Personal Intervention: Student Pocket Book

Book excerpt: Utilizing the framework of the E-Colors, the Personal Intervention Student Pocket Book will introduce learners to an additional tool that will allow him/her to gain greater self-regulation. This pocket book takes each of the E-Colors (e.g., red, green, yellow, blue) and suggests ways to internally pause or play on actions. The Personal Intervention Student Pocket Book is an essential accompaniment to the E-Colors 4 U Student Pocket Book. The PI Student Pocket Book requires reflection on incidents where potential limiters with tasks or people became limiters that proved to be unfavorable. Students from elementary to high school could benefit from practicing Personal Intervention. Personal Intervention promotes living with intentionality. The practice of Personal Intervention encourages learners to take responsibility for actions in a way that will be more thoughtful, respectful, sustainable and considerate of self and others. Because students are great models of Personal Intervention, each and every student can soon engage in conversations with fellow peers, teachers, school leaders, members of their community and parents on ways to manage potential limiters. Students can be developed to champion the tools, processes and information in school clubs, organizations or in their day-to-day interactions. With this pocket book, students can walk-through a timeline of events to determine who they need to reach out as an accountability partner, why they did what they did, understand what motivates them to improve and how they will proceed if they should find themselves in a similar scenario in the future. This pocket book is resource and can be adapted to be used in one-on-one sessions, small group dialogue or class instruction. Most importantly, students recognize that in a campus filled with many differences, it is in those differences that they recognize they can understand perspective. These very skills are essential to survive and thrive in the workforce, university or military. DISCOVER YOUR E-COLORS!