Independent Training Tool: The purpose of Part I is to facilitate your providing an Independent Inservice Training to Staff. By Independent, I mean the Reproducible Inservice Training Note Taking Booklet and CD are coordinated in such a way as to enable you to give the booklet and CD to a Staff member for them to listen to and complete independently.
1. You might assign them the listening to of one or two tracks per training session to accommodate their schedule.
2. By their listening to the CD independently, you are not repeatedly taking your time for this training.
3. The trainee is instructed to pause the CD frequently to allow time to write answers to the questions below, which appear in their Note Taking Booklet.
4. The content below contains the answers to the questions presented in this Reproducible Inservice Training Note Taking Booklet.
5. This Instructor’s Guide facilitates your discussion with Staff following their listening to pre-assigned CD Tracks and completion of that portion of the Note Taking Booklet.

What are two benefits to starting with problem-focused thinking before pivoting to the positive?
1. You can clearly define the problem
2. You can vent feelings of stress, hurt, and anger

What is a danger of problem-focused thinking?
When you are problem-focused for too long, you are just wheel-spinning, and not really moving towards a solution.

Question 1. What is my problem/stressor?

How long have you spent over-analyzing, over dissecting, and over describing your problem?
How many: Hours? Days? Weeks? Months?

Question 4.What other difficulties has or will this problem cause? List as many as you can think of.

What is Oprah’s Method?
Oprah talks often about creating what you want by focusing on what you want, rather than focusing on what you don’t want.

Question 2. How can I achieve what I want more of, or what I want to have happen, or what is my ideal outcome?

What are six potential sources of resources?
1. personality strengths within yourself,
2. physical objects,
3. supportive people,
4. a book,
5. a seminar, or
6. an Activity publication like Creative Forecasting

What are three parts to the process for the fourth question?
1. Mentally anticipate the eventuality of getting your goal
2. Focus beyond that goal to what you want to have happen next
3. When you do one and two you have a greater chance of recognizing opportunities in the present and taking advantage of them as they occur!

How can asking “why” be addictive?
People might feel incorrectly that by continuously asking why, they aid themselves in arriving at a how to solve the problem.

Question 1. What is my problem/stressor?

How how long have you spent over-analyzing, over dissecting, and over describing your problem?
How many: Hours? Days? Weeks? Months?

Question 3.Whose fault is it? List everyone you can think of.
How are you at fault?

How are others at fault?

Question 4.What other difficulties has or will this problem cause? List as many as you can think of.

What does Solution-Focused thinking start with?
Solution-Focused thinking starts with the ability to have some forethought, having learned from your past experience.

What is the real core challenge regarding solution-focused thinking?
The responsibility for taking action is back on you. You don’t get to play the blame game.

Question 2: How can I achieve what I want more of, or what I want to have happen, or what is my ideal outcome? My step-by-step plan to achieve my goal:

When listing resources that can help you get your residents to the monthly birthday party, what did the speaker suggest could be first on your list?
First on your list should be a functional desk calendar or computer program to remind you at noon the day of the party to take some proactive steps.

Why is it important to learn to recognize the 6 D’s?
The 6 D’s are psychological signs you may exhibit preceding your awareness of stress.

D #1. Defensiveness: Do I feel defensive today? How so? Is there some way in which you feel you need to be defending or protecting your point of view or your activity departmental turf?

If applicable, briefly describe one stressor below that may be linked to your defensiveness that needs to have solution-focused thinking applied to it?

D #2. Depression: What two feeling are often underlying depression.? anger or loss

On a scale of 1 to 100, write down a number indicating to what degree do you feel your depression is linked to anger _________? a feeling of loss of control _________?
or another feeling __________________? What percent _________?

Am I feeling depression? Are there possible underlying feelings of anger, or the loss of control?

If applicable, briefly describe one stressor below that may be linked to your depression that needs to have solution-focused thinking applied to it?

