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by Marjorie Mitlin, LICSW; illustrated by Joe Madden
Ages 6 to 18
Everybody knows how to play Bingo--but this version requires players to identify feelings rather than numbers on their Bingo cards. Ideal for counseling groups or classrooms, Emotional Bingo not only helps children learn to recognize various feelings, it also teaches empathy--a trait associated with lower incidence of violent behavior. Game rules provide opportunities for children to discuss their own feelings and to respond empathically to the feelings of others. Emotional Bingo offers a new, yet familiar, approach to feelings that appeals to kids of all ages. The game includes 32 Emotional Bingo Cards (English on one side; Spanish on the other), a Poster (20" x 28"), Tokens, Call-Out Cards, and a helpful Leader's Guide, with discussion guidelines and counseling suggestions. It is available in child and teen versions. The teen version features feelings that are common in adolescence.
Lots of fun, and a great way to start increasing a child's feelings vocabulary as a part of cognitive behavioural therapy.
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| Professionals Comments | 'This is a good game to start discussing feelings in an introductory CBT session' Angelique Foran, Psychologist, Private Practice, SA "Important resource..powerful when used with children.... I liked the array of emotions displayed...children found it easy to follow the instructions I gave them verbally." Psychology masters student, Flinders University, SA Emotional Bingo has been used with antisocial adolescents to assist them to master empathy and be active listeners. Facilitators of Emotional Bingo can teach adolescents the difference between giving advice when responding to feelings and showing true empathy. For further information on playing Emotional Bingo see Schaefer & Reid (2001) Game play: Therapeutic Use of Childhood Game. Wiley New York. In Schaefer & Reid (2001) Game Play: Therapeutic Use of Childhood Games. Wiley: New York. Chapter 16 discusses the use of Emotional Bngo for children and anti-social adolescents."Emotional Bingo is a therapeutic tool..with which to engage adolescents (and children) in discussions about experiences in their lives that elicit feelings. It also encourages them to at least begin saying words that at some point may develop into real empathy." |
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