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The following products can be purchased via other third party organisations e.g. TTS, Hope Education, Amazon etc. Booklets produced by Psychology4Learning Educational Psychologists can be downloaded from our website for a small fee.

  • Paperback Published 16 July 1998 by Eliane Whitehouse  (Author), Warwick Pudney  (Author) 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 emotions, A Volcano in My Tummy offers engaging, well-organized activities which help to overcome the fear of children's anger which many adult care-givers experience. By carefully distinguishing between anger the feeling, and violence the behavior, this accessible little book, primarily created for ages 6 to thirteen, helps to create an awareness of anger, enabling children to relate creatively and harmoniously at critical stages in their development.
  • Paperback Published 1 January 2012 by David Moseley  (Author) Pupils with spelling difficulties often experience problems with the whole curriculum and lose confidence with writing. The 'ACE Spelling Dictionary' adopts a unique approach in order to overcome these issues, providing over 20,000 entries for commonly-misspelt words.
  • Paperback Published 17 Feb 2014 by Ellen Braaten (author), Brian Willoughby (author), Sarah Rose (author), Edward M. Hallowell (author), Timothy E. Wilens (author) Do you find yourself constantly asking your child to pick up the pace? Does he or she seem to take longer than others to get stuff done--whether completing homework, responding when spoken to, or getting dressed and ready in the morning? Drs. Ellen Braaten and Brian Willoughby have worked with thousands of kids and teens who struggle with an area of cognitive functioning called processing speed, and who are often mislabeled as lazy or unmotivated. Filled with vivid stories and examples, this crucial resource demystifies processing speed and shows how to help kids (ages 5 to 18) catch up in this key area of development. Helpful practical tools can be downloaded and printed in a convenient 8 1/2 x 11 size. Learn how to obtain needed support at school, what to expect from a professional evaluation, and how you can make daily routines more efficient--while promoting your child's social and emotional well-being.
  • Mental Health and Wellbeing Programme by Dr Paula Williams and TTS

    Our mental health and wellbeing programme, helps children to talk about their feelings, thoughts and behaviours, as well as offering coping strategies. The engaging, huggable, tactile cat can help to facilitate conversations and can also be used as a worry aid.

    Developed by Educational Psychologist Dr Paula Williams, Calming Cat and its content are designed for any child or young person, who needs to learn about their bodies reaction to feelings and how to manage them. Can be used in one to one sessions or as a whole class resource.

    Contains over 140 coaching cards, giving insight, advice and activities to develop knowledge, skills and understanding, an example of them can be downloaded from our website. The appealing cat design has soft, soothing fur and a weighted body making it calming to hold. There is a tummy pocket that can be used for a personal comforting object or for a child to put a worry or concern. The openings at the side are great for little hands to cuddle the cat. Its multi-sensory materials will help keep children stimulated and calm. Perfect for younger children as a worry buddy for sharing feelings and worries. Can be used during an adult and child discussion as a comfortable communication medium for children. The calming cat worry toy is available to be purchased separately. Wipe clean with a damp cloth or antibacterial wipes.

    Calming cat plush toy suitable for age range 3+, Calming cat and coaching cards suitable for age range 5+. The different coloured coaching cards will help address a variety of feelings, as well as giving greater understanding of the physiological causes and effects of emotions: Green – Knowledge – About our bodies and how we respond, Blue – Skills – Effective strategies to add to a personal resources bank, Pink – Fun – Ensure children make time for fun on a regular basis, Yellow – Understanding – Stimulate thoughts and reflection about feelings and behaviours and Grey – Warnings – Reminders to recognise when worries might be starting to appear.

  • Mental Health and Wellbeing Programme by Dr Paula Williams and TTS

    Calming Kittens offers young children in early years and KS1 a toolkit to understand and manage their emotions. Through engaging strategies, children learn to calm themselves and gain better emotional self-control.