D #3. Disorganized: If this applies, write examples of three possible signs that you have become disorganized perhaps as a result of stress?
1. Examples of Sloppiness

2. Examples of Absentmindedness

3. Examples of Poor judgment

If applicable, briefly describe one stressor below that may be linked to your disorganization that needs to have solution-focused thinking applied to it?

D #4. Defiance: Does direct or indirect defiance describe me at times? If so, what stressor in the facility do I need to apply solution-focused thinking to in order to defuse the stress that may be causing my defiance?

If applicable, briefly describe one stressor below that may be linked to your defiance that needs to have solution-focused thinking applied to it?

D #5. Dependence: Am I so stressed that I regress and withdraw from my leadership role in some subtle way in the facility?

If applicable, briefly describe one stressor below that may be linked to your dependence that needs to have solution-focused thinking applied to it?

D #6. Decision-Making Difficulties

If applicable, briefly describe one stressor below that may be linked to your decision-making difficulties that needs to have solution-focused thinking applied to it?

Regarding the stressor you listed answer the following questions.
1. What do I want more of or want to have happen?

2. How can I achieve this?

3. What resources do I have?

4. What opportunity may the new solution create?

What are the four steps in Belly Breathing?
Step 1. Inhale and expand your stomach
Step 2. Slow, complete exhalation.
Step 3. Rest.
Step 4. Encase your awareness of target areas where your body retains muscle tension.

In what two ways do breathing techniques help turn on the calming system?
1. Breathing techniques focus your attention internally
2. Breathing techniques mechanically reverse the process of stress-induced breath-holding

If distracting thoughts enter your mind during breathing exercises, what two things might you concentrate on to reshift your focus?
1. You might concentrate on feeling your stomach moving,
2. You might concentrate on feeling the air enter and leave your lungs

Why should you always choose a confidant wisely?
If your confidant works in your facility, you should assess the potential of possible added stress due to your issues being transported through the facility gossip mill.

Do I give lip service to those with whom I feel a sense of conflict; only to subtly sabotage or botch the job later without their knowing?

Think of a staff member in another department with whom you might share information about a resident that may make their job easier. Of course, when you do this, you assume a non-know-it-all posture at a receptive time for them.

What are four reasons “talking it out” is important?
1. Talking gives you a chance to hear yourself,
2. Talking reminds you that you are not alone,
3. Talking it out can replace impulsive acting out,
4. Talking to someone you respect can lead to useful feedback and suggestions,

What is the “Facial Feedback Theory?”
The Facial Feedback Theory proposes that if you ask a person to smile, that person soon begins to experience the pleasant feelings associate with that expression.

What is the “As-If” Technique?
In the “As-If” Technique, you act “as if” things will turn out exactly the way you want them to.

What was suggested that you do when you approach Wendy?
1. take a relaxation breath,
2. find something about Wendy you genuinely like

What were the three levels of action?
Level 1. building a connection.
Level 2. asking if clarification was needed.
Level 3 assessing resources.

What are two basic components involved in eliciting a relaxation response?
1. The first is using a mental focus, such as watching your breath as we have discussed on Track 7.
2. The second basic component of the relaxation response is repeating a word, phrase, prayer, or sound; or using repetitive muscular activity to help you shift your mind away from everyday thoughts and worries

What examples were given of a focus word, phrase, image, or prayer?
The Lord is my shepherd, Shalom, Allah, Peace, Love, and Just breathe

What are two types of meditation?
1. Physically passive meditation in which you sit comfortably and perhaps repeat a word or phrase to help calm your thoughts;
2. Moving meditation

A web site for information regarding a body movement form of meditation is www.chilel-qigong.com.

When would be a good time to write your affirmations? After meditating? After a long walk? Make your plan below:

The eight steps to effective affirmations are:
1. Make your affirmations short, clear, and specific
2. Phrase them in the present tense
3. Put them in very positive terms
4. Don’t make affirmations about changing other people
5. Write your affirmations when you’re in a receptive state.
6. Keep your affirmations in handy places.
7. Change or rewrite your affirmations as you see fit.
8. Have fun with your affirmations, don’t make them a chore.

