CONTENTS: • ‘My safety plan’ template (for older children) • ‘My safety plan’ template for younger children • Guidance: developing a safety plan with children • Other free ‘domestic abuse resources’ for children and young people • Appendix: Print out – sample scripts for safety…
The link below is to website PBS Learning Media which lists hundreds of videos focused on enhancing social and emotional development in children. The videos can be sorted out by age. Click here to view
This is a comprehensive guide for parents and carers, explaining the benefits of family meetings and outlining many ideas on how to make family meeting most effective and enjoyable for all family members. Contents IntroductionHow to Use This Family Meeting AlbumWhy have Family Meetings?Steps for…
‘Three islands’ is a fun direct work activity which enabels social workers and other practitioners to establish what and who children they work with like and what or who they don’t like or are worried about. The child is asked to draw a picture of…
The aim of these Wellbeing Workbooks is to help individuals learn more about stress and the things they can do to help reduce their stress when they feel very worried or anxious. There are four workbooks altogether and they should each take around 2 hours…
Adult Coloring Book 40 nice relaxing and stress relieving patterns Click here to view/download Mindful Coloring A Simple & Fun Way to Reduce the Stress in Your Life Nine colouring sheets with an introduction about the benefits of colouring and guidance. Click here to view/download…
A one-page sheet for parents to fill in to reflect on their experience as a parent. Click here to view/download
The postnatal programme will give mothers the support they need in the first few weeks of their baby’s life. The programme is aimed at increasing their skills to look after their baby and themselves. Sessions covered: Week 1: Primary Birth Visit Week 2: Attachment &…
This workbook has been developed for use with teenagers who experienced one or more traumatic events. The activities in the workbook correspond to the treatment components of the Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) model, which was developed by Judith Cohen, Anthony Mannarino, and Esther Deblinger…
This colourful and interactive booklet developed by Socialworkerstoolbox.com is a collection of 40 sheets which practitioners can use to learn about children’s views, wishes, feelings and day-to-day lives. Click here to view/download CONTENTS: What makes me feel Feelings thermometer My worries What makes me safe Things…
This pack is designed to provide useful information and materials on the subject of promoting resilience with the aim of promoting activity in this important area. It is not intended as a course on resilience, but a range of activities which can address various issues,…
This is a great resource (developed by Tusla Child and Family Agency) containing many ready-to-print out worksheets for children and young people as well as suggestions for various activities – all to enable workers to really get to know the children/young people’s wishes, feelings, needs…
The Kids Central Toolkit aims to provide workers and services with information, resources and tools to use child-centred approaches in their work with children, young people and families. The Toolkit is based around six key principles that support child-centred practice, and each principle includes a…
The Power to Change booklet provides advice on how to set up and run support groups for victims and survivors of domestic violence. Click here to view/download Contents: Chapter 1: Introduction to support and self-help groups for survivors of domestic violence 1.1. Introduction 1.2. Development…
Step-Up is a nationally recognized adolescent family violence intervention program designed to address youth violence toward family members. Violent behavior includes threats, intimidation, property destruction, degrading language and physical violence. The goal of Step-Up is for youth to stop violence and abuse toward their family…
Promoting emotional well-being should be at the heart of all work with young people. The sessions in this toolkit aim to: • Build resilience in young people so that they are better equipped to deal with the challenges that come their way • Raise awareness…
The workbook enables workers to explain the meaning of various emotions/feelings and promotes a conversation with children about in which situations they experience the discussed emotion. Click here to view/download
This book is for women who have mild to moderate depression before or after having their baby, or if they are recovering from an episode of severe depression associated with pregnancy. It could also be useful if you are supporting someone with depression. This workbook…
Workers can use this poster to 1. Help children to more accurately express their feelings by developing their emotional vocabulary. 2. Help children learn to recognize the feelings of others by facial expressions. Click here to view/download
Helping Children to Cope with Change, Stress and Anxiety provides practical activities and strategies for children who are experiencing mild to moderate levels of stress, have difficulty coping with changes in their life or are prone to mild to moderate anxiety. Contents: Part One Being…
Children have to leave their homes for many reasons. Natural disasters, like Hurricane Katrina, can uproot hundreds of thousands of children in just a few days. Many other children become homeless in less dramatic ways. For financial or other family reasons, children may find themselves…
The Program is organised as a Teaching and Learning Kit, comprised of: Picture Video Book: Meet Mr Angry Ant! Teacher Program & Guide: with full teaching/learning program notes, background information, suggested activity sequence, Activity Cards and handouts, and other Print Masters The “Meet Mr Angry…
‘Spiralling’ is an education toolkit and film for use as a resource to help prevent domestic abuse in the next generation, by carrying out activities with and for children and young people of all ages. It includes a short film about a young couple’s abusive…
This workbook has been created as a psychotherapeutic tool for therapists to use in working with children and adolescents who have been diagnosed with a medical illness but can be utilised by any practitioners trying to establish children’s/young people’s views, wishes and feelings. The activities…
This video is just over 29 minutes long and will give parents/carers a good understanding of some of the key issues around child sexual abuse: what it is, why it happens and how it can be prevented. This child sexual abuse awareness video enables them…
While originally intended for use in classes/groups, the resources (activities, worksheets, songs, videos and others) can be also used during 1:1 work with children. The lessons plans are divided into five Stay Safe Topics: • Feeling Safe and Unsafe • Friendship and Bullying • Touches…
Busy Bodies Adolescent Development Programme provides information on the physical and emotional changes that children may experience during puberty, to reassure them that puberty is a normal part of growing up. Busy Bodies is a useful resource to help support both workers and parents in providing…
Strengthening Family Ties: A Workbook of Activities Designed to Strengthen Family Relationships contains fun activities related to five areas of family functioning which are: Building Trust, Family Support, Kindness, Communication, and Working Together. It is recommended that activities in the first section, Building Trust, be…
The Bouncing Back! learning pack is a collection of creative learning activities for use with family members to develop skills, knowledge and awareness for drug and alcohol prevention. The pack has been designed for use with small, diverse family groups including parents, carers, young people…
The guide below outlines a 6 session Feelings Programme. It details activities which can be completed with a child or young person who has lived with domestic abuse which may have impaired their ability to understand emotional situations and respond appropriately. They may not be…