    The activity cards assist practitioners, teachers and parents in discussing emotions with children. By using these tools, they can help children understand that feelings are natural and guide them in developing effective coping methods.

    The materials are organised into five color-coded sections, with each kitten symbolising a calming activity: controlled breathing, singing, chanting, repetitive actions, and exercise. These activities are designed to teach children effective coping methods while ensuring they have fun. When children enjoy themselves, their bodies release oxytocin – a hormone that boosts feelings of happiness and well-being.

    Designed for younger children, these smaller cat versions are easier to handle. The activities maintain the same impactful benefits as those in the original Calming Cat set.

  • Paperback Published 28 Feb 2019 by Sharon Martin

    If you feel an intense pressure to be perfect, this evidence-based workbook offers real strategies based in cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) to help you develop a more balanced and healthy perspective.

    Do you hold yourself-and perhaps others-to extremely high standards? Do you procrastinate certain tasks because you're afraid you won't carry them out perfectly? If you've answered "yes" to one or both of these questions, chances are you're a perfectionist. And while there's nothing wrong with hard work and high standards, perfectionism can also take over your life if you let it. So, how can you find balance? With this workbook, you'll identify the causes of your perfectionism and the ways it is negatively impacting your life. Rather than measuring your self-worth by productivity and accomplishments, you'll learn to exercise self compassion, and extend that compassion to others. You'll also learn ways to prioritize the things that really matter to you, without focusing on attaining fixed goals. Life isn't perfect, and neither are we. If you're ready to break free from out-of-control perfectionism and start living a richer, fuller life, this workbook will help you get started.
  • Paperback Published 24 August 2007 by G T Hawker  (Author) Spell It Yourself! is a consistently-bestselling title for upper primary school pupils that is now being published by Chambers. It lists over 7,500 words that children might use, and alongside each word is straightforward guidance on how to spell derived forms and compounds of the word, for example running, runner, runway. Therefore the book not only makes it quick and easy for a child to find the spellings they need, but it also reinforces knowledge of word families and of how to spell words from their root forms. Homophones of the words are indicated, both to help children find the right word and to encourage them to learn the correct spellings. Useful additional sections give the spellings of first names, countries, contractions such as mustn't, and all the different forms of numbers.
  • Paperback Published 20 February 2014 by Sue Roffey  (Author) 'This is a very practical guide to a teaching approach that enables children to become more powerful learners; it is also an opportunity to spend time with a big-hearted person who understands what happens for children in school and how circles can help them grow.' - James Park, PROGRESS Director, Human Scale Education (www.progress-hse.org) 'Grounded in contemporary research, Roffey ignites the reader's conviction that 'I can do this too!'   Gifting the educator with a treasure chest of fresh, engaging, practical and applicable ideas, this book makes it possible for every teacher to build both the learning and well-being of all young people.' - Kerry Bird, Project Manager for Personal and Social Development Education in Catholic Education  -  Cairns and  Brisbane First published as Circle Time for Emotional Literacy, this new edition has been updated to reflect how the Circle Solutions philosophy and pedagogy can be used to build relationships and resilience for children and young people. Putting current research on wellbeing into practice, Circle Solutions addresses issues not incidents, solutions rather than problems, and strengths rather than deficits, providing a framework for student engagement and learning. New to this edition:
    • a chapter on promoting the positive:  thoughts, feelings and approaches
    • more anti-bullying strategies, with cyber-bullying covered explicitly
    • a quick reference appendix of games
    • ways of embedding Circle Solutions as a tool for wellbeing
    • updated and expanded resources.
    Activities and games included in the book promote positive communication skills, empathy and connectedness, class cohesion and co-operation, friendship skills and ethical behaviour.  The book is suitable for all phases of education.
