therapy

Don't fight it

April 30, 2008 · 0 comments

We had an interesting presentation at our team meeting from the student psychologist on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Yes, a number of us thought of it a a little bit ‘hippy’ when reading some of the background, but some of it made a lot of sense… and it might be the sort of thing that might actually be useful for me. Like reminding yourself that thoughts are THOUGHTS and not always reality. I think that it comes from a psych point of view with research coming along helps me a little.

Anyway :)

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The Gift of Pop-Up Pirate

December 14, 2007

Working with kids, you have to have sure-fire ways to keep them on track. One of those ways is the simple, yeat very effective Pop-Up Pirate. The idea is simple. Kid does something you want, you give verbal praise and then a plastic sword to them to stab into the barrel to see if they [...]

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