Creative Coping Skills for Children

Author: Bonnie Thomas
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 1846429544
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 192

Book Description
Everyone has different needs when it comes to coping with life's stressors, and children are no different. Some need quiet and soothing activities to calm them down, whereas others require more physical activity or intense sensory input to relax their minds and bodies. This resource comprises a collection of fun, flexible, tried-and-tested activities and make-it-yourself workbooks for parents and professionals to help a child in need of extra emotional support find the coping skills that fit them best. Each activity lists the materials required and includes clear directions for how to do it. There is something for every child: whether they are dynamic and creative or more cerebral and literal. Projects include making wish fairies, dream catchers, and mandalas; managing unstructured time with activities such as creating comics, dioramas and tongue twisters; and simple ideas for instant soothing, such as taking deep breaths, blowing bubbles, making silly faces, and playing music. Creative Coping Skills for Children also includes specific interventions for anxious or grieving children such as making worry dolls and memory shrines. This book is full of fun, easy, creative project ideas for parents of children aged 3–12, teachers, counselors, play therapists, social workers, and all professionals working with children.

More Creative Coping Skills for Children

Author: Bonnie Thomas
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 1784502677
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 258

Book Description
This collection of fun and adaptable activities, games, stories and handouts is a complete resource for supporting children coping with stress and difficult emotions. From engaging arts and crafts, to interactive stories and relaxing meditations, all the interventions and activities are thematically structured so that each chapter contains the means for building specific skills or overcoming behavioral issues. Each chapter contains suggested goals, positive affirmations and photocopiable handouts to enable a child to continue practising and learning new life skills outside of sessions with parents or professionals. The activities in this book are ideal for use with children aged 3-12 to help them rebalance and gain a strong grasp on their emotions.

Creative Coping Skills for Teens and Tweens

Author: Bonnie Thomas
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 1784508888
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 234

Book Description
This photocopiable activity book helps teens and tweens who are feeling voiceless, ineffective or fearful in response to events at a world, community or individual level. It incorporates exercises using art and craft, nutrition, mindfulness, yoga and other movement based activities. This book offers dozens of suggestions, interventions, and activities for ways that tweens and teens can care for their physical and mental health, including managing life's stressors, how to recognize 'red flags' in a relationship, and listening to their body's intuition more often. Ideal for mental health counselors, social workers, program coordinators, and other providers working with this age group, it can also be used by parents.

Coping Skills for Kids Workbook: Over 75 Coping Strategies to Help Kids Deal with Stress, Anxiety and Anger

Author: Janine Halloran
Publisher: Pesi Publishing & Media
ISBN: 9781683731221
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages :

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Creative Interventions for Troubled Children & Youth

Author: Liana Lowenstein
Publisher: Champion Press (Canada)
ISBN: 9780968519905
Category : Adolescent psychopathology
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This best-selling collection is filled with creative assessment and treatment interventions to help clients identify feelings, learn coping strategies, enhance social skills, and elevate self-esteem. A wealth of innovative tools for practitioners working with children in individual, group, and family counselling. Aimed at 4 to 16 year olds.

Finding Your Own Way to Grieve

Author: Karla Helbert
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 0857006932
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 194

Book Description
Children and teenagers with autism can struggle to cope with the loss of a loved one, and the complicated and painful emotions of bereavement. This book explains death in concrete terms that the child with autism will understand, explores feelings that the child may encounter as a part of bereavement, and offers creative and expressive activities that facilitate healing. With illustrations throughout, this interactive book begins with a simple story about what happens when people die. Each chapter then expands on the issues that have been raised in the story and offers a variety of coping skills exercises including writing, art and craft, cooking, movement, relaxation, and remembrance activities. Encouraging children with autism to express their loss through discussion, personal reflection, and creative activity, the book is ideal for children and teens to work through by themselves, or with the support of a family member or professional.

B Is for Breathe

Author: Melissa Boyd
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692189832
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
The ABC's of Coping with Fussy and Frustrating Feelings

Keeping It Cool

Author: Melissa Boyd
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781955170024
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description

More what Works when with Children and Adolescents

Author: Ann Vernon
Publisher: Research Press
ISBN: 9780878226146
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 386

Book Description
Presents approximately eighty activities for counseling children and adolescents, which address such issues as anxiety, depression, stress, grief, low frustration tolerance, anger, bullying, and acting out.

Creative Ways to Help Children Manage BIG Feelings

Author: Fiona Zandt
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 1784504874
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 202

Book Description
Help children to stay on top of "big" feelings like anger, sadness and anxiety with this ingeniously easy-to-use therapy toolkit. Focusing on making therapy for children both purposeful and playful, the book provides 47 activities to transform your sessions using everyday materials and a variety of tried-and-tested therapy models. The authors deliver sage advice on how to work with children, adapting your approach for different age groups and judging how and when to involve parents and teachers. The handy reference table allows you to quickly fish out the perfect activity for the moment, according to the emotion the child is experiencing, or the therapeutic method needed. With its winning mix of creative resources and clinical expertise, all wrapped up in a simple and practical format, this is the ideal companion for both new and experienced therapists working with children aged 4-12.