“Ollie and His Superpowers provides a great framework for encouraging discussions with children about their emotional regulation in a fun and understandable way
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Ollie and His Superpowers
A method designed specifically with children and young people in mind, Ollie and His Superpowers is a set of tools and methods to help youngsters navigate the difficult world of emotions and how their mind works.
Most importantly the Ollie model helps youngsters to adjust and evolve their thoughts, thinking and behaviours without ever telling them or labelling them as ‘wrong’ or ‘bad’ or any other words and language that adults often use without even thinking. Sometimes such words can have a detrimental effect on the well-being of that youngster who doesn’t have the capacity or skills to interpret and filter what exactly is going on.
Learning and using the Ollie Model is often very empowering for young and old alike and can make a world of difference in developing emotional intelligence, resilience and skills for life.
Most children of a certain age will be able to point to where their brain is or their heart, but where are their emotions? In the adult world youngsters are often asked to control their emotions or change them in some way, and we as adults often label emotions for youngsters without giving them the tools to help themselves. This is where The Ollie Model comes in by helping youngsters to help themselves using their emotional superpowers.
Author and creator - Alison knowles
Alison is the developer of the Ollie Model and developed it through her own practice working with youngsters and others using amongst other methods, NLP.
The Ollie Model is used in schools all over the country and has been taken up be councils for use with children in care. The Ollie Model is in constant development and is growing in how it is used.
Joanne is a licensed Ollie Coach and is trained to work with individual clients and groups privately or in schools or other organisations.
Joanne has recently set up Ollie Coaches North West to provide more detailed information and support about Ollie Coaching available to schools, organisations and in person.
Please go to Ollie Coaches North West for more information.
For more information about Ollie and His Superpowers, please follow the link.
Working with individuals
Like all techniques used, the youngster is at the centre of the approach, we don’t label, we don’t assume, we enter into the youngster’s world in order to help them make better sense of it.
The Ollie Model can be used in many different ways to help youngsters with emotional or behavioural challenges. Children learn quickly and the Ollie Model is a low intensity approach to change which many youngsters find fun and easy to understand.
Working with families & Groups
The Ollie Model can also be easily applied to working with families or groups whether in schools, other organisations or the home. Ollie is as easy for adults to understand as it is for children and learning the Ollie Model of communication and understanding more about how children perceive and cope with emotions can be as empowering for adults as it is for children.
