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. 2022 Jun 3;9(6):829. doi: 10.3390/children9060829

Table 2.

Summary of “Exciting School” program.

Domain Aims Activities
Emotional Recognition, Comprehension, and Expression To recognize one’s own simple emotions
To recognize simple interpersonal emotions
To recognize the causes of emotions
To acquire and use vocabulary to
describe emotions
To recognize own and other complex emotions
To understand the causes of complex emotions
To understand the causes of emotional ambivalence situations
SESSION 1: The Parcheesi of emotions.
Kahoot!
Homework: The diary of emotions and Body Scanner.
SESSION 2: In my neighbor’s shoes.
Kahoot!
Homework: Little Sherlock: Investigating the emotions around me.
SESSION 3: Let’s play: Guess how I feel in my daily life.
Kahoot!
Homework: How I feel, how I do?
Emotional Self-regulation To learn basic sensory strategies for self-regulation
To learn complex strategies for self-regulation
To apply techniques to change the negative emotional state
SESSION 4: Move and keep calm!
Kahoot!
Homework: my sensory world and my calm: The bottle of calm.
SESSION 5: The traffic light and Spaghetti techniques.
Kahoot!
Homework: Practice spaghetti with the traffic light in my daily life. The diary of anger.
SESSION 6: The tale of the turtle.
Kahoot!
Homework: The Turtle Bookmark.
SESSION 7: Collage of coping strategies.
Kahoot!
Homework: What works for me?
Emotional Autonomy and Social Skills To promote basic social skills
To demonstrate respect for others
To increase a positive attitude and personal self-efficacy
To enhance self-esteem
SESSION 7: I Liked myself! Positive Self-Talk.
Kahoot!
Homework: Creating my healthy habits roulette!
SESSION 8: The invisible backpack: stones or bubbles?
Kahoot!
Homework: Practice being nice. How can I help you?
SESSION 9: Use of messages “I feel …” Improving our communication.
Kahoot!
Homework: Letter of Thanks.
Life-skills and Well-Being To promote occupational balance
To learn skills of management of time
SESSION 10: The time thief.
Kahoot!
Homework: Occupational balance in my life!