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Children are fascinated with wizards and enjoy the exercises.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Virginia Child Protection Newsletter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This ingenious workbook, designed for use by psychologists, teachers or parents, is highly visual and interactive and could beneficially be used with individuals and groups of children. Based on the CBT approach, it encourages children to explore their negative thinking patterns which in turn enhances their ability to cope with daily challenges. The author has cleverly used the world of magic as a backdrop to each session, and children are enticed to become \"super thinking wizards\" as they learn to outsmart negative thinking.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- The Psychologist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Joann Altiero's No More Stinking Thinking is a workbook for parents, teachers and therapists to teach children how to develop the cognitive skills and resilience that will help them to cope with daily adversity, including criticism, disappointment and bullying.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach lesson explains a different type of \"stinking thinking\" - from ignoring the big picture or jumping to conclusions, to making a big (or little) deal out of something - and teaches children how to spot and combat it. The book aims to teach children about the power of positive, healthy and confident thinking and assertive behaviours. 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The children work through the book with you and become a wizard of positive thinking!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe idea of the book is very good and is written in a very light hearted manner. I would recommend this book to anyone who feels their child needs some help feeling good about themselves.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- www.ncma.org.uk\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This book is a workbook for parents\/carers and children to encourage positive thinking. It is written in a friendly style, which makes it easy for children to follow. I particularly liked the lay out, it is in 6 chapters for steps to positive thinking and the pages are clearly laid out with lots of pictures and activities and spaces to draw your own pictures. The pictures complement the text well and make the chapters more fun. The activities are easy for the children to follow as well as making them think about what they have just read. I shall be using it in my setting and would recommend it to other childminders.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- National Child-Minding Association\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I think this workbook would be a useful resource for professionals, in particular teachers, who could use the exercises as discussions points when working with a group of children.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Adoption-net.co.uk\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow can children learn to combat negative thinking in a fun and constructive way? By applying to be a wizard of positive thinking, of course!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoann Altiero's No More Stinking Thinking is an easy-to-use workbook for use by parents, teachers, and therapists to teach children how to develop the cognitive skills and resilience that will help them to cope with daily adversity, including criticism, disappointment and bullying. 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