Confidence Building - Intuitive Thinking Skills - Alternative Provision Directory 23/24

• Ambivalence Understanding when young people are ambivalent and acting against their better judgement.
• Understanding the stress created by ambivalence and the impact.
• Learning the structural approach to the brain to understand where conflicting thoughts originate, why ambivalence causes stress and how to reduce that stress.
• Overcoming Procrastination looking at how ambivalence causes procrastination and putting off important decisions or tasks.
• Understanding the impact of procrastination on mental health, well-being and productivity and learning ways to overcome procrastinating.
• Passive & Active Thinking Learning passive voice recognition and where it originates from in the brain.
• Exploring active alternatives and encouraging accountability for thoughts and actions, understanding the locus of control lies within.
• Transposing Learning how to separate statements or thoughts to recognise the conflict of two clear opposing points of view.
• Changing Language & Mind-Set Exploring the impact of language and labels on learning.
• Looking at language, labels and metaphors how they can appear to remove choice and perceived powerlessness.
• Overcoming Your Fears A structural approach to embracing change and understanding the science behind internal objections to planning and education.
• Young people to understand why people respond to challenges in different ways and learning mechanism for appropriate responses to adversity and challenges. SWOT Analysis Self-assessment of strengths, weaknesses and transferrable skills. Learning how to plan for continued self-development to overcome threats and make the most of opportunities.

Intuitive Thinking Skills