  • Paperback Published 12 September 1996 by Daniel Goleman  (Author) The groundbreaking bestseller that redefines intelligence and success Does IQ define our destiny? Daniel Goleman argues that our view of human intelligence is far too narrow, and that our emotions play major role in thought, decision making and individual success. Self-awareness, impulse control, persistence, motivation, empathy and social deftness are all qualities that mark people who excel: whose relationships flourish, who are stars in the workplace. With new insights into the brain architecture underlying emotion and rationality, Goleman shows precisely how emotional intelligence can be nurtured and strengthened in all of us.
  • Helping Children to Emotionally Regulate By Dr. Paula Williams, Educational Psychologist, Psychology4Learning Ltd. A 25 page booklet for school staff and parents to download.
  • Paperback Published 2 December 2005 by Spencer Smith (Author), Steven C. Hayes  (Author) This book offers a five-step plan for coping with painful emotions such as anxiety and depression. It teaches you how to learn life-enhancing behavior strategies that work to further the goals you value most. You'll learn to engage with and overcome painful thoughts and feelings with step-by-step acceptance and mindfulness-based techniques. You'll find out how to let go of control, and develop compassion and flexibility. The realization that painful feelings cannot be controlled will open you to the possibility of fully emotional living. Once present, engaged, and aware, you can begin to build new lives for yourself filled with significance and meaning. This book is not about overcoming pain or fighting emotions; it's about embracing life and feeling everything it has to offer. In this way, it offers a way out of suffering by choosing to life a life based on what matters most.
  • Paperback Published 26 January 2009 by Ronald M. Rapee (Author) This expanded and updated version of a best-selling classic guides readers to help a child overcome anxiety and fears. It describes in detail strategies and techniques they can combine into a comprehensive self-help programme for a child's particular needs. From separation anxiety to general anxiety, social anxiety, specific phobia and panic disorder, the book describes the common types of childhood anxiety, how anxiety originates, and options for dealing with the problem, with or without a therapist's help. In this updated version, the progression of chapters reflects the authors' clinical programme, in which major skills are introduced early and then are consolidated and built upon in later chapters. Throughout, the book employs a step-by-step approach that is both structured and directive. Written activities are incorporated throughout the chapters, some intended for the child and others for his or her parent to complete.
  • Hardcover Published 21 November 2015 by Lauren Brukner  (Author) Meet Self-Control, a superhero who wants to teach young children his super powers of self-control! Anxiety, frustration, anger, and other difficult feelings won't stand a chance against their new-found powers. Self-Control teaches children with emotional and sensory regulation difficulties aged approximately 4-7 how to calm themselves using self-massage, deep pressure, breathing exercises, and activities such as making an imaginary list and finding their own peaceful place. This illustrated book also features an appendix with photocopiable super power charts, reinforcers, and reminder tools to ensure that parents, teachers, and other professionals can support children in upholding superhero strategies even after the book has been read.
  • Paperback Published 18 February 2000 by Carolyn Websterstratton (Author) Teachers understand that just as a child's cognitive competence is important for their ability to learn so too does a child's social competence and emotional security affect their ability to learn. This book will support teachers in developing social competence and emotional well- being in all children. Based on the empirically validated Dinosaur Social Skills and Problem-solving Curriculum, this book emphasizes the management of hyperactive, inattentive and aggressive children. It includes practical scripts, games, activities, pictures and circle time role-plays and plans for use with children 4-8 years. Carolyn Webster-Stratton is an educational psychologist who for twenty years has been developing and evaluating interventions to help children with behaviour problems. She is the author of the well-known parent book: The Incredible Years: A Trouble-Shooting Guide for Parents for Young Children (Ages 3-8 Years).
  • Paperback Published 21 March 2008 by Brene Brown

    Researcher, thought leader, and New York Times bestselling author Brené Brown offers a liberating study on the importance of our imperfections--both to our relationships and to our own sense of self

