What is the theory behind this Occupational therapy for worksheets for elementary students?

Emotion recognition is the process of identifying human emotion. People vary widely in their accuracy at recognizing the emotions of others. Correct emotional recognition can contribute to good emotional intelligence. Furthermore, it improves one’s social relations. Occupational therapy helps individuals in recognizing facial expressions through various exercises and techniques.

How will the worksheet help?

This worksheet is aimed at children of elementary level. it will help the clients in identifying facial expressions. through level 2 of this worksheet, clients will be able to reflect more on those expressions and what emotions they are connected with.

How to use this worksheet?

In this worksheet, there are two levels 1 and 2. In level 1, identify the emotions by looking at the expressions on the faces. In level 2, the emotions are mentioned below empty faces, the clients are required to draw what they believe these emotions look like with taking help from the level 1 material.

Occupational therapy for worksheets for elementary students

Level 1

Level 2

Reference

Dores, A. R., Barbosa, F., Queirós, C., Carvalho, I. P., & Griffiths, M. D. (2020). Recognizing emotions through facial expressions: A largescale experimental study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(20), 7420. 

You can download this worksheet here.