Helping Children to Build Self-Confidence: Photocopiable Activity Booklet to Support Wellbeing and Resilience

by Deborah Plummer, Alice Harper (Illustrator)

Overview

Building self-confidence in children is crucial for healthy psychological, social, and emotional development and wellbeing. This resourceful and fun activity booklet is an invaluable resource for parents, teachers, and therapists in helping to build children's self-confidence. It explores ideas around self-confidence and what that might mean as well as the essentials required to build it. This activity booklet also encourages self-knowledge and self-acceptance through the identification of each child's unique strengths and skills.

This book is one of a series based on the use of imagination (I), mindful play (MP) and creative thinking (CT) to enhance social, psychological and emotional wellbeing and resilience in children. The accompanying ebook Using Imagination, Mindful Play and Creative Thinking to Support Wellbeing and Resilience in Children describes the theory and approach behind how these activities can significantly influence children's perceptions of themselves and the world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781787758735
Publisher:	Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Publication date:	05/19/2022
Series:	Helping Children to Build Wellbeing and Resilience
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	96
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Deborah M. Plummer has over 30 years' experience of facilitating groups and working individually with both children and adults. Formerly a clinical lead therapist working within the NHS, she also has extensive experience as a senior lecturer in aspects of health psychology and counselling. She ran workshops and short courses on the uses of imagery, games and story-telling in the promotion of well-being. Deborah is now retired.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements; Introduction; I. Exploring Self-Confidence: a mindful play perspective; II. Phase One: IMPACT essentials for building self-confidence; III. Phase Two: Self-knowledge and self-acceptance; IV. Phase Three: What is confidence?; V. Phase Four: Making changes, facing challenges; VI. Activity sheets

Editorial Reviews

This book provides informative and practical advice for professionals and parents.
The concepts behind the IMPACT approach to supporting self-confidence in children are linked to carefully crafted and creative activities that require minimal resources.
Helping Children To Build Self-Confidence is a lifeline to those who are helping children find their place in the world.

Julia Hamper MA(Oxon)