Self-Belief in Students aged 8-12; Preface; Section 1. Background; Why are Student Support Programmes Needed?; Who Stands to Gain from the Programme?; Cognitive Behavioural Therapy; Attribution Theory; Developing the Programme; The Research; Student Feedback; Section 2. Guide to Running the Programme; What You Need to Know Before Getting Started; Thoughts-Feelings-Actions; Helpful and Unhelpful Pathways; Where do We Have Helpful and Unhelpful Thoughts?
How Does This All Relate to School and Learning?Why Do We Succeed and Fail?; Becoming Super Heroes -- Stopping Unhelpful Thoughts; Practising Your New Super Powers; Review of What We Have Learnt; Section 3. Modifications And Extension; Teaching by Topic; Length of the Programme; With a Larger Group or Whole Class; Encouraging Students to Use the Skills in their Own Lives; References; Blank Page; Section 4. Programme Resources
Summary
This easy-to-implement programme helps educational professionals to engage and motivate students aged 8-12 who are underachieving or have low self-belief. Based on techniques from CBT and AR, the workbook, games and activities in this programme teach students how negative and positive thinking can affect learning
