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Students with depression can have many underdeveloped skills such as positive thinking and cognitive flexibility. When a student prematurely quits a game with self-defeating comments, a supportive adult might encourage positive thinking this way. (p 141, 148)
What is (p 141) Coach positive self talk that encourages him to persist, role play, facilitate social skills practice, teach how to avoid "thinking traps"
(p 148) help student with evidence to dispute negative perception, reframe a student's negative statement into a positive one