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Chair Swap Thinking

▪ A model to help children learn to see different perspectives.
▪ This is linked to the skill of empathy – part of Emotional Intelligence.
▪ It also improves Social Cognition.

Imagine yourself
looking down at the Looking at the issue as an
situation from a outside person
helicopter.
looking on.
What would you be
thinking?
What would you
say to people?
What advice would
you give to each
person?

Looking at the issue from Looking at the issue from
your own point of view. another person’s point of view.

Adapted for young people by K Messenger based on Perceptual Positions, NLP
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