practical strategies for helping children manage overwhelming feelings

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Welcome to this week’s webinar: Practical strategies for helping children manage

overwhelming feelings***We’ll start at 6pm***

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Practical strategies for helping

children manage

overwhelming feelings

6pm Tuesday 24th January 2017

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Different feelings need different responses

The ability

to

understand

and name

emotions is

an

important

starting

point

It’s normal to experience a range of feelings(even in response to the same thing)

Our toolboxes will be unique

to usWe can always add new tools

We need to explore and practise new ideas when

we’re feeling calm

When I

feel sad I

will:1.2.3.

When I feel angry I will:1.2.

3.

It can help to write or draw them and carry them with us

Discuss in a group – one feeling per

group

Brainstorm on BIG paper

Post-its on different walls for different

feelings

Write as many as you can in

a minuteEnable CYP to come up with

their own ideas

Go

somewher

e quiet and

scream..or

scream in

your head

..or into a

pillow

Run REALLY

fast or

jump on

the spot

Punch a

pillow or

punchbag

Tear up a

magazine

..or write

down

what’s

making

you angry

and tear

it up..or

scribble it

out until

the paper

tearsPlay the

drums

Hammer

nails into

wood

Look at

photos for

friends or

family

Eat your

favourite

food

Have a

bath with

lovely

smelling

bubbles

Listen to a

playlist of

happy

songs

Play on

the swings

(you’re

never too

old)

Remember

your

favourite

day ever..or tell

someone

about it

..or try to

re-enact itTalk to

someone

you trust

Cuddle a

friend or a

pet

Count your

breaths

..or try

bubble

blowing

..or try box

breathing

Think

about the

smells

around you

Tap your

fingers or

jiggle your

legs

Count

backwards

from 100

Focus on

a point in

the

distance

Think

about the

feel of

your feet

on the

ground

Close your

eyes and

imagine a

safe place

Talk to

someone

or ask for

a hug

Encourage them to write personalised

lists

Revisit regularly –

discuss new feelings

There are no wrong

answers

Work through the feelings

CYP prioritiseEnable CYP to come up with

their own ideas

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