Overcoming barriers
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Identify barriers that get in the way of goals and create an action plan to help overcome them.
Ready-to-go activities with everything you need in one place. Designed to be used on their own or build a learning journey with related resources to explore a topic in more depth. Show as a slide on the board, share online, or print copies for young people to use.
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This resource is part of our Positive mindset learning plan
Having a positive and growth mindset is a vital skill for both academic achievements and the world of work. With these resources, young people will learn how to stay positive when barriers present themselves, how to respond to feedback positively and rethink what it means to fail. Thrive resources work as standalone, bitesize activities. Looking to explore a topic in more depth? No problem. Use these Learning plans to build your own bespoke session. Pick and mix resources to design a learning journey for your young people filled with real life scenarios and active learning opportunities.
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