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Metacognitive Training

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  1. Introduction
    Identify your fire
  2. Choose your own adventure
  3. Self-Esteem & Stigma
    Introduction
  4. What are self-esteem and stigma?
  5. Self-esteem, stigma and substance use
  6. Activity 1- Communication tools
  7. Activity 2- Creating a positive self-concept
  8. Activity 3- Focusing on your strengths
  9. Summary
  10. Quiz
  11. Explaining Situations
    Introduction
  12. What are attributions?
  13. Attributional styles and substance use
  14. Activity 1- Balanced explanations Part 1
  15. Activity 2- Balanced explanations Part 2
  16. Activity 3- Practicing explanations
  17. Summary
  18. Quiz
  19. Worrying & Coping
    Introduction
  20. What is rumination?
  21. Worrying and substance use
  22. Activity 1- Observe your thoughts
  23. Activity 2- Postpone rumination
  24. Activity 3- Shift your attention
  25. Activity 4- Sensory grounding
  26. Activity 5- Relaxed breathing
  27. Summary
  28. Quiz
  29. Attention & thinking
    Introduction
  30. Terms are related to thinking and memory
  31. Attention and substance use
  32. Activity 1- Card games
  33. Activity 2
  34. Activity 3- Problem Solving
  35. Summary
  36. Quiz
  37. Relapse
    Introduction
  38. What is relapse?
  39. Cravings, triggers, and relapse
  40. Activity 1- Managing triggers
  41. Activity 2- Alternative strategies
  42. Activity 3- Emergency plan
  43. Activity 4- Learning from each relapse
  44. Summary
  45. Quiz
Metacognitive Training Activity 1- Card games
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Activity 1- Card games

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Playing games can be a fun and effective way to maintain your brain’s thinking and attention abilities!

Memory, the card game: 

The goal of this game is to match like cards together in as few turns as possible. This game can be played in groups (3 or 4 would work well) or alone.  

  1. shuffle the cards 
  2. Lay them in rows, face down 
  3. Turn over any two cards

***only two cards can be face up at a time 

  1. If the two cards match, pick them up and place them to the side (if playing against someone/others, these matches determine your score) 
  2. If they don’t match, turn them back over 
  3. Remember what was on each card and where it was 
  4. Watch and remember during the other player’s turn or if playing alone, overturn another two cards and repeat from step 4 
  5. The game is over when all the cards have been matched 
  6. If playing in a group: the player with the most matches wins 
  7. If playing alone: try to time yourself, when you are able to complete the matches in shorter and shorter periods of time you are improving!