“The Self-Esteem Workbook for Teens: Activities to Help You Build Confidence & Achieve Your Goals” is a practical guidebook designed to help teenagers build their self-esteem and develop a positive self-image. The book includes a variety of activities that help teens recognise their worth and…
Category: Children & Young people
My Anxiety Workbook: My toolkit for dealing with my worries, anxiety and stress
“My Anxiety Workbook: My toolkit for dealing with my worries, anxiety and stress” is a comprehensive booklet designed specifically for older children to equip them with the necessary skills to manage their anxiety effectively, empowering them to lead a happier and healthier life. It includes…
School Avoidance Toolkit: Information for Schools and Parents
This practical toolkit developed by Clare CYPS has been designed for an in-school and out-of-school setting. It can be used by any practitioner who is working with a young person of secondary school age or their parents/carers. Click here to view/download Section 1 is particularly…
Managing emotions toolkit for children (worksheets & guidance)
This book is a guide for parents, social workers, and other professionals to help children deal with their emotions, specifically focusing on anger and anxiety. The book provides various tools and resources to help them communicate and connect with children on a deeper emotional level….
Emotional Well-being Pack for Ages 13-18
The “Emotional Well-being Pack for Ages 13-18” is a helpful resource designed to provide support for young people who want to improve their emotional well-being. The pack is intended for any young person aged 13 or over who would like some help with their emotional…
Emotional Well-being Pack for Ages 3-12
The “Emotional Well-Being Pack for ages 3-12” is a helpful booklet designed to provide support for children aged three to twelve who want to improve their emotional well-being. The booklet is intended to be read together with a parent or carer, and it explains what…
My Coping Toolbox booklet (ages 6-12)
The purpose of this booklet is for children (ages 6 – 12) to learn skills and coping tools that can help them to selfregulate when there are challenges or difficult days. There are a range of activities and exercises, including a ‘try and score’ section…
A Volcano in My Tummy: Helping Children to Handle Anger
A Volcano in My Tummy: Helping Children to Handle Anger presents a clear and effective approach to helping children and adults alike understand and deal constructively with children’s anger. Using easy to understand yet rarely taught skills for anger management, including how to teach communication of…
I Gotta Feeling: Top Tips For Feeling Good booklet, for youths
This booklet lists some things that young people have found helped them feel better when they felt sad, stressed or angry and some things that help you feel good generally. Contents – tips covered: Talk to someone Do something you enjoy Find ways to chill…
Dealing with Trauma: A TF-CBT Workbook for Teens
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…
Promoting Emotional Resilience in Children: A Resource Pack
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,…
Mindfulness for Teen Worry: Quick and Easy Strategies to Let Go of Anxiety, Worry, and Stress (book)
In Mindfulness for Teen Worry, a clinical psychologist offers quick, easy-to-learn mindfulness skills teens can use anytime, anywhere to stop worries from growing and taking over. Click here to view/download CONTENTS: Part 1: Moving Out Of Worry Wasteland With Mindfulness Why You Get Stuck In…
Mindfulness, relaxation & yoga videos for kids
‘Cosmic Kids Yoga’ channel on YouTube Over 100 of videos on yoga, mindfulness and relaxation for kids. Interactive adventures which build strength, balance and confidence – and get kids into yoga and mindfulness early. Click here to view
Heads Up! A toolkit of sessions to run with young people to promote mental health & emotional well-being
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…
Helping children to cope with change, stress and anxiety: A photocopiable activities book
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…
Big Feelings Come and Go Storybook
This storybook, developed by Canadian Centre for Child Protection, teaches kids about freeze, flight and fight and helps them learn some basic self-regulation skills. Understanding freeze, flight and fight can allow for new conversations about how your child feels and what to do to help…
Rosie Remembers Mommy: Forever in Her Heart (Storybook about death)
