the rewards of determination

Focus: Identifying the rewards and skills gained from overcoming challenges.

1. CBT Focus: Highlighting how overcoming negative thought patterns leads to tangible rewards, whether emotional, mental, or physical.
2. Assessment Tool: Goal Achievement Inventory – assessing the progress toward achieving goals and new skills.
3. Expressive Arts Activity:
   
   • Children: Create a “Reward Box” where they list or draw all the skills and rewards they’ve gained from overcoming challenges.
   • Adults: Create a journal entry reflecting on the personal and professional rewards gained through perseverance and resilience.

1. Experiential Family Therapy Activity: Families share the "rewards" (skills, insights, emotional growth) they have gained individually and collectively from facing challenges together.
2. Executive Functioning Homework Assignment:
   
   • Children: Identify a specific skill they’ve developed (e.g., persistence, patience), and practice using it in a new context.
   • Adults: Reflect on a personal or professional reward they’ve achieved and plan how they will apply this newfound strength or insight to future challenges.

 Homework Assignment for Week 9:

• Parent-Child Attachment Activity: Create a "Family Achievement Poster"—a collaborative visual that shows the skills each family member has gained and how they have grown through facing challenges.
• Executive Functioning Activity:
  • Children: Choose a new skill they’ve developed (e.g., emotional regulation or problem-solving) and practice using it in a new situation. Reflect with a parent about how they’re using the skill.
  • Adults: Apply a recently developed strength (e.g., resilience or leadership) to a new challenge or situation and write about how it’s impacting their growth.