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Handout 2.3.1

RecognizingthePowerofThought

Bell Ringer Write your response on a blank piece of paper:

It is your first day at a new school and you don’t know anyone. You enter the cafeteria for lunch and look around. What are thinking? What are you feeling? What do you do now?

Write your answer on the blank paper, but don’t sign it; these will be anonymous.

Think-Pair-Share:CounteringandReframingNegativeThoughts

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Handout 2.3.2

Copyright © 2015 School-Connect® Developing Self-Awareness and Self-Management Module 2

AttributionsSurvey

For each situation: 1) put an "N" beside to a negative thought you might have, and 2) put an "R" beside a thought that reframes the situation in a better way. 1. Your English teacher marks up your papers more than your friends’ papers.

a. The teacher likes your friends better than you.b. The teacher thinks you’re a bad writer.c. The teacher thinks you can improve your writing.

2. A student at the next table stares at you during the entire lunch period.

a. The student has an issue with you.b. The student doesn’t like you.c. The student wants to talk to you.

3. A friend is chosen for a sports team and doesn’t spend much time with you anymore.

a. The friend doesn’t want to do things with you anymore.b. The friend prefers to hang out with his or her new teammates.c. The friend is too busy or tired to socialize much.

4. A friend yells at you when you try to comfort her about her parents’ divorce.a. Your friend is mean.b. Your friend doesn’t want help.c. Your friend is upset about her parents.

5. Your friend is trying to get the attention of a popular group at school.

a. Your friend wants to be with them instead of with you.b. Your friend is tired of you.c. Your friend wants a bigger circle of friends.

6. You’re called into the principal’s office after you watch a fight in the hall.

a. The principal thinks you were involved in the fight.b. The principal thinks you are guilty just for watching.c. The principal wants to hear what you have to say.

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Handout 2.3.3

Power of Thought Log

Twice a day, write down what you are doing, your automatic thought, feeling, and behavior. If needed, reframe the situation and note the resultant feeling and behavior.

Time & activity Automatic thought

Initial feeling and behavior

If automatic thought is negative, reframe the

situation

Alternative feeling and

behavior

Day 1

10 am – Going to class to take a

math test

“I hope I don’t blow it.I’m just no good at

math.”

Nervous, struggle through the test

“I studied enough. I need to take my time and think

through the problems.”

Less nervous, perform better

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5