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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The webinar will be recorded, and both the recording and slideshow will be sent out after the
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At the end of the webinar we’ll move across to facebook where Pooky will do a live Q&A
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Before Poll
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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
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The ability
to
understand
and name
emotions is
an
important
starting
point
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It’s normal to experience a range of feelings(even in response to the same thing)
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Our toolboxes will be unique
to usWe can always add new tools
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We need to explore and practise new ideas when
we’re feeling calm
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Recommended Books
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After Poll
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