Downloadable Resources
Practical handouts/sheets/guides/activities.
Practical Handouts
Resources for Regulation (calming activities)
Calm BreathingTake 5 Breathing
Brainstem Calmers
Progressive Muscle Relaxation
Resources for Schools (Attachment and Trauma Informed)
School ResourcesPAC UK Cards
Resources for Understanding and Supporting Emotions and Behaviour
The Three R'sThe Anxiety Cycle
Hidden Needs
Dan Hughes - 24
Resources for Building Resilience
Coping CardsUseful Resources
Brene Brown Poster
Children Play Poster
Dan Siegal 4'S's Poster
Good Enough Poster Heard Poster Kintsukuroi Poster Resilience Poster
Helpful Books
Neon The Ninja; Activity Book for Children who struggle with sleep and nightmares. Dr Karen Treisman
Starving the Anxiety Gremlin; A cognitive Behavioural Therapy Workbook on Anxiety Management. Kate Collins-Donnelly
There's a Volcano in my Tummy; Helping children to handle anger. Elaine Whitehouse & Warwick Pudney
My Hidden Chimp; Helping children to understand and manage their emotions, thinking and behaviour with ten helpful habits. Prof Steve Peters
The Power of Showing Up; how parental presence shapes who our kids become and how their brains get wired. Daniel Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson.
Helping your Child with Fears and Worries; A self-help guide for parents. Cathy Crreswll and Lucy Willets
The Empowered Child; How to help your child cope, communicate and conquer bullying. Danielle Matthew
Trauma Through A Child's Eyes. Peter Levine
Supporting Kids and Teens with Exam Stress in School; A workbook. Joanne Steer.
The Whole Brain Child; 12 Proven Strategies to Nurture your Child's Developing Mind.Dr Tina Bryson and Dr Daniel Siegal
List of Children's Books
Emotions
- Feelings, Libby Walden (Age 4-11)
- My Many Coloured Days, Dr Seuss (Age 4-7)
- The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse, Charlie Mackesy (All ages)
Deprression
- I Had a Black Dog, Matthew Johnstone (Age 10+)
- This song will save your life, Leila Sales (Age 12+)
- When we collided, Emery Lord (Age 13+)
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Turtles all the way down, John Green (Age 15+)
- History is all you left me, Adam Silvera (Age 15+)
Anxiety
- Fangirl, Rainbow Rowell (Age 13+)
Separation Anxiety
- The Invisible String, Patrice Karst (Age 4-7)
Schizophrenia
- Challenger Deep, Neal Shusterman (Age 14+)
Grief
- The Day the Sea Went Out and Never Came Back, Margot Sunderland (Age 4-11)
- Michael Rosen's Sad Book, Michael Rosen (Age 4-11)
- The Heart and the Bottle, Oliver Jeffers (Age 4-11)
- The Copper Tree, Hilary Robinson (Age 4-7)
- Cloud Forest, Victoria Turnbull (Age 4-7)