Designed for use alongside the storybook Myg and Me: Understanding Anxiety and Implementing Self-Calming, Teachers, support staff, therapists and parents will find this guidebook an indispensable tool in the process of helping children they interact with to feel a sense of self-determination and self-efficacy.
* A unique introduction to the brain, for children, with a charming, character-led story explaining fight, flight and freeze
* An accessible resource with clear lesson / session plans including activities and discussions, making anxiety OK and a host of self-calming strategies
* Ideal for both whole class PSHE and for individual children
Liz Bates is an independent education consultant. She supports both primary and secondary schools in all aspects of Emotional Health and Wellbeing, and Safeguarding, including whole school approaches, training staff and delivering talks to parents. Liz is a Protective Behaviours Trainer, a Wellbeing Award Advisor for Optimus and a regular contributor at national conferences.
This set contains:
Myg and Me - an illustrated storybook that introduces Myg the Amygdala within the context of 'my brilliant brain' - giving children usable knowledge to help them understand just what happens when they feel anxious, where anxiety comes from, how it feels and, crucially, that we can take control if we need to and want to.
Anxiety and Self-Calming: A Practical Resource - this is for use with teachers, support staff and all those working directly with children. It contains details of sessions that can be used in individual, group or whole class settings and explains how anxiety can affect learning and socialisation. This is combined with clear guidance on approaches to support children and is filled with discussions, activities and experiential learning for individual children, groups or classes.