My Brilliant Brain: A Practical Resource for Understanding Anxiety and Implementing Self-Calming

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Liz Bates Nigel Dodds

My Brilliant Brain

A Practical Resource for Understanding Anxiety and Implementing Self-Calming

Liz Bates, Nigel Dodds

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Routledge
31 May 2022

Counselling & advice services; Primary & middle schools; Teaching of students with emotional & behavioural difficulties; Psychotherapy; Coping with anxiety & phobias

Series: My Brilliant Brain

For effective use, this book should be purchased alongside the storybook. Both books can be purchased together as a set, My Brilliant Brain: A Storybook and Guide for Understanding Anxiety and Implementing Self-Calming, 978-1-032-06903-6.

This resource uses simple yet effective shared language for adults and children, allowing them to talk about anxiety, and taking away the shame and blame that children may experience in response to these emotions. It encourages sharing, allowing the feelings of worry and anxiety to become normalised and the child to feel more in control.

Full of activities and experiential learning for individual children, groups or classes, this guide covers topics such as:

The brain, the amygdala, what anxiety is and how it is normal. Demonstrating and modelling calm, even if you are not, to help reassure and protect the children under your care. Self-calming activities and strategies. Being a Child in Charge – helping children to develop individual strategies that work best for them.

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 the children they interact with to feel a sense of self-determination and self-efficacy.

By: Liz Bates
Illustrated by: Nigel Dodds
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 297mm, Width: 210mm,
Weight: 136g
ISBN: 9781032069074
ISBN 10: 1032069074
Series: My Brilliant Brain
Pages: 58
Publication Date: 31 May 2022
Audience: Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Undergraduate , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.

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.

Reviews for My Brilliant Brain: A Practical Resource for Understanding Anxiety and Implementing Self-Calming

"""Aimed at upper primary and lower secondary aged children, Myg and Me enables positive conversations about anxiety. Split into six easy to follow sessions which work well one-to-one or in small groups, this beautifully illustrated resource offers activities that are explained clearly and simply without compromising on facts, giving useful suggestions to help children manage their own anxiety. I recommend Myg and me as a practical, engaging, and clear resource to anyone who wants to support children to develop an understanding of their emotions and how to manage them."" Heather Rowlands, Peacemakers"