Activity Option 1: �Using Positive Self-Talk
SEL Objectives:
- Self-awareness / Self-management / Relationship Skills
Objective:
- Empower adolescents to use positive self-talk by talking back to their fears and anxieties
- Music is a positive methodology to teach Cognitive Behavioral Strategies. Through music teens enjoy analyzing the lyrics and applying it to their lives. Ask them to talk about the difference between negative self-talk and positive self-talk.
- Listen to the following two songs and then, encourage students to either identify their own song that empowers them to use positive self talk or to create their own poetry. Toward the end of the session, everyone has the opportunity to share their song or poetry.
Marjorie Colindres & SSW Students from Loyola University Chicago