Contents |
| Introduction | 4 |
| Section 1: Knowing myself | 8 |
| 1. About me | 8 |
| 2. Who do I trust? | 8 |
| 3. Trusting each other | 9 |
| 4. Showing respect | 9 |
| 5. Developing self awareness – feelings words | 10 |
| 6. Our feelings range in intensity | 10 |
| 7. Talking about feelings | 11 |
| 8. Are all feelings OK? | 11 |
| 9. How do we recognise our feelings? | 12 |
| 10. The way we think about ourselves | 13 |
| 11. Beliefs and self talk | 14 |
| 12. How important are our memories? | 15 |
| Section 1 worksheets | 16 |
| Section 2: Developing empathy | 22 |
| 13. We all see and feel things differently | 22 |
| 14. How do others feel? | 22 |
| 15. Different people feel differently | 23 |
| 16. Understanding points of view | 23 |
| 17. Accident or not – how do we know? | 24 |
| 18. How can we support others? | 24 |
| 19. Supporting others by listening | 25 |
| Section 2 worksheets | 26 |
| Section 3: Managing feelings | 29 |
| 20. Choosing our behaviour | 29 |
| 21. Developing optimism | 29 |
| 22. Recognising and managing anger | 30 |
| 23. Using a problem-solving strategy | 31 |
| 24. Impulsive and thinking behaviour | 31 |
| 25. Recognising and managing frustration | 32 |
| 26. Changing how we feel | 32 |
| 27. Using affirmations | 33 |
| 28. Seeing things from a different perspective | 33 |
| 29. Am I willing to take risks? | 34 |
| 30. My strengths and how I like to learn | 35 |
| 31. Setting goals for myself | 35 |
| 32. How can being resilient help us? | 36 |
| Section 3 worksheets | 37 |
| Section 4: Developing social skills | 46 |
| 33. What is a friend? | 46 |
| 34. Friendship words and actions | 46 |
| 35. Judgements | 47 |
| 36. Non-verbal communication | 47 |
| 37. Empathy and sympathy | 48 |
| 38. Expressing feelings respectfully | 48 |
| 39. Passive or assertive? | 49 |
| 40. Learning to negotiate | 50 |
| 41. Being part of a team | 50 |
| 42. The importance of saying sorry | 51 |
| 43. How to pay compliments | 52 |
| Section 4 worksheets | 54 |
| Section 5: Reflecting on where I am now | 57 |
| 44. What are our values? | 57 |
| 45. What have we learned? | 57 |
| Section 5 worksheets | 58 |
| Appendices | 59 |
| Appendix 1: Games to use in emotional literacy lessons | 59 |
| Appendix 2: Feelings words | 60 |
| Appendix 3: Further resources | 60 |