Create your own upward spiral, Clown! 

Micko, in Micko’s Plan…how upward spirals fit into the Plan 

• In this section: how to create your own upward spiral 
• For yourself 
• For your group 
• Help your kids and students or others create their upward spiral 
• Spiral intervention cycle 

• Elements of cycle 

• Goal(s) 

• Set goals you want to achieve 

• Plan 

• Determine what your initial plan will be 
• What will you do? 
• How will you measure progress? 

• Act 

• Take first steps toward goal 

• Review  

• Review outcomes 
• Positive 
• Not so positive 
• Expected? 
• Unexpected? 

• Accentuate the Positive 

• Focus on positive outcomes 
• Validate yourself and others involved for efforts 

• Revise  

• Revise plan as needed 

• Cycle process 

• Start simple; can get more complex as you proceed 
• Fuzzy research:  being vague and uncertain at first is a good thing;  

• more open to possibilities, less rigid 
• Go with the flow…. 
• You will find more clarity as you move forward with your intervention cycle