THE OPTIMISTIC CHILD
A Proven Program to Safeguard Children Against Depression and Build a Lifelong Resilience
Martin E. P. Seligman
Houghton Mifflin, 2007
LEARNING OBJECTIVES - This course was designed to allow the reader to:
• Learn a program to prevent depression in children
• Learn the link between pessimism and depression
• Learn how to teach children the skills of optimism, achieving more and improving their physical health
• Teach children how to create positive strength and a positive future-mindedness
• Learn the foundation of success and vitality
• Learn the development of mastery in the infant or child
• Learn about the Children’s Attributional Style Questionnaire (CASQ)
• Recognize the traits of a developing pessimist
• Learn about the ABC Cognitive Therapy Model
Martin E. P. Seligman is the Fox Leadership Professor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, the Director of the Positive Psychology Network, and the former president of the American Psychological Association. He has written more than twenty books, including Learned Optimism and The Optimistic Child (both available for CE credits, see http://ishkbooks.com/cehome).
10 CE credits; 352 pages
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