If you would like, journal below your response to the “Little Sun” Exercise:

Write below a time when a sound or music has had a positive effect on you emotionally. Write the type of sound and the emotion:

Write below a time when a sound or music has had a negative effect on you emotionally. Write the type of sound and the emotion:

The four keys or steps are relax, breathe the sound, exhale tension, and repeat this simple exercise often.

If you would like, Journal below your response to the “hmmm” exercise.

If you would like, Journal below your response to the “ahhh” exercise.

How should you handle any doubts or contradictory thoughts that arise during your Creative Visualization?
Just let your doubts and contradictory thoughts flow through your consciousness, and return to your positive statement and image. Resisting or trying to prevent doubts and contradictory thoughts will give them a power they do not otherwise have, and make you slide from solution-focused to problem-focused thinking.

What five points are mentioned regarding maintaining a light, gentle, and positive energy?
1. Remember you are generating positive energy.
2. It is extremely important not to feel like you are striving too hard for it or putting an excessive amount of energy into it.
3. So as you are creating your visualization, be aware of the energy you are generating.
4. Think of yourself as suggesting to the universe that this certain thing is what you would like to have happen, or something better.
5. However, you are not angrily demanding, whining, crying, or pleading for what you want to have happen.

Additional Meditations
To complement the Relaxation Exercises provided on the CD, here are two additional exercises you might consider using.

Glowing Spheres - Opening the Energy Centers
This is a meditation for healing and for getting your energy flowing. It is an excellent one to do in the morning when you first wake up, or at the beginning of any meditation period, or anytime you want to be relaxed and refreshed:

Lie down on your back with arms at your sides or with hands clasped on your stomach. Close your eyes, relax and breathe gently, deeply and slowly.

Imagine that there is a glowing sphere of golden light surrounding the top of your head. Breathe deeply and slowly in and out five times while you keep your attention on the sphere of light, feeling it radiate from the top of your head.

Now allow your attention to move down to your throat. Again imagine a golden sphere of light emanating from your throat area. Breathe slowly in and out five times with your attention on this light.

Allow your attention to move down to the center of your chest. Once again imagine the golden light, radiating from the center of your chest. Again take five deep breaths, as you feel the energy expanding more and more.

Next put your attention on your solar plexus; visualize the sphere of golden light all around your midsection. Breathe into it slowly, five times.

Now visualize the light glowing in and around your pelvic area. Again take five deep breaths, feeling the light energy radiating and expanding.

Finally, visualize the glowing sphere of light around your feet, and breathe into it five more times.

Now imagine all six of the spheres of light glowing at once so that your body is like a strand of jewels, radiating energy.

Breathe deeply, and as you exhale, imagine energy flowing down along the outside of the left side of your body from the top of your head to your feet. As you inhale, imagine it flowing up along the right side of your body to the top of your head. Circulate it around your body this way three times.

Then visualize the flow of energy going from the top of your head down along the front of your body to your feet as you slowly exhale. As you inhale, feel it flow up along the back of your body to the top of your head. Circulate the flow in this direction three times.

Now imagine that the energy is gathering at your feet, and let it flow slowly up through the center of your body from your feet to your head, radiating from the top of your head like a fountain of light, then flowing back down the outside of your body to your feet. Repeat this several times if you wish.

When you finish this meditation you will be deeply relaxed, yet energized and exhilarated.

Sit or lie down comfortably, close your eyes and breathe deeply, slowly, and naturally. Gradually relax deeper and deeper.

Imagine something that you would like to manifest. Imagine that it has already happened. Picture it as clearly as possible in your mind.

Now in your mind’s eye surround your fantasy with a pink bubble; put your goal inside the bubble. Pink is the color associated with the heart, and if this color vibration surrounds whatever you visualize, it will bring to you only that which is in perfect affinity with your being.

The third step is to let go of the bubble and imagine it floating off into the universe, still containing your vision. This symbolized that you are emotionally “letting go” of it. Now it is free to float around in the universe, attracting and gathering energy for its manifestation.

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