Being in a state of frustration can be a real learning barrier for some children, and can inhibit their ability to take a full and active part of school life. Many children see examples of poor behaviours in real life, on television and on computer games. They often look to emulate the ones that they see - thinking that they are coping mechanisms for life's challenges.

Helping children to want to change their behaviour can be best achieved by replacing the old 'habits' of behaviour with new 'positive coping mechanisms' that they can use wherever they are; school, home, play time etc. (Any negative behaviours can also have an obstructive cycle for the children, throughout both school and home life, creating an inability to cope with life's challenges.) 

There is virtually no reading so it is accessible to most children, whatever their ability, and it is NOT technology driven. It is an 8 session intervention programme for any child from Year 1 to Year 6, with the delivery being tailored by your own school staff. Each group has ideally 6 to 8 children and each session lasts about 50 minutes. 

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

• Will probably feel frustrated most of the time
• Will tend to balk against authority
• Will tend to avoid trying new things
• Are generally unable to deal well with failure
• Tend to insist on perfection and get upset when mistakes are made
• Feel their efforts are never quite as good as others
• May exhibit attachment characteristics
• Will tend to blame others and avoid responsibility for their own actions

The 'Wise Behaviours' 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  'Wise Behaviours' 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 eight 'Wise Behaviours' 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 'Wise Behaviours' Facilitator you and 'Whys' have the privilege of working together to build children's' emotional intelligence!