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Emotional Literacy Support Resources
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items Do you support children at school with managing emotions, are you a parent that needs to support your child with understanding emotions so great resources here
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Emotional Literacy Recommendations
Recommended books and resources for parents
Emotional Literacy Recommendations
I'm a trained Emotional Literacy Support Assistant (ELSA) , here are some resources I love to use in my sessions with children. These are great for professionals working with children or if you are a parent supporting your child's well-being.
I love using these when working with children - Great conversation starters
Mindfulness Game: Mindful Talk Cards for Kids
Fab cards to help children to identify feelings - Highly recommended
EDUCATIONAL GAMES - The Happy Confident Company
Love Love Love these books - Check out my tik tok review on them
Behaviour Matters 6 Books Collection Set
Hands down the most addictive game fro kids and adults - 80 plus levels - believe me I can only get to 23!
Fast Push Fidget Toys Pop Game Handheld
I encourage children to write down their thoughts and feelings
My Thoughts & Feelings Journal for Kids
This is one of my go to website for free worksheets and resources to do with children.
Free social work resources & tools for direct work with children ...
This is a great website for resources from anger to self esteem worksheets. All created by trained “ELSAs”
Useful Resources - ELSA Network
How do you help a child understand emotions and figure out how they are feeling - this books offers planned sessions to compete with children and can be used as a whole school approached to emotional literacy.
The Zones of Regulation | A Curriculum For Emotional ...
With Emotional Based School Non attendance, or avoidance (EBSNA) on the rise for our children - here are a few good website to get tips and advice from.
Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA)
Some great free resources here to use, from anxiety, to all about me books
Social Workers Toolbox
Love these books, step by step guide and worksheets to photocopy and complete with children.
My Feelings and Me By Poppy O'Neill - The Works
A lovely story to share with childre who have recently lost a loved one.
Badger's Parting Gifts: 9780688115180 - Books
This book is great for supporting bereavement as it you can also purchase a workbook which sits alongside it. I also use this book for children that are finding it hard to leave their care giver.
The Invisible String (The Invisible String, 1)
I love using this book with children that have recently been diagnosed - colorful, simple language, a great little story about being different
Books - Amazing Me, Amazing You: unknown author
Creating a calm corner at home can be quick and easy to set up - here are a few ideas. Social stories and coloring books are also good to have in there.
Creating a Calming Corner at Home for Kids
This book is brilliant to do with children struggling to manage big emotions. It uses simple language that children can understand with lots of visuals
My Hidden Chimp by Best-Selling Author
This website is amazing - it gives you some free assessment tools to sue as parents as professionals. Looking at behaviour, sensory, emotional health. Answer the questions for it to provide some ideas and strategies
SEMH - assessment tools (KS2)
Recommended books and resources for parents
A parent of 4 beautiful children - believe me I have read loads of books over my time - lets face it we aren't given a manual when we become a parent!!
Hands down the most have books for parents - great tips, advice and strategies from handling tantrums to sleep issues these books have it covered
How To Talk (4 book series) Kindle Edition
This book is insightful, especially if you are struggling with managing extreme behaviour - also have a questionnaire to help look at possible causes.
The Explosive Child - Dr. Ross Greene
This books are great to share with children, especially if you are struggling with behaviour.
Behaviour Matters 6 Books Collection Set
Lovely book to share with children that have recently been diagnosed, so who are struggling to understand why they maybe different
Books - Amazing Me, Amazing You: unknown author
Tips, guidance and ideas for parenting. This also follows a training programme for parents that maybe delivered in your local community
The Incredible Years: Guide for Parents
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