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The Four Key Goals of
The Empowerment Approach
▪ To know how their brains tick – their strengths, their
Metacognition difficulties and their needs. To use this knowledge to
build on strengths & manage difficulties positively.
▪ To move from subconscious response patterns to
conscious control of self.
Self-efficacy ▪ To feel capable and believe ‘I can’.
▪ To become expert problem-solvers and solution
finders to the issues they experience.
Self-advocacy ▪ To be clear on their needs and communicate
these positively and with confidence.
Emotional ▪ To recognise & understand their own emotions.
intelligence ▪ To manage and/or adjust emotions to adapt to
environments or achieve goal(s).
▪ To use emotional information to guide thinking and
responses.