Rosie Remembers Mommy: Forever in Her Heart is a beautiflly illustrated book which tells a story of a young girl who is struggling after the death of her mother. We follow Rosie as she expresses wishes to see her mom, feels reluctant about school, finds no…
Ready to Remember: Jeremy’s Journey of Hope and Healing (Storybook about death)
Ready to Remember is a beautifully illustrated book which tells a story of a 10-year-old boy following the tragic death of his father. Jeremy has reactions to traumatic reminders, and he struggles at school and at home. Developed for the school-age reader, with a caregiver…
TF-CBT Triangle of Life – Mobile game app
This free app, which is based on Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, has been designed to support traumatised children (aged 8-12) to heal by helping them better understand their thoughts, feelings and behaviours, and move toward a better quality of life. During this novel game, the…
Feeling good: promoting children’s mental health (activity sheets for children)
These activity sheets provide parents and their children aged 4 to 7 with a unique resource to help them talk about how they feel and what makes them happy or sad, stressed or secure. The sheets include pictures of home and school life designed to…
My Feelings Activity Book For Children 3–6 Years Old
My Feelings Activity Book was created to help very young children identify their feelings and learn how to describe them. This book is intended to be read aloud to children by parents, caregivers, preschool teachers, clergy, social workers, therapists, or by any other helping professional….
Dealing With Depression: Antidepressant Skills for Teens
The handbook covers various topic on depression such as what depression is, what causes it and how to treat it. The handbook contains several worksheets which encourage a young person to think of their own ideas about addressing depression. Click here to view/download CONTENTS About…
Project: Kids, Let’s Talk – Storybook for military families
A young boy named Luc experiences loneliness, worry, and anger. His parents work for the military and the family often experiences change, like moving to a new base and deployments. With his dad away, Luc must now take on more responsibility and he is feeling…
He Shoots! He Scores! – A children’s book dealing with child and youth mental health challenges and stigma
A young boy named Fish turns 13 and it is discovered that he has Bipolar Disorder. Despite getting help, Fish realizes that his new high-school community isn’t as understanding and supportive as when he was young. He calls on Iris the Dragon for help after realizing that negative stereotypes…
Hole in One – A children’s book dealing with anxiety disorder
A young boy named Teeman can’t seem to relax. He gets so nervous sometimes that his heart beats very fast, he feels nauseous, dizzy, or often gets a bad headache. Teeman meets Iris the Dragon and learns techniques like Dragon Breathing to relax. This is a…
Catch a Falling Star – Storybook for children with a mental illness
A young boy named Fish begins to experience feelings of anxiety and confusion. It feels like his brain is very busy and noisy. Fish feels scared when this happens and it gets worse when he goes to school. Fish meets Iris the Dragon and learns…
Mighty Moe: An Anxiety Workbook for Children
This 79-pages book includes a story which explains in an aged-appropriate way what anxiety is and how it affects one’s life, and a workbook which provides a child with various techniques how to relax, think positively and solve problems. CONTENTS: Story of Mighty Moe Book…
Healthy Body Image: Information & Interactive Activities
This 107-page resource aims to provide information and interactive activities to promote the development of a healthy body image. Table of Contents: Activity 1: Scavenger Hunt (Icebreaker) Activity 2: How’s Your Body Image? Activity 3: Body expression! Activity 4: What Makes an Ideal Body? Activity…
A Toolkit for Families: A Resource for Families Supporting Children, Youth and Adults with a Mental or Substance Use Disorder
This toolkit was designed to be used by families who have a family member with one (or more) of the following disorders: anxiety disorders, eating disorders, mood disorders (bipolar disorder and depression), schizophrenia, or substance use disorders (alcohol or other drug addiction). The aim of this resource…
Something Small: A Story about Remembering (for young children)
A story helping young children cope with grief; about Elmo’s cousin who discovers simple everyday ways to remember her father through familiar routines, favourite songs, stories, and special comfort items. Talk together about the different things that she does. Some might be just right for a child you work with.