Programme 'Happy to be Me' (Self-Esteem)

'Happy to be Me'

Self-Esteem Programme

Low self-esteem can be a real learning barrier for some children, and can inhibit their ability to take a full and active part of school life.  The lack of belief and insecure feelings that result can also have a negative cycle throughout both their school and home life, creating an inability to cope with life's challenges.  If we BELIEVE we can learn, then we will LEARN BETTER than we would have otherwise.


'Happy to be Me' is a 6 session programme which is aimed at school children (ages 6 - 11 years) who may be experiencing low self-esteem, lack of confidence, attachment problems and/or feeling insecure. However, it is also a valuable programme for children with healthy self esteem to learn essential 'self-esteem maintenance' tools that they will be able to draw upon for their lifetime.

Through the use of games, exercises, craft activities, stories, songs and relaxation the facilitator will look to help each child fill their own personal 'life's tool box' with lots of tips and techniques that they can use when they do feel down, lack self-belief, feel insecure, don't want to face new situations / experiences and feel that they don't belong.

By helping our character 'Cog' through his own self-esteem journey, the children take home 'reminders' with them.

The target pupil audience are those with low self-esteem and who can normally be represented by one, two or more of the following characteristics:


  • Will probably feel unloved
  • Will tend to avoid new and different situations
  • Are generally unable to deal well with failure
  • Tend to put themselves down a lot
  • Feel that their efforts are never quite as good as others
  • Are constantly comparing themselves to their peers in a negative way

 

The 'Happy to be Me' Programme is designed to be 'self-trained' in the school environment in and around the facilitator's normal duties.  Plus the facilitator can deliver the programme as many times as the school requires with as many groups of children as necessary, and there is no need for anyone to keep looking for the right resources to use because we supply them all.  You just need to add some craft material and a large slice of enthusiasm!

 

The off-the-shelf  'Happy to be Me' Facilitators Box includes everything you need to begin the programme with comprehensive training modules and lesson plans.   Each training module is 3 to 4 pages long and is a concise training guide to all the elements of the programme.  The average study time for each module is 25-30 minutes and can be read as the programme is rolled out to the children (taking each step in bite-sized pieces). 


Each of the six 'Happy to be Me' programme sessions has a full detailed lesson plan, and works towards a specific aim and a set of objectives.


As soon as you have ordered your Facilitator Box you can begin to feel proud of yourself, knowing that as a 'Happy to be Me' Facilitator you and 'Cog' have the privilege of working together to build children's' self-esteem!

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