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New Year–A Time to Review Your Successes

by | March, 2020 | Uncategorized

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New Year–A Time to Review Your Successes

As this year comes to a close it can be a great time to do many things to set yourself up for success for the New Year.  I personally am a big fan of taking this time to reflect on the year that has been, but also to mindfully spend time setting clear and specific goals for the New Year.  I think this works well for us at Quest since at Quest we are big on having individualized goals and then receiving feedback on our goals at specific times throughout our time together.  While I could focus this newsletter on how to set goals this upcoming year or how to have resolutions you stick to, etc. I thought instead I would focus on the year in review since I find this just as important to do.
 
Why Look Back:
1.  To know where you are going it can be important to know where you have been–Put simply, your past helps define you.  It can be important to know more about yourself, but also some of the best lessons and areas where you will grow the most or develop the most resiliency come from things that were challenging or that you failed at initially.  
Some good questions to consider from this past year could be: 
-What is something I learned about myself this year?
-What is something that I am glad I did even if I am happy it is over now?
-What is something that I failed at this year, but kept trying?
-What is an area I developed in this year?
-What is something I did this past year to push my comfort zone?
2.  Our brain doesn’t necessarily hold onto positive memories unless we actively work to hold onto them–Life moves fast and in the hustle and bustle we are often onto the next thing without really holding onto the achievements that we or our family members have made.  In addition to busy lives, our brains are wired to naturally remember more intense emotions.
Some questions that you could focus on as the year comes to a close are:
-What are 3 things that I achieved this year?
-What are 3 things that I am proud of my partner for achieving this year?
-What are 3 things my child achieved this year?  What was a big goal for 
school or home last year that we don’t even discuss anymore?
-What area can I be proud that there has been progress in even if it is still 
a goal for me (my partner, my child)?
 
3.  By actively looking back at achievements and opportunities for growth over the year we can chose to discuss those things with the people in our lives.  While it can be important to voice our achievements, the closing of the year can be a great time to let our loved ones know how we are grateful for them and the positive things we see in them.  The ratio that consistently bares out in the research is that you want to see 5 positives for every 1 negative or correction.  Reviewing the years positives and achievements stated in the affirmative can be a great way to build up this ratio with the important people in your life.
Optional Challenge–for one week point out all the positives you 
notice your child or loved one doing
-Say things like: I like how you…, I appreciate how you…., Thank you 
for…., When you do (positive behavior), I feel…, 
 
However you choose to enjoy the holiday and the New Year, we wish you a happy, healthy New Year!

UPCOMING PROGRAMMING

School Year Programming

We are running an eight-week evening therapeutic groups are designed to provide therapy by specifically targeting individualized goals for our campers. Group will be 75 minutes through telesession and include time for campers to have conversations, interact in positive prosocial ways through game play, and build skills through structured lessons.  Group and home goals will be part of the group, with bonuses being awarded through Target gift cards.

Spring Group Starts March 30!

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Summer Programming

Quest’s intensive summer program offers 7 weeks of programming (6 weeks of day camp and 1 week of residential). The summer program includes individualized behavior plans, group therapy, occupational therapy, a social thinking curriculum, mindfulness activities, yoga, soccer, games in the park, and field trips (beach, Boomers, Rockin’ Jump, Discovery Science Center, bowling, etc.) to create a fun and engaging, therapeutic camp experience for children.

Weekly parent meetings are also included. The summer program has been found across multiple studies to significantly reduce hyperactivity, impulsivity, aggression, and inattention, while improving peer relations, family relations, athletic competency, behavioral control and self-esteem. Quest has also been found to improve social awareness, social cognition, social communication, and social problems.

Summer Camp Dates are:
June 22, 2020 through August 6, 2020

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