Role-Play books by Carrie D. Marchant & Debbie Dunn
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Mind Twist/Cognitive Distortion #10 of 10: Fallacies of Control, Fairness, Change, & Magical Thinking TASK: By looking at the picture, interpret what you think this particular Mind Twist/Cognitive Distortion means.
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TIGER FRIEND: How did you feel? TIGER FROM PIT: Hungry!
Role-Play parts: 1. Tall Man (or Tall Woman) 2. His (or her) Mother Role-Play scenario: Imagine the Tall Man attempts to tell his (or her) Mother about this entire adventure with the Wild Boar. â?ś In the first attempt by the Tall Man, his (or her) Mother does NOT
demonstrate empathy as she interrupts the tale to address an aspect of the story she feels strongly about. For example, perhaps she has lectured her son about not climbing trees. So, instead of being impressed or relieved that he escaped potential death by climbing a tree, she lectured him once again about tree-climbing. Š 1999, 2016 by Carrie Marchant & FLP. All Rights Reserved.
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â?ś Each teen will take turns re-telling his or her past truancy decisions
and motivations. The other teens in the group will act the part of a talk show host. Using all the empathy skills you have learned, interview each target teen, one at a time. TEEN TALK SHOW HOST: Please tell us your past truancy story plus your future goals regarding truancy versus attending school. TEEN: Here is my story about why I chose to be truant in the past. Here also is my commitment to make more pro-active choices in the future to not be truant ever again because I have learned ________ .
Collective Group Discussion: FINAL QUESTION: How well do you feel you understand how to demonstrate empathy with others? Share your thoughts and ideas.
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