The PATHS® Programme at Castleroe Primary School

 

The PATHS® Programme for Schools (UK Version) is a programme designed to facilitate the development of self-control, emotional awareness and interpersonal problem-solving skills. 

The PATHS® programme is designed for use with primary school children, and we are proud to be a PATHS®    at Castleroe PS.

The purposes of the PATHS® programme are to enhance the social competence and social understanding of children, as well as to facilitate educational processes in the classroom. 

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 It addresses the following goals:

  1. Increased self-control -  the ability to stop and think before acting when upset or confronted with a conflict situation. Lessons in this area also teach identification of problem situations through recognition of “upset” feelings.
  2. Attributional processes that lead to an appropriate sense of self-responsibility.
  3. Increased understanding and use of the vocabulary of logical reasoning and problem-solving, e.g., “if…then” and “why…because.”
  4. Increased understanding and use of the vocabulary of emotions and emotional states; e.g., excited, disappointed, confused, guilty, etc. Increased use of verbal mediation.
  5. Increased ability to recognise and interpret similarities and differences in the feelings, reactions and points of view of self and others.
  6. Increased understanding of how one’s behaviour affects others.
  7. Increased knowledge of, and skill in, the steps of social problem-solving: stopping and thinking; identifying problems and feelings; setting goals; generating alternative solutions; anticipating and evaluating consequences; planning, executing and evaluating a course of action; trying again if the first solution fails.
  8. Increased ability to apply social problem-solving skills to prevent and/or resolve problems and conflicts in social interactions.
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