Do you know students who talk about themselves in negative ways? Avoid putting themselves in situations where others could judge them? Always make excuses? Don’t feel they have anything special to offer? Very often, these students lack self-confidence. Using a series of dynamic vignettes and engaging animated cartoons, program examines the ins and outs of learning self confidence. By watching Carly, Ben, Alex and Maria, your students learn four key strategies for improving self-confidence and how to analyze their own behavior. The four strategies are: Stop Making Excuses, Take Reasonable Risks, Examine Your Fears, and Identify and Change Negative Self-Talk. Each strategy is carefully explained and dramatized in ways sure to inspire even the shyest middle-schooler. Print curriculum strengthens the video teaching points with fact sheets, projects and student activities.

Includes: DVD, teacher's resource guide and reproducible student handouts.