{"id":346,"date":"2022-09-01T19:45:41","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T19:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/eastayrshiremuirkirkpseccmain2017\/?page_id=346"},"modified":"2026-01-07T11:53:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T11:53:26","slug":"barnardos-paths-programme","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/eastayrshiremuirkirkpseccmain2017\/school-information\/barnardos-paths-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"Barnardo’s PATHS programme"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is PATHS?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

At Muirkirk Primary School\u00a0 & ECC we have implemented a Health & Wellbeing programme called PATHS (Promoting Alternative Thinking Skills)<\/p>\n

PATHS is a programme that supports children’s social, emotional and mental wellbeing. You may hear your child use vocabulary and use strategies that help them to regulate their emotions.<\/p>\n

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Why PATHS?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Paths is an effective\u00a0 programme because children often show difficulties in social problem-solving, self-control, affective understanding and self-esteem. PATHS helps to improve –<\/p>\n

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  1. Increased self-control, i.e., the ability to stop and think before acting when upset or confronted with a conflict situation. Lessons in this area also teach identification of problem situations through recognition of \u201cupset\u201d feelings.<\/li>\n
  2. Attributional processes that lead to an appropriate sense of self-responsibility.<\/li>\n
  3. Increased understanding and use of the vocabulary of logical reasoning and problem-solving, e.g., \u201cif\u2026then\u201d and \u201cwhy\u2026because.\u201d<\/li>\n
  4. Increased understanding and use of the vocabulary of emotions and emotional states; e.g., excited, disappointed, confused, guilty, etc. Increased use of verbal mediation.<\/li>\n
  5. Increased ability to recognise and interpret similarities and differences in the feelings, reactions and points of view of self and others.<\/li>\n
  6. Increased understanding of how one\u2019s behaviour affects others.<\/li>\n
  7. Increased knowledge of, and skill in, the steps of social problem-solving: stopping and thinking; identifying problems and feelings; setting goals; generating alternative solutions; anticipating and evaluating consequences; planning, executing and evaluating a course of action; trying again if the first solution fails.<\/li>\n
  8. Increased ability to apply social problem-solving skills to prevent and\/or resolve problems and conflicts in social interactions.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Due to our commitment to the programme, we are now a PATHS accredited school and have fully embedded the principles and practices of the programme. It helps us to deliver our wider Health and Wellbeing curriculum across the school, with a particular focus on mental, emotional, social and physical wellbeing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    What is PATHS?\u00a0 At Muirkirk Primary School\u00a0 & ECC we have implemented a Health & Wellbeing programme called PATHS (Promoting Alternative Thinking Skills) PATHS is a programme that supports children’s social, emotional and mental wellbeing. You may hear your child use vocabulary and use strategies that help them to regulate their emotions.   Why PATHS?\u00a0 … Continue reading Barnardo’s PATHS programme<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5662,"featured_media":0,"parent":97,"menu_order":11,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-346","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/eastayrshiremuirkirkpseccmain2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/eastayrshiremuirkirkpseccmain2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/eastayrshiremuirkirkpseccmain2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/eastayrshiremuirkirkpseccmain2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/eastayrshiremuirkirkpseccmain2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=346"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/eastayrshiremuirkirkpseccmain2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1748,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/eastayrshiremuirkirkpseccmain2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/346\/revisions\/1748"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/eastayrshiremuirkirkpseccmain2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/97"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/eastayrshiremuirkirkpseccmain2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}