MTLE Special Education Core Skills (Birth to Age 21) Subtest II (186) Practice

Beliefs about oneself, about the world, and about what will come next make up the cognitive triad. The missing piece is the future, because it captures our expectations, predictions, and fears about upcoming events. Past is not part of this triad, and self and world are the other two components already included. In practice, changing future-oriented thoughts helps reduce negative mood by addressing how a person expects things to unfold and challenging catastrophizing or overly pessimistic predictions.