Mindset Matters

A Counseling Curriculum to Help Students Understand How to Help Themselves Succeed with a Growth Mindset

• Author(s): Lisa King,
• Publisher: National Center for Youth Issues
• Pages: 169
• ISBN_10: 1937870405
  ISBN_13: 9781937870409
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Education / General , Education / Counseling / General , Education / Curricula , Education / Educational Psychology , Education / Counseling / Academic Development ,

Description:...

Infusing the Growth Mindset theory into your counseling program can help your students increase achievement through greater self-esteem. Apply these research-based lessons in your classroom curriculum and/or small group counseling by teaching:

Mindfulness

Identify Brain Basics

Not Yet is OK

Determination/Grit

Self-Talk

Everyone is Unique

Teach Others What You Know

Counselors, teachers, and students will enjoy these innovative and easy-to-implement lessons. The lessons in this book will provide your students with a foundation of brain science, the magic of grit, and the benefits of learning, which will help them see the positive outcomes of having a growth mindset.

Includes downloadable PowerPoints and reproducibles!

5 REASONS THIS BOOK IS ESSENTIAL:

1. FLEXIBILITY: This curriculum is applicable to both small groups and classroom curriculum.
2. RESEARCH-BASED: Growth Mindset was introduced by Carol Dweck, Professor of Psychology at Stanford University and was based on years of studies on children of all ages.
3. KIDS LIKE IT: When kids have fun and find interest in a topic, they want to talk about it and be involved.
4. CONNECTS WITH ACADEMICS: As one of the ASCA domains, academic connections are essential.
5. STRUCTURE FOR YOUR YEAR: Make this curriculum a universal theme for a grade level worth of lessons or to integrate if you are a Mindset School.