ABMP Student Success Curriculum

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ABMP Student Success Curriculum

• Topic 1 Transitioning

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2. Goals of This Lecture

• Vision a positive massage future.
• Identify fears, doubts, and challenges.
• Understand attitudes, behaviors, and actions that
  lead to student success.

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3. Life Vision

• Benefits. Understand
• Who you are
• What you value
• What gives life meaning
• How past relationships events influence todays
  choices

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4. Exploring the Past

• Understand how family, friends, and events
  influence us today (Worksheet 1-1, page 5).
• Relationship to family and friends
• Past achievements
• Relationship to education
• Turning points

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5. Exploring the Past Groups

• Describe one habit, belief, or behavior that you
  learned from an important friend or family
  member.
• Describe one important past achievement and
  explain how this event influences the person you
  are today.
• Describe the level of commitment and attitudes
  you have brought to your education so far. What
  do you plan to do to ensure this education
  experience is positive and successful?

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6. Begin to Vision

• A clearly defined vision is easier to achieve
  than an undefined vision.
• Start Visioning! (Worksheet 1-2)
• Values
• Personal Passions
• What Has Meaning?

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7. Begin to Vision Groups

• Describe one thing that holds great meaning for
  you and explain how this influences your
  behaviors and choices.
• Describe what a meaningful future would be like.
  Who are the people you want in your life? What
  types of activities do you participate in? Where
  will you live? What will your work be like?

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8. What is a Positive Education Experience?

• What student qualities contribute to academic
  success (excluding intellectual ability)?

• What are the characteristics of a positive
  educational experience?

Complete Worksheet 1-3
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9. Who do you want to be as a student?

• Describe what you would like your massage school
  experience to be like.
• Discuss the behaviors, attitudes, or beliefs you
  are willing to change in order to achieve the
  vision you described above.

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10. Break!

• Good Work!

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11. Overcoming Fears Doubts

• Massage Students
• Numerous responsibilities
• Commitments to family
• Full-time job
• Social life
• Anxiety about fitting in,
  getting good grades,
  keeping up with homework

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12. Understanding Fear

• Real fears
• Strong basis in reality promote good choices
• Imagined fears
• Things we cant control but get worked up about
  anyway
• Worry
• Low level negative self-talk and projection of
  negative outcomes

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13. Overcoming Real Fears

• Acknowledge the fear.
• Brainstorm.
• Plan.
• Discuss.
• Take action.
• A solution can be found if the goal is important.

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14. Overcoming Imagined Fears

• Common imagined fears
• Fear of rejection
• Fear of failure
• Fear of commitment
• Fear of losing a job
• A form of self-defeating behavior

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15. Overcoming Worry

• Worry can deplete the energy you have to devote
  to your studies
• Example Susan the Quiz
• Susan allowed worry to sidetrack her and she
  failed the quiz as a result.

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16. Question Fears Doubts

• Page 12
• How long have I had this fear?
• How are past or current actions explained by this
  fear?
• In what way does this fear disable me?

• What new behaviors do I need to cultivate in
  order to confront or overcome this fear?
• How willing am I to put time and effort into
  overcoming this fear?
• What has helped me work through fears in the past
  and how can I use those lessons now?

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17. Worksheet 1-4

• Complete the Resilience Assessment on page 13.

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18. Adversity Life Stresses

• Common Adversity
• Little time for self
• Too little sleep
• Stressful deadlines
• Challenging classes
• Interpersonal conflicts
• Work conflicts

• Extreme Adversity
• Loss of a job
• Death of a loved one
• Divorce
• Financial challenges
• Serious illness of self or family

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19. Self-Awareness is Key to Resilience

• Characteristics
• Acknowledge peoples feelings
• Show empathy
• Promote collaboration
• Values other peoples ideas
• Control internal emotional states
• Demonstrate resourcefulness
• Be motivated
• Remain positive
• Achieve goals

• Self-Awareness Defined
• The ability to reflect on ones own feelings and
  to use this information to make choices and take
  action.

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20. Resilience

• The ability to thrive in challenging situations.
  Resilient people
• Set goals that are meaningful.
• Are not dissuaded by the first obstacle.
• Assesses choices make changes (adapt).
• Solve problems avoid blaming others.
• Find humor in trying situations.

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21. Build Resilience

• Evaluate areas that need improvement using
  worksheet 1-4
• Build trusting relationships
• Build autonomy self-awareness
• Build initiative industry

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22. Model the Skills You Want to Cultivate

• Common to model primary caregiver when child.
• What are the behaviors for the skills you want to
  learn?
• Example What are the behaviors of confidence?

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23. Support from Family Friends

• Who will be most impacted by your decision to
  start school? Why?
• How might these people distract you from school
  or get in the way of school?
• How could these people best support your
  educational experience? Have you asked for the
  support you need?
• How might you involve friends family in your
  educational experience in a positive way?

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24. Transition Successfully

• Strategies for Students
• Who are recent high-school graduates
• With children
• With significant others
• With friends family
• With jobs

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25. Breathe!

• Congratulations! You just prepared mentally to
  overcome challenges!
• You now have the skills you need to transition
  successfully into massage school life.
• Your vision of yourself as a student and as a
  professional is home.

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ABMP Student Success Curriculum

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