How Does it Feel

Susie Davis has worked within the education system for 17 years both as an Education Welfare Officer and within a local authority behaviour support team and pupil referral unit. During this time she has built up a great deal of experience of working with and supporting students with behaviour and attendance difficulties, working with teachers on how to manage the challenges these students often bring to their lessons, and working in partnership with parents and other agencies to support their inclusion in school. Susie has devised a series of emotional literacy resources, most of which are specifically aimed at students at risk of exclusion from secondary school. After many years of working for a local authority Susie is now employed at Bradley Stoke Community School in South Gloucestershire as the Inclusion Team Leader.

Includes suggestions on the set-up and delivery of the programme together with how to involve both staff and parents. 130 pages DVD with real footage of students who have been permanently excluded. They are shown discussing their feelings, reflecting on their experiences and talking about the future 13 detailed lesson plans that meet the requirements of Assessment for Learning - these can either be photocopied or printed from the CD Rom Student base-line and progress assessment Easily accessible and visually engaging worksheets for students and professionals. Introduction and rationale The principles of emotional literacy Self-Awareness Section Lesson 1 - How does it feel? DVD Lesson 2 - Self-awareness Lesson 3 - Who am I? How do I feel? Lesson 4 - Labelling feelings Lesson 5 - Thoughts, feelings and behaviour Managing Feelings Section Lesson 6 - Managing feelings Lesson 7 - Managing feelings Lesson 8 - Communication Motivation Section Lesson 9 - Taking responsibility Lesson 10 - Reputations and obstacles Empathy Section Lesson 11 Developing empathy Social Skills Section Lesson 12 - Influences Lesson 13 - Identifying my strengths Bibliography