Digging Deep A Practical Program to Encourage Young People to Name, Own, and Deal With Their Emotions

Digging Deep is a program to help young people, particularly boys aged 8 to 16, who struggle with their feelings and words. It is designed to assist teachers in helping students talk about their emotions. Through the program, students are encouraged to communicate openly using the safety and anonymity of a central character, called Harwood.Flexible and practical, Digging Deep is suitable for any curriculum area. Consisting of two books -- a Teachers' Manual and an Activity Book -- it is ideal as a user-friendly support to pastoral care and welfare programs.The Teachers' Manual provides curriculum and program ideas and incorporates 21 discussion starter cards with suggestions for classroom use. It also contains a range of "feeling" words for photocopying and classroom use, and a list of further reading on the subject of young people learning to deal with their emotions. The Activity Book contains 50 reinforcement and motivational cards and 50 sets of photocopiable activity cards.Matthews, Julie is the author of 'Digging Deep A Practical Program to Encourage Young People to Name, Own, and Deal With Their Emotions' with ISBN 9780864313898 and ISBN 0864313896.