    The quest for perfection is exhausting and unrelenting. There is a constant barrage of social expectations that teach us that being imperfect is synonymous with being inadequate. Everywhere we turn, there are messages that tell us who, what and how we're supposed to be. So, we learn to hide our struggles and protect ourselves from shame, judgment, criticism and blame by seeking safety in pretending and perfection. Brené Brown, PhD, LMSW, is the leading authority on the power of vulnerability, and has inspired thousands through her top-selling books Daring GreatlyRising Strong, and The Gifts of Imperfection, her wildly popular TEDx talks, and a PBS special. Based on seven years of her ground-breaking research and hundreds of interviews, I Thought It Was Just Me shines a long-overdue light on an important truth: Our imperfections are what connect us to each other and to our humanity. Our vulnerabilities are not weaknesses; they are powerful reminders to keep our hearts and minds open to the reality that we're all in this together. Brown writes, "We need our lives back. It's time to reclaim the gifts of imperfection--the courage to be real, the compassion we need to love ourselves and others, and the connection that gives true purpose and meaning to life. These are the gifts that bring love, laughter, gratitude, empathy and joy into our lives."
  • by Educational Psychologists Dr Paula Williams, Sharon Evans, Dr Julia Crane, and Hope Education Thrive in Five is a collection of short, easy-to-do activities that support children’s social, emotional and communication skills in a fun and active way. Created by three Educational Psychologists for children at Foundation Stage, Key Stage 1, or older children with additional needs. Each activity takes 5-10 minutes and can be used as a ‘warm up’ or ‘time filler’ when a short activity is needed. The perfect grab and go! From blowing up imaginary balloons to becoming a sound detective, children will love them all. Each set contains 20 activity cards.
    • Thrive in Five Set 1 – Listening Skills
    • Thrive in Five Set 2 – Having a Voice
    • Thrive in Five Set 3 – Emotional Regulation
    • Thrive in Five Set 4 – Social Skills
  • by Educational Psychologists Dr Paula Williams, Sharon Evans, Dr Julia Crane, and Hope Education Thrive in Five is a collection of short, easy-to-do activities that support children’s social, emotional and communication skills in a fun and active way. Created by three Educational Psychologists for children at Foundation Stage, Key Stage 1, or older children with additional needs. Each activity takes 5-10 minutes and can be used as a ‘warm up’ or ‘time filler’ when a short activity is needed. The perfect grab and go! From blowing up imaginary balloons to becoming a sound detective, children will love them all. Each set contains 20 activity cards.
  • by Educational Psychologists Dr Paula Williams, Sharon Evans, Dr Julia Crane, and Hope Education Thrive in Five is a collection of short, easy-to-do activities that support children’s social, emotional and communication skills in a fun and active way. Created by three Educational Psychologists for children at Foundation Stage, Key Stage 1, or older children with additional needs. Each activity takes 5-10 minutes and can be used as a ‘warm up’ or ‘time filler’ when a short activity is needed. The perfect grab and go! From blowing up imaginary balloons to becoming a sound detective, children will love them all. Each set contains 20 activity cards.
  • by Educational Psychologists Dr Paula Williams, Sharon Evans, Dr Julia Crane, and Hope Education Thrive in Five is a collection of short, easy-to-do activities that support children’s social, emotional and communication skills in a fun and active way. Created by three Educational Psychologists for children at Foundation Stage, Key Stage 1, or older children with additional needs. Each activity takes 5-10 minutes and can be used as a ‘warm up’ or ‘time filler’ when a short activity is needed. The perfect grab and go! From blowing up imaginary balloons to becoming a sound detective, children will love them all. Each set contains 20 activity cards.
  • by Educational Psychologists Dr Paula Williams, Sharon Evans, Dr Julia Crane, and Hope Education Thrive in Five is a collection of short, easy-to-do activities that support children’s social, emotional and communication skills in a fun and active way. Created by three Educational Psychologists for children at Foundation Stage, Key Stage 1, or older children with additional needs. Each activity takes 5-10 minutes and can be used as a ‘warm up’ or ‘time filler’ when a short activity is needed. The perfect grab and go! From blowing up imaginary balloons to becoming a sound detective, children will love them all. Each set contains 20 activity cards.

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