Guess the trap!
Someone didn't say hi to you, and you feel like they don't like you.
Personalization
You couldn't stop thinking about a presentation that you had to do in front of the whole class since you thought everyone was going to laugh at you.
What is the best coping skill?
a) To pretend you are sick so you can miss the presentation
b) Ask to do it next week when you feel more prepared?
c) Ask yourself, what is the evidence that I am not going to do well?
c) Ask yourself, what is the evidence that I am not going to do well?
What is an example of a number one problem?
Breaking a pencil
What does it mean to use your growth mindset?
a) Give up
b) Use the power of yet and keep trying
c) Say that you know everything
b) Use the power of yet and keep trying!
I am the only vegetable that will make you cry, but not because I've hurt your feelings. What am I?
I am an onion
You were so nervous for the talent show on Friday that you are performing at. You can't stop thinking about the future and how it's going to turn out badly.
Fortune telling
What is one positive coping skill that you can use if you are feeling nervous for a test?
Use your breathing strategies (4,7,8)
Talk to somebody about it
Focus on what you CAN control such as remembering you studied
What is an example of a number 2 problem for you?
BONUS: Explain what it means to match the size of the problem to the size of the reaction.
An example may be, someone accidently tripped you.
What is an example of fixed mindset?
a) I give up!
b) Mistakes help me learn
c) I can't do this...yet!
a) I give up
What has to be broken before you can use it?
An egg
You are worried about your PAT exam that you will forget all of your answers, then that you won't pass your exam and that you won't be able to pass grade 6 and go to grade 7 and then you think how you may never get a job if you fail this exam. What thinking trap is this?
Catastrophizing
What does it mean to have a growth mindset?
Remembering the "POWER OF YET"
Tell yourself, mistakes help me learn and grow
Not giving up
What is an example of a size 5 problem? How many people does it usually affect?
A natural disaster. A lot of people!
What is the difference between growth and fixed mindset?
Collect an extra 100 points if you tell a time when you used your growth mindset!
Growth Mindset is when you use mistakes to help you learn and grow.
Fixed mindset is when you give up and stop trying.
What kind of coat can only be put on when wet?
A coat of paint
You said that you are the worst soccer player on the team.You also think you are the smartest person in the class and that you never have to study.
All or Nothing Thinking
Tell the group a time when you used a positive coping skill when you felt upset or worried about something. Did you feel stronger after you faced your worry?
Thanks for sharing! Earn an extra 100 points :)
Tell the group a time where you had a number 1 or 2 problem. Did you match your reaction to the size of the problem?
If yes, earn 200 bonus points!
Something that involved one or two other people.
What is a positive coping thought to this fixed mindset statement?
"No one likes me because I didn't get picked first..."
What has a neck but no head?
A bottle
You were the PATHS kid of the day today, it was your birthday and you got your test back and you got 98%. You say that your whole day is ruined because you didn't get 100% on the test.
Mental Filtering.
Your friends didn't want to play with you at recess and said that they wanted to play with just the two of them. You feel upset and left out and think that no one likes you anymore.
What positive coping skills can you use?
a) Remember to use the circle of control
b) Remember that this has happened just once and doesn't mean that your friends don't like you
c) You can spend some time with a different friend
Give an example of something that is in your in your control and something that is out of your control.
a) Something that is in your control is how you react to a situation
b) Something that is out of your control is the weather
Noah used his fixed mindset when he got his test mark back. He said that he is going to give up and stop trying since he got 75% on the last 3 math tests. What is a way that you can help him work through his thinking trap?
a) Tell him that he needs to try harder next time since he didn't do well
b) Tell him that mistakes help him learn and that he can focus on the other good marks he got in science this week
c) Tell him that you got a worse mark and that he should be happy for the mark he got
b) Tell him that mistakes help him learn and that he can focus on the other good marks he got in science this week
I am full of keys, but I cannot open any doors. What am I?
A piano