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Transition to School Activities during the Summer Holidays
As many may be enjoying the summer holidays, time if flying by and a transition to a new school may be looming. An amazing adventure ahead, it may also be nerve racking and full of emotions. We are currently experiencing just that at the…
#Resource Diary Entry 37: Self-Identity and Autism
Great story about self-identity and autism. The zebra feels that he stands out from others because of his autism. He also feels that everyone only sees him with his autism. His mother helps him navigate these feelings by facilitating his thinking about other qualities…
#Resource Diary Entry 36: Loss and Grief
Beautiful story about loss and grief. The story is about Eric, the animal on the front cover, who likes the sea, plays in the sea, where he is happy. One day, the sea does not come back after the tide. Eric then becomes very…
#Resource Diary Entry 35: Regulation Coping Strategies
I came across this poster via social media sites and thought it was a useful resource to initiate a conversation about different possible strategies for self-regulation as well as discussing possible goals with a student. The visual icons are helpful and are easy to…
#Resource Diary Entry 34: Coloured Emotions and Animals #DrSeussbooks
Beautiful and engaging story about different coloured emotions linked to animals! It’s one of those moments in a session where a child says “I want to talk about living things and nothing to do with humans”…and my brain went…”Let’s see what we…
#Resource Diary Entry 32: Jealousy
Jealousy can be a difficult to explain for a child. This sense that someone gets what the other wants can be difficult to express and can be masked with sadness or anger. This book provides different examples of jealousy as well as explaining the…
#Resource Diary Entry 33: Nurturing #Dreams
I have not posted for a little while. I had to take a break to attend to some very exciting work offer that has come my way. A dream, an opportunity beyond expectations! It’s incredibly exciting and so looking forward to officially post about…
#Resource Diary Entry 30: Looking after your child’s #mental health
I came across this poster and thought it illustrated well a number of strategies parents can adopt to look after their child’s mental health. This poster highlights that a range of strategies is needed to support children’s mental health. Some strategies are more relational…
#Resource Diary Entry 29: Promoting #Resilience
Resilience…It is often a topic of consultation either with teachers/school staff and/or parents…’what is resilience’, ‘how to build resilience’, ‘what would we see if a child is highly resilient’, ‘where do we start in promoting resilience and implementing strategies’… This book outlines the different…