WEEKLY INTERVENTION IDEAS : APRIL 13TH EDITION

Create a house based on the diagrams below and use the following prompts to help explain the parts of the house to the child.  Let’s Review the Parts of the House:

• Foundation– On the floor of the house, write the values that govern your life.
  • The foundation of the house keeps the house strong and sturdy, so on our foundation we are going to write things that we believe and are important about us that make us strong
• Walls– Along the walls, write anything or anyone who supports you.
  • The walls of the house help hold it up and support it to keep the house from falling down. On the walls, write people or things (a lot of kids want to write pets in) that help support you and hold you up!
• Roof– On the roof, name the things or people that protect you.
  • The roof of the house protects the house from things like storms or wind.  The roof helps to protect the house! Write people or things that help protect you
• Door– Write the things that you keep hidden from others
  • I usually do this step right before doing the levels of the home
  • What does the door of the house do? They can keep things in or they can keep things out! On the door we are going to write things that you maybe keep inside that you don’t want others to be able to see or know about you.
• Chimney– Coming out of the chimney, write down ways in which you blow off steam.
  • The chimney helps smoke go out when you have a fire in your fireplace so the house can stay healthy! Write ways you help let out your smoke and deal with hard things when you are feeling things that are difficult.
• Billboard– On the billboard, write the things that you are proud of and want others to see.
  • The billboard is something that you get to show off to the world and advertise yourself. Let’s write things you are proud of in that space
  • I usually save the billboard until the end
• Levels of the House:
  • Level 1: list behaviors that you are trying to gain control of or areas of your life you want to change.
    • The first level is all about our behaviors. Let’s write behaviors that we want to either have more control over and the behaviors we want to change.
    • I tend to split this level in half and write “Control” on one side and “Change” on the other
    • Kids tend to list feelings at this level – make sure to dig deeper with them and say, “What kind of behaviors happen when you are angry?” to get a better idea of behaviors.
  • Level 2: list or draw emotions you want to experience more often, more fully, or in a more healthy way.
    • The second level is all about our feelings and emotions. Let’s write emotions we want to feel more of the time and feelings that we want to feel in a more healthy way.
    • I often will give an example for these. “Anxiety is when we worry. So, feeling anxiety in a more healthy way would be getting nervous before a test, but not feeling scared any time my teacher gives me a new project.”
    • I also split this level in half and label one half “More Often” and one half “More Healthy”
  • Level 3: list all the things you are happy about or want to feel happy about.
    • This level is about happiness. I want you to list things you are happy about right now and things you want to feel happy about, even if you aren’t happy about them right now.
    • This is another one that is easy to split into two sections and label “Am Happy” and “Want to be Happy”
  • Level 4: list or draw what a “Life Worth Living” would look like for you.
    • If you could have a life that looked like something that would make you feel content/peaceful, what would it look like?
    • If you could choose the things in your life you need to be content/peaceful, what would your life look like?

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