{"id":792,"date":"2020-05-09T01:05:36","date_gmt":"2020-05-09T05:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smho-smso.ca\/emhc\/?page_id=792"},"modified":"2021-08-10T15:21:59","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T19:21:59","slug":"four-finger-affirmation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/smho-smso.ca\/emhc\/positive-motivation-and-perseverance\/reframing\/four-finger-affirmation\/","title":{"rendered":"Four finger affirmation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class='accordion md-accordion' id='accordion0' role='tablist' aria-multiselectable='true'><div class='card'><div class='card-header' role='tab' id='Instructions-0'><a data-toggle='collapse' data-parent='#accordion0' href='#collapseOneInstructions-0' aria-expanded='true' aria-controls='collapseOneInstructions-0'><h3 class='mb-0'><em class='fas fa-angle-down rotate-icon'><\/em> Instructions<\/h3><\/a><\/div><div id='collapseOneInstructions-0' class='collapse show' role='tabpanel' aria-labelledby='collapseOneInstructions-0' data-parent='#accordion0'><div class='card-body'><ul>\n<li>Provide students with an explanation of affirmations.<\/li>\n<li>Ask\u00a0students\u00a0to\u00a0write or think of a four-word affirmation. Consider brainstorming examples together (\u201cI can do this\u201d, \u201cI can do division\u201d, \u201cI\u2019ll try my best\u201d, \u201cI am loved today\u201d, \u201cI believe in me\u201d, \u201cToday will be awesome\u201d, \u201cI know my alphabet\u201d, \u201cI can decode words\u201d).<\/li>\n<li>Say \u201cEach word you have chosen will match a finger in your hand. As you say your affirmation in your head, match each finger with your thumb; one finger per word.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Invite students to use their four finger affirmation privately to feel more confident in stressful situations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class='card'><div class='card-header' role='tab' id='Supplementary-resources-0'><a data-toggle='collapse' data-parent='#accordion0' href='#collapseOneSupplementary-resources-0' aria-expanded='false' aria-controls='collapseOneSupplementary-resources-0'><h3 class='mb-0'><em class='fas fa-angle-down rotate-icon'><\/em> Supplementary resources<\/h3><\/a><\/div><div id='collapseOneSupplementary-resources-0' class='collapse' role='tabpanel' aria-labelledby='collapseOneSupplementary-resources-0' data-parent='#accordion0'><div class='card-body'><p>See our <a href=\"https:\/\/smho-smso.ca\/blog\/online-resources\/sel-posters\/\">social-emotional learning poster series<\/a> for a four finger affirmations classroom poster.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class='card'><div class='card-header' role='tab' id='Adaptations-0'><a data-toggle='collapse' data-parent='#accordion0' href='#collapseOneAdaptations-0' aria-expanded='false' aria-controls='collapseOneAdaptations-0'><h3 class='mb-0'><em class='fas fa-angle-down rotate-icon'><\/em> Adaptations<\/h3><\/a><\/div><div id='collapseOneAdaptations-0' class='collapse' role='tabpanel' aria-labelledby='collapseOneAdaptations-0' data-parent='#accordion0'><div class='card-body'><ul>\n<li>With older students, explain how thoughts are linked to emotions and behaviour. You can acknowledge that it is sometimes difficult to battle negative self-talk and that it takes practice to think more positively.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class='card'><div class='card-header' role='tab' id='Evidence-0'><a data-toggle='collapse' data-parent='#accordion0' href='#collapseOneEvidence-0' aria-expanded='false' aria-controls='collapseOneEvidence-0'><h3 class='mb-0'><em class='fas fa-angle-down rotate-icon'><\/em> Evidence<\/h3><\/a><\/div><div id='collapseOneEvidence-0' class='collapse' role='tabpanel' aria-labelledby='collapseOneEvidence-0' data-parent='#accordion0'><div class='card-body'><p>There is extensive evidence to show the relationship between thoughts, feelings, and actions. Practising using positive thoughts can influence our emotions and behaviours in helpful ways and can help with reframing negative events and providing a more optimistic outlook (Sherman, et al., 2013; Brandy, et al., 2016).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class='card'><div class='card-header' role='tab' id='References-0'><a data-toggle='collapse' data-parent='#accordion0' href='#collapseOneReferences-0' aria-expanded='false' aria-controls='collapseOneReferences-0'><h3 class='mb-0'><em class='fas fa-angle-down rotate-icon'><\/em> References<\/h3><\/a><\/div><div id='collapseOneReferences-0' class='collapse' role='tabpanel' aria-labelledby='collapseOneReferences-0' data-parent='#accordion0'><div class='card-body'><p>Sherman, D. K.,\u00a0Hartson, K. A., Binning, K. R., Purdie-Vaughns, V., Garcia, J.,\u00a0Taborsky-Barba, S., . . . Cohen, G. L. (2013). Deflecting the trajectory and changing the narrative: How self-affirmation affects academic performance and motivation under identity threat.\u00a0<i>Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 104<\/i>(4), 591-618.<\/p>\n<p>Brady, S. T., Reeves, S. L., Garcia, J., Purdie-Vaughns, V., Cook, J. E.,\u00a0Taborsky-Barba, S., &#8230; &amp; Cohen, G. L. (2016). The psychology of the affirmed learner: Spontaneous self-affirmation in the face of stress.\u00a0<i>Journal of Educational Psychology, 108<\/i>(3), 353.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To help students think positively in the face of stress or challenges by using affirmations to promote confidence, a growth mindset, self-regulation and resiliency<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":793,"parent":303,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"practice-template.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,45,85,43,32,47,221,87,239],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-792","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-intermediate","category-junior","category-no-materials-needed","category-occasional-teacher","category-positive-motivation-and-perseverance","category-primary","category-promote","category-use-outside","category-virtual-option"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smho-smso.ca\/emhc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smho-smso.ca\/emhc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smho-smso.ca\/emhc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smho-smso.ca\/emhc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smho-smso.ca\/emhc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=792"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/smho-smso.ca\/emhc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2873,"href":"https:\/\/smho-smso.ca\/emhc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/792\/revisions\/2873"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smho-smso.ca\/emhc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/303"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smho-smso.ca\/emhc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smho-smso.ca\/emhc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smho-smso.ca\/emhc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smho-smso.ca\/emhc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}