Theory of Mind Intervention

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Welcome to Running a Theory of Mind Intervention

The training aims to equip educators with the knowledge and tools necessary to help their students understand and navigate the social world more effectively.

It includes training and resources to get you started.

  • Format: Pre-recorded Ready-to-View Webinar
  • Accessible:  14 Days from Purchase or Unlimited Access in the Members Portal
  • Suitability: The training is aimed at professionals
  • License: Price is per person

£33.99

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Welcome to Running Theory of Mind Interventions Webinar

This training is designed for education professionals looking to run a 6-week+ intervention to enhance Theory of Mind skills in pupils, particularly those with social difficulties.
Theory of Mind (ToM) is crucial for fostering empathy, effective communication, and successful social interactions.  The training aims to equip educators with the knowledge and tools necessary to help their students understand and navigate the social world more effectively.

By the end of the session, you will have a greater understanding of:

  • Understand Theory of Mind: Gain an overview of what ToM is and why it’s crucial for social development.
  • Recognise Challenges: Identify common challenges in students with ToM difficulties.
  • Intervention Strategies: Learn effective strategies for enhancing ToM in students.
  • Use of Visual Supports: Explore the use of visual supports, such as social stories and social scripts, for ToM development.
  • Promote Inclusivity: Explore double empathy and why it’s important to understand when running a social skills intervention with neurotypical and neurodivergent students.

Resources

The resources provided include images, videos, and lesson plans – understanding emotions in self and others is complex and therefore the videos provided cut through this complexity – to give the facilitator everything they need to make this intervention successful.

Lesson Plans

  • Lesson Plan 1 – Name the Feeling
  • Lesson Plan 2 – How do I Feel
  • Lesson Plan 3 – Scenarios
  • Lesson Plan 4 – Social Rules
  • Lesson 5 – Healthy Boundaries
  • Using Social Stories

Assessments

  • Social Skills Assessment Tracker
  • Whole Child Assessment Tracker

Activity Resources

  • Emotion Images and Words
  • Name the Feeling Images and Videos
  • Emotional Awareness Question Cards
  • Scenario Cards
  • ToM – Scenario Videos

Training Duration:  58mins

How to Access the Training

  • Add the item to your basket and proceed to checkout
  • Once the order is processed, it will appear in your account and receive an email confirmation
  • To access simply click on ‘Watch Webinar’
  • This link will remain valid for 14-days

Membership Discount

100% Discount

  • Ultimate Members and Staff Members: You have free access to this training in the Members Portal.

Discounted Access

  • Extra Members: Receive a 25% Discount on this training.
  • Core Members and Family Members: Receive a 15% Discount on this training.

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Suitability of Intervention

This intervention is suitable for children that:

Attachment Needs

  • Find it hard to ask for help from adults – even if detrimental to their own needs
  • Are overly reliant on adults to help them with tasks
  • Can become disruptive in class to gain adult attention
  • Struggle to separate from trusted adults, triggering their anxiety or anger
  • Have a fear of abandonment and/or rejection
  • Find it difficult to trust themselves or others

Emotional Needs

  • Are unable to recognise when they are moving/activated up/down the BOUNCE Scale (e.g., calm to fizzy)
  • Struggle to co-regulate down the BOUNCE scale, even with a trusted adult
  • Have outbursts of anger, even at small events
  • Avoid, refuse, run off, and/or hide when feeling overwhelmed
  • Can become too overwhelmed to take on new learning/questions/demands
  • Please others, even if it causes them emotional distress (fawn)

Connection Needs

  • Find it hard to initiate conversations
  • Find it hard to take turns in conversations
  • Struggle to ask and answer questions in a conversation (active listening)
  • Have difficulty forming or maintaining close relationships
  • Struggle to work with others, as a team, to solve problems
  • Struggle to understand the emotions in others and adapt to their needs accordingly

Self-Esteem Needs

  • Don’t feel worthy of accepting love and nurture
  • Can become upset at small ‘tellings off’
  • Engage with self-destructive behaviours due to negative belief systems
  • Say hurtful things to themself such as “I’m stupid” or “everyone hates me”
  • Struggle to know where they belong in the community/world
  • Struggle to try new things due to fear of failure or the unknown

Learn more about this framework here

 

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