Accountability is taking responsibility for our actions and outcomes. When we are accountable, we realize that all actions have consequences (both positive and negative) and we accept our role in those consequences. When a mistake is made, being accountable means doing what you can to fix the problem and make amends. When we are accountable for our actions, trusting relationships can be built with family, friends, and teachers. Below you will find resources you can use at home to help teach this important skill to your child.
How to Help Kids Create a Culture of Personal Accountability
https://www.parent.com/how-to-help-kids-create-a-culture-of-personal-accountability/#:~:text=The%20best%20way%20to%20teach,be%20accountable%20for%20one's%20behavior.
Games for Teaching Someone how to be Accountable
https://classroom.synonym.com/games-teaching-someone-accountable-12146054.html
Accepting a Consequence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcMOfn4QJyQ
Rosa Learns to be Responsible
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRIKMysO1gU
8 Ways to Instill Accountability in Teens
https://middleearthnj.wordpress.com/2017/09/25/8-ways-to-instill-accountability-in-teens/
How to Create a Culture of Accountability in your Home
https://www.empoweringparents.com/article/how-to-create-a-culture-of-accountability-in-your-home/
Lessons on Accountability for Teens
https://healthfully.com/1006369-lessons-accountability-teens.html
How to Develop Personal Accountability
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de2HlZpDQ-w&feature=youtu.be
Decision Making is an important life skill that children need to develop in order to become healthy and functioning adults. Children need to know how to make their own decisions and understand that every decision comes with a consequence, both positive and negative. Decision making should be taught as a deliberate process beginning with identifying the problem and thinking about what the desired outcome is. Decision making also includes; gathering information, brainstorming possible solutions, assessing the consequences to those solutions and picking the best choice. Below you will find resources you can use at home to help teach this important skill to your child.
Teach Your Child How to Make Choices
https://www.familyeducation.com/life/decision-making/teach-your-child-how-make-choices
Best Guide for Teaching Kids the Decision-Making Process Steps
https://www.kiddiematters.com/problem-solving-activity-free-printable/
Fun Activities to Teach Children About Decision Making Skills
https://mom.com/kids/4887-fun-activities-teach-children-about-decision-making-skills
Decision Making Techniques for Children
https://www.familyeducation.com/life/decision-making/decision-making-techniques-children
Innoventure Jr: Making Decisions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlmEfeC1DO4
Zen Den: How to Make Goo Choices- Mindfulness for Kids (Trailer)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cxt_Ki4GSo
Tips and Activities to Help Kids Develop Decision Making Skills
https://parenting.firstcry.com/articles/tips-and-activities-to-help-kids-develop-decision-making-skills/
Steps to Good Decision-Making Skills for Teens
https://www.verywellfamily.com/steps-to-good-decision-making-skills-for-teens-2609104
5 Problem Solving Activities for the Classroom
https://resilienteducator.com/classroom-resources/5-problem-solving-activities-for-the-classroom/
10 Ways to Teach Your Children to Make Wise Decisions
https://www.allprodad.com/10-ways-teach-children-make-wise-decisions/
Help Children Make Good Choices: Decision Making Skills (SODAS Method)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-SeO-aT2i8
Making Tough Choices with Kid President
Perspective Taking is the ability to consider a situation from a different point of view. It is the ability to look beyond your view point and consider how someone else may think or feel about a situation. You need to be able to put yourself in another person’s position and imagine how they might feel, think, or act. In order to be successful at perspective taking, you must have empathy for the other person and realize that there are many correct perspectives for one situation. Below you will find resources you can use at home to help teach this important skill to your child.
Understanding Perspective Taking
https://sociallyskilledkids.com/perspective-taking/
Components of Perspective Taking
https://empatico.org/activity-plan/perspective-taking
How to Teach Perspective Taking to Children
https://www.speechandlanguagekids.com/how-to-teach-perspective-talking-to-children/
One Super Simple Activity to Teach Perspective Taking Skills to Kids
https://www.andnextcomesl.com/2019/05/perspective-taking-activity.html
The Tale of Two Beasts: An Adorable Story About Different Perspectives
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCkOocQGtDU
How to Teach Perspective -Kid Lessons
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0ELa3c001o
Perspective Taking
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqz7UcCgbLA
5 Ways to Help Teens Think Beyond Themselves
https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/five_ways_to_help_teens_think_beyond_themselves
How to Teach Perspective Taking to Children
https://www.speechandlanguagekids.com/how-to-teach-perspective-talking-to-children/
Understanding Perception Differences
https://creducation.net/resources/perception_checking/Understanding_Perception_Differences_OCDRM.pdf
What Do You See
https://creducation.net/resources/perception_checking/What_Do_You_See_Activity_OCDRCM.pdf
What Are Perspectives
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_7fNAd5FXg
Same Situation, Different Perspectives
Restitution provides a way for children to “pay back” their mistakes. It can be a helpful way to teach children the importance of treating others and property with respect. When children make mistakes, they should acknowledge their wrong choice and think of a way to fix it. The restitution should be directly related to their incorrect behavior. The focus should be on fixing the damaged property or relationship rather than punishment.
Below you will find resources you can use at home to help teach this important skill to your child.
Use Restitution to Discipline Your Child
https://www.verywellfamily.com/how-to-use-restitution-to-discipline-your-child-1094755
What to do When Your Child is Not Kind
https://www.readbrightly.com/what-to-do-when-your-child-is-not-kind/
How to Help Your Kids Make Amends for Mistakes
Making Amends for Kids
https://ggia.berkeley.edu/practice/making_amends_for_kids
It’s Okay to Make Mistakes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLVYtfqSsK0
What to Do After Making a Mistake pt. 7
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqjXLXfkS6Q
Restitution for Parents
https://realrestitution.com/restitution-for-parents/
Restitution Script for Parents
What to Do After Making a Mistake pt. 7
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqjXLXfkS6Q
The Most Effective Form of Discipline
Assertiveness is a healthy way of communicating. It is a calm, clear, direct and respectful way of stating what you want, need or how you feel about something. Being assertive is the most effective way to communicate. However, it can be difficult to master. Many people communicate in less effective ways, such as passive, aggressive, or even passive-aggressive. These are inefficient because passive communication is often unclear and aggressive communication can come off as mean or hurtful. When we communicate assertively, we are more likely to get our needs met by those around us. Below you will find resources you can use at home to help teach this important skill to your child.
Building Assertiveness: How to Help Your Quiet Child Speak Up
https://www.pbs.org/parents/thrive/building-assertiveness-how-to-help-your-quiet-child-speak-up
5 Key Steps for Raising Assertive Kids
https://biglifejournal.com/blogs/blog/how-to-raise-assertive-child
10 Steps for Teaching Your Kids How to be Assertive
https://afineparent.com/strong-kids/how-to-be-assertive.html
4 Playful Activities to Help Children Develop Assertiveness
http://www.momentsaday.com/help-children-develop-assertiveness/
9 Assertiveness Activities
http://preventingbullying.promoteprevent.org/9-assertiveness-actitivies
Learn to Communicate Assertively
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ-e5Q4vhsk
What is Assertiveness?
https://kidshealth.org/en/teens/assertive.html#:~:text=Assertiveness%20is%20a%20healthy%20way,that%20is%20honest%20and%20respectful.&text=Being%20assertive%20doesn't%20come,style%20that%20is%20too%20aggressive.
Assertiveness
https://kidshealth.org/en/teens/assertive.html
4 Social/Emotional Skills You Can Easily Practice with Teens
https://nobelcoaching.com/emotional-skills/
Assertiveness Games and Activities
https://blog.trainerswarehouse.com/assertiveness-games-activities
