What Children Need to be Happy, Confident and Successful
Step by Step Positive Psychology to Help Children Flourish
Jeni Hooper
Paperback: £16.99 / $24.95
2012, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 176pp
ISBN: 978-1-84905-239-9, BIC 2: JNH
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What makes children happy, confident and successful? How can you help a child to flourish? Their environment is important, but the real difference is in your hands – every adult has the tools to help a child achieve psychological wellbeing.
This book provides a practical model for helping children flourish and achieve their personal potential in every area of their lives. Drawing on ideas from positive psychology and child development theory, the model explores the five key areas of wellbeing: personal strengths, emotional wellbeing, positive communication, learning strengths, and resilience. Practical activities are included for each area, and a questionnaire provides an assessment to enable you to keep track of progress.
Suitable for use with children aged 3–11, this step-by-step guide is an ideal resource for professionals working with children, including counsellors, social workers, teachers, and psychotherapists, as well as parents.
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How Positive Psychology can help children be happy, confident and successful – An Interview with Jeni Hooper
22 March 2012
"Professionals and parents want the best for children and need to know how to guide them through childhood. Positive Psychology provides the evidence on which to base decisions. For example, we know that optimism is invaluable to mental health because it encourages people to be hopeful and take good care of themselves. It helps people stave off depression by reframing challenging experiences and it increases people’s overall happiness."
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