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Kids’ Skills Experiential Sharing. Kids’ Skills. What? Practical, Step-by- step programe that help children to overcome emotional and behavioural problems. It founded on the premise that most children’s problem can be reconceived not as a permanent
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Kids’ Skills What? • Practical, Step-by- step programe that help children to overcome emotional and behavioural problems • It founded on the premise that most children’s • problem can be reconceived not as a permanent • deficit, but as skills they don’t have yet and • certainly can be learnt • Who? • 4 to 12 yrs old children
Draws on the support & encouragment of the famiiles, friends and others close to the children • Why? • positively reframe a child’s behaviour problem to • a skill that the child can do, practice and • demonstrate • Eg. if a child’s problem is that he gets into fights, • skills to learn is to keep cool even when • infuriated
How??? Start to plan!!! What • What is the skill you want the child(ren) to learn? • Who • Who decide what skill to learn? • Who will be the best person to facilitate the kids’ • skills programme in the school? • Who else are we engaging to support this • programme?
Get started • Ensure child’s ownership of the skill and build his/her motivation to learn it • Discuss about the benefits of the skills • Give a cool name to the skill • Find a MAGIC HELPER • Plan the Celebration
What’s next? Creating Support Network!!! • Cooperation with child’s social network is an essential element in Kids’ Skills • Who are the Supporters? • Let child identify the supporters • What’s their roles? • Affirmation • Show interest in the progress of learning • Offer practical ideas about how to learn the skill • Reminder • Celebrate with child when acquired the skill