Teens - Positive Thoughts + Affirmations = Positive Actions
Facilitator Reproducible Activities for Groups and Individuals
This workbook is for facilitators to help teens become aware of how positive thoughts and affirmations lead to positive actions. Facilitators can use the fully reproducible activities in this workbook to provide teens with three “take-away skills” types: Conditions and Behavior, Frequency and Duration, and Accomplishment.
Take-away-skill statements for each activity work in educational and treatment planning and measure progress toward goals. These skills promote real-life outcomes and behavioral changes.
Whether we realize it or not, we talk to ourselves all the time, every day. What we say affects how we see ourselves, others, and the world. Self-talk affects our emotions and actions. It may sound simple, but we can change our thoughts and lives.
The activities in this workbook will help teens:
- Decide what they want to believe about themselves.
- Picture their beliefs.
- Develop positive traits.
- Navigate obstacles.
- Re-program negative thoughts.
- Live life enthusiastically.
- Determine their future.
- Take possible actions.
The eight chapters in this workbook include:
- Affirmations
- Traits/Qualities
- Challenges
- Thought Re-programming
- Enthusiasm
- Self-Determination
- Positive Actions
- Recap
This workbook is also available in PDF eBook format, making it simple to store on your computer or mobile device and to access with a PDF viewer. The PDF format allows you to easily print copies of the activities and worksheets during therapy and counseling sessions.
All handouts and activities in this workbook are reproducible for your convenience.
Teens - Positive Thoughts + Affirmations = Positive Actions Card Deck
Use the open-ended questions on the cards to break the ice and encourage discussion. Each question corresponds to a page in the book.
Sample Questions:
If you had an affirmation that “spoke to you” where would you put it so you could see it several times a day?
How does forgiving something that happened in the past affect the present?
Does your life seem more like a rippling stream or Niagara Falls? Explain.
