Bad days are unavoidable. At some point, something is going to go poorly for your child or student. Maybe they failed a test; maybe they tripped and fell in front of a group of their peers and were embarrassed; perhaps they got into an argument with their best friend.
All of those things can turn a good day into a bad one and make your student or child upset. It’s perfectly normal and acceptable for them to be sad about those things happening and to work through their feelings of disappointment or embarrassment.
We can also teach our students ways to turn their day around and work through those feelings so they don’t derail the day!
Lesson Module – Making Bad Days Better
In our social skills lesson module, we’ve outlined four key tips to help your student turn their day around when things aren’t going as planned.
- Talk it out – sometimes talking with a friend about what went wrong can make you feel better. Shared experiences make us feel less alone!
- Do something that makes you happy – does listening to music boost your mood? Put on your favorite song! Groove to the music and feel your day start to turn around!
- Focus on the positive – think about a few things that went right! maybe you didn’t do so well on your spelling test, but you aced that math quiz!
- Think about tomorrow – every day has a start and an end, so even if today wasn’t so great, tomorrow is a new start! Tomorrow is an opportunity to have a better day!
Prepare your students or children with the skills to turn a bad day into a better day by trying these four tips! Check out our social skills lesson module that contains helpful resources and classroom tools to teach these principles. their day around by using our Social Skills PowerPoint resources on this topic! You’ll find helpful resources such as a mini-schedule, lesson outline, homework lessons, and activities to reinforce this subject matter.
Power Point Presentations:
I Can Turn My Day Around Power Point Presentation
I Can Turn My Day Around Facilitators Guide
Resource Materials:
I Can Turn My Day Around Teacher Note
I Can Turn My Day Around Parent Note
I Can Turn My Day Around Outline
I Can Turn My Day Around Mini Schedule
I Can Turn My Day Around Magnet Cards
I Can Turn My Day Around Homework
I Can Turn My Day Around Activity
Pre/Post Assessment
A pre and post lesson assessment is included in each lesson. Use of the assessment is an instructor preference. Many of the ‘homework’ pages for a lesson can be used as a pre/post assessment device alone or as part of the provided assessment. Each homework page can be checked by the instructor as well as the student.
Review all included pages of the lesson to determine what ‘assessment’ method will meet your needs. If the student is able to achieve a + in the majority of items of the pre-assessment, or if the student has been observed to display the skill topic of the lesson often, then the lesson may not be introduced or can be taught with a group as review and/or reinforcement.
I Can Turn My Day Around Pre/Post Assessment
This resource was authored by Watson Institute Special Education Consultant, Andee Morris, M.Ed.
If you have questions or concerns about the Watson Institute’s use of this information, please contact us.