By the end of the session, students should be able to know about:
- Understanding Their Thoughts
- Challenging Unhelpful Thinking
- Problem-Solving Skills
- Decision-Making
- Peer Pressure & Social Influence
Main topics include, but not limited to:
- Automatic thoughts, assumptions and interpretations
- Cognitive distortions, balanced thinking
- Define problem, options, consequences, action
- Values, consequences, short/long-term thinking
- Conformity, persuasion and independent thinking.
Practical activities include, but not limited to:
- "Fact or interpretation?"
- Thought-reframing exercise
- Solve a real-life youth scenario
- Decision-making matrix
- Peer-pressure role-play.
A thought is not necessarily a fact.
Students distinguish:
Fact:
"My friend didn't respond."
Interpretation:
"My friend doesn't like me anymore."
This is an extremely useful everyday skill.
We teach them a five-step process regarding Problem-Solving Skills to have.
We also use realistic youth situations and decision-making scenarios.
Students identify evidence for and against an assumption. They are also introduce to age-appropriate cognitive distortions.
We discuss belonging / conformity / popularity / persuasion / social status and fear of rejection.
We remind you that this workshop is adapted according to the level of expertise of the participants and the needs of the clients.
