Helping Children to Cope with Change, Stress and Anxiety (eBook)

A Photocopiable Activities Book

Deborah Plummer (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF

2010
144 Seiten
Jessica Kingsley Publishers (Verlag)
978-0-85700-366-9 (ISBN)

Infos

Plummer offers over 100 activities aimed at helping children to build emotional resilience. With a mixture of short, snappy activities and longer guided visualizations, these exercises are suitable for use with individuals or groups, and many are appropriate for use with children with complex needs or speech and language difficulties.

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This book is full of creative ideas for use with children who have difficulty in coping with change, stress and normal levels of anxiety. Supported by a comprehensive but accessible theory section, the practical exercises are a simple and fun way of helping children to learn healthy stress management strategies.Deborah Plummer offers over 100 activities and games specifically aimed at helping children to build emotional resilience. With a mixture of short, snappy activities and longer guided visualizations, these exercises are suitable for use with individuals or groups, and many are appropriate for use with children with complex needs or speech and language difficulties. This unique photocopiable activity book will be an invaluable resource for parents, carers, teachers, therapists and anyone looking for creative, enjoyable ways of helping children to cope with change, stress and anxiety. It is primarily designed for use with individuals and groups of children aged 7-11, but the ideas can easily be adapted for both older and younger children and children with learning difficulties.

Autor

Deborah M. Plummer is a registered speech and language therapist and imagework practitioner with over 20 years' experience of facilitating groups and working individually with both children and adults. Formerly a clinical lead therapist working within the NHS, she now lectures at De Montfort University, Leicester and runs workshops and short courses on the uses of imagery and issues of self-esteem. Deborah is author of several titles, including Helping Children to Build Self-Esteem - A Photocopiable Activities Book, Self-Esteem Games for Children, Social Skills Games for Children, Helping Adolescents and Adults to Build Self-Esteem - A Photocopiable Resource Book and Anger Management Games for Children. Deborah's website can be found at www.deborahplummer.co.uk.

Inhalt

Acknowledgements. Preface. Part 1. Being There: Interacting Mindfully. 1. Supporting Emotional Well-being. 2. Understanding Why We Do the Things We Do. 3. Encouraging Imaginative Solutions. Part 2. Skills for Life. 4. Self-awareness. 5. Imagework. 6. Feelings. Part 3. Coping with Change. 7. Thinking About Change. 8. Preparing for Change. 9. Making a Change. Part 4. Coping with Stress. 10. What is Stress? 11. Changing How We Feel. Part 5. Coping with Anxiety. 12. Thinking, Feeling, Doing. 13. What We Do with Worries. Part 6. Moving On. 14. Setting Goals and Celebrating. Index. Activities Index.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.2.2010
• Illustrationen: Alice Harper
• Zusatzinfo: 40 illustrations
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 140 x 140 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Schulbuch / Allgemeinbildende Schulen
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Angst / Depression / Zwang
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Entwicklungspsychologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Didaktik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: 7-11 year olds • Children’s groups • Counselling • Emotional resilience • fun activities • learning difficulties • photocopiable • speech and language therapy • therapeutic activities • Visualization
• ISBN-10: 0-85700-366-6 / 0857003666
• ISBN-13: 978-0-85700-366-9 / 9780857003669