Cognitive Behavioral Frame of Reference

Adult intervention approaches

1.The psychoeducational group approach

2.Self-regulation model

3.Social and life skills training model

4.Coping model

Pediatric Intervention approaches

1.The psychoeducational group approach

2.Self-regulation model

3.Social and life skills training model

4.Coping model

When do we use it?

•A child is bullied by peers

•Adult with TBI is in denial of functional limitations

•An older adult isolates him/herself due to fear of falling

•A person has OCD and automatic negative thoughts

•A child has deficits in impulse control

Self-awareness

•Understanding one’s own strengths and weaknesses

•How you effect others

•In the moment

Promot by:

1.Identify the child’s stressors and reduce them

• If a person is sensitive to noise, gives the person ways of dealing with sensitivity to nose. Example: headphones, ear plugs, leave the situation, take a bathroom break, forewarning.

2.Self awareness

3.Discover what to do when you’re agitated

Insight

•Understanding the change in one’s own abilities as a result of a health condition

•Thoughtful reflection after the moment

Self regulation activity

1.How did you feel before beginning the obstacle course?

2.Afterward?

3.Which activities made you more alert?

4.Which activities made you feel calm?

Filtering

Rose colored glasses

focusing on negative aspects of a situation while ignoring the positive

To address mental filtering, you can try:

• Reframing your thoughts: Consider alternative explanations for a situation that hurt your feelings. 

• Practicing gratitude: Look for things to be grateful for and focus on the positive. 

• Doing a cost-benefit analysis: Weigh the pros and cons of maintaining a negative thought pattern. 

• Asking yourself questions: Consider if other people would come to the same conclusion, or if there's more evidence for the opposite argument

polarized thinking

All or nothing

no shades of gray

Overgeneralization

One poor grade, I need to quit school

jumping to conclusion

irrational assumptions about people and circumstances

projecting

Catastrophizing

little things become big things

personalization

taking the blame for everything wrong

internalizing: self blame

Should

tendency to make unrealistic and unreasonable demands on yourself or others

emotional reasoning

tendency to interpret your experience based on how you’re feeling in the moment