Moral Kombat 3 Sample: Parental Involvement (Facilitator's Manual)

FACILITATOR’S

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Collective Group Activity: At every appropriate opportunity, facilitator should strive to move students from an attitude of “I Can’t” to the more comforting and positive attitude of either “I Can’t Yet” or “I Can.” Additionally, help the students to rephrase “LOCK Values” statements, those negative, defeatist attitudes, to “KEY Values” statements, those optimistic, I-can-do-so-much-better-now-that-I-have-learned attitudes.

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In other words, it all boils down to our BELIEFS about this ACTIVATING EVENT and how you choose to allow yourself to respond. Typically, you get a gut feeling or HUNCH of the best way to respond that could potentially lead to a WIN-WIN Outcome instead of a LOSE-LOSE or a WIN-LOSE Outcome. Unfortunately, we often let our HEAD (thoughts) or our HEART (emotions) and sense of pride talk ourselves out of this HUNCH or Gut Feeling. If we can learn to always be aware of the CONSEQUENCES associated with each behavior/action choice we make and our Stakeholders who will be impacted by these choices, perhaps we have a better chance to make the best possible choices.

It is finally time to fully address the Mind Twists or Cognitive Distortions that might motivate us to make these good or bad behavior choices.

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Mind Twist/Cognitive Distortion #1 of 10: All-or-Nothing Thinking: TASK: By looking at the picture, interpret what you think this particular Mind Twist/Cognitive Distortion means.

Regarding violating this law, write in some possible All-Or-Nothing Thinking you’ve employed in the middle column and some more balanced BELIEFS in the right-hand column. LOCKED negative BELIEFS

KEY positive BELIEFS

●Shoplifting ●Truancy ●Vandalism ●Assault ●Disorderly Conduct ●Drugs ●Alcohol ●Tobacco ●Reckless Driving ●Other

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