Thinking, Feeling, Behaving: An Emotional Education Curriculum for Adolescents/Grades 7-12

This comprehensive and easy-to-use curriculum is based on the principles of Rational Emotive Therapy. It helps students learn to overcome irrational beliefs, negative feelings and attitudes, and the negative consequences that may result.The curriculum consists of two volumes -- one for grades 1-6 and one for grades 7-12. Each volume contains 90 field-tested activities that are carefully arranged by grade level. The activities include simulation games, stories, role plays, written activities, brainstorming, and art activities.The activities are organized into five categories: 1 Self-Acceptance2 Feelings3 Beliefs and Behavior4 Problem Solving/Decision Making5 Interpersonal RelationshipsThinking, Feeling, Behaving is designed for use in the classroom or in small-group settings and can also be adapted for use in individual counseling.A sampling of the activities from grades 7-12: I Hate You, Wants and Needs, I Can't Live without Him/Her, Argue with Yourself, Criticism, Mad at 'Em, Signs of Stress, What's Influential, Chain Reactions, Looking Long TermAnn Vernon is the author of 'Thinking, Feeling, Behaving: An Emotional Education Curriculum for Adolescents/Grades 7-12' with ISBN 9780878223060 and ISBN 0878223061.