Big Feelings

5–11 years * £10.99 * May 2019 * HB * Fully illustrated * ISBN: 9781785926945

An illustrated guide which explains cancer, and the impact it can have, to children aged 5–11, inclusive of those with ASD or other special needs

5–11 years * £10.99 * Mar 2017 * HB * 80 colour illustrations * ISBN: 9781785927508 * World rights available

An illustrated guide to explain what it means when someone dies to children with ASD aged 5–11

Winner of a Moonbeam Children’s Book Award 2017

NEW 4–8 years * £9.99 * May 2020 * PB * colour cartoon drawings throughout * ISBN: 9781787753273

A CBT Activity Book for Kids Age 4–8 Michelle Garnett, Tony Attwood, Louise Ford, Stefanie Runham and Julia Cook This activity book is designed to be used by children on the autism spectrum aged 4–8. The workbook introduces them to 6 ‘feelings’ characters who help them to recognise and express different emotions to reduce anxiety. It is intended to be used with the accompanying guidebook, 10 Steps to Reducing Your Child’s Anxiety on the Autism Spectrum.

On this page, look at the pictures of things that can make people ‘a little happy’, ‘happy’ and ‘really happy’. Cut out the pictures of the things that make you happy and stick them on the ‘a little happy’, ‘happy’ and ‘really happy’ pages. Next, think of other things that make you happy and draw these on the ‘a little happy’, ‘happy’ and ‘really happy’ pages. You can look on the internet for more pictures of things that make you feel happy to add to the page.

Birthdays Christmas Going to the park

Watching TV Playing on the iPad Playing a game with my mum or dad

Seeing my grandparents Playing with my pet Playing with trains

Playing with dinosaurs Playing with dolls Swimming

We all feel diff erent levels of worry. Sometimes we are a little worried. Sometimes we are worried. Sometimes we are really worried. We can rate how worried we are feeling on the Worry Thermometer.

Really worried

Worried

A little worried

Did you know that even I need some help to relax sometimes? Sometimes I get worried or too excited and I need to calm myself. Luckily, there are Relaxation Tools in my Toolkit! I do my special breathing, squeeze my muscles and use my imagination. These help my body and mind to feel relaxed. o you want to learn how to use these Relaxation Tools?

Hi, I’m ad Sally the Strawberry and I feel sad. When I’m sad, my eyes look down, my face has a frown and sometimes I cry. Being sad makes my body feel heavy and droopy. I feel sad when my toy breaks or someone is mean to me or won’t let me play. I feel sad when someone I care about goes away. I feel sad when my mum and dad won’t let me do something I want to do. Feeling sad isn’t a very nice feeling.

Being relaxed makes my body feel slow and calm.

I know I am a little relaxed when I start to feel my muscles relax. y eyes and my jaw are soft. My breathing is slow too.

When I am relaxed, my tummy is calm and my heart is beating regularly. In fact, I can’t even really feel my heart beating.

When I am really relaxed, my whole body feels fl opping and heavy. I feel sleepy and like lying down.

Shut your eyes and imagine you are on a beach, or look at a picture of the beach. Imagine the sounds – seagulls calling, leaves blowing in the wind, waves crashing on the sand. Imagine the smells – the smell of the salty sea. Imagine the warm sun and breeze on your face, and the grainy sand as you lie on the beach. As you think of the beach, notice how calm and relaxed you are feeling. This is a special calming place you can imagine to relax.

This week we are going to practise using our Happy Tools. Use the Happiness Tool Chart to rate how happy you felt before and after using your Happy Tools. It is K if you feel ad after using a Happy Tool, this happens sometimes. If this happens, circle a sad face.

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday Tool Before After

Draw a line from each worried body sign to where it belongs in the body.

Wide eyes High eyebrows

Dry mouth

Crying Fast breathing

Fast beating heart

Sweating hands

Shaky legs and hands Tense muscles

Feel like needing to go to the toilet

Feeling the need to move, jiggle or fiddle

Sick stomach/butterflies in the stomach

Feeling frozen, hard to move or speak

Thank you for having fun with us, your Feelings! e know we are not always fun. You have shown that you are strong and brave and smart by meeting and getting to know all of us. y getting to know us, your Feelings, and the tools in your Toolbox, you will be able to repair your feelings whenever you need to. There is some secret knowledge that we have not yet told you. This secret will help you a lot. When Angry Alan visits, Loving Lulu can be his best friend. When ad Sally comes, Happy Henry can really help. Relaxed yan really knows how to help Worried Wanda. Goodbye, Brave One, and always remember: your Feelings are your Friends!

BESTSELLER 6–13 years * £12.99 * Dec 2013 * HB * 19 colour illustrations * ISBN: 9781849054324 * Rights sold: Chinese (simplified)

Learning to cope with disappointment (for all children and dragon tamers, including those with Asperger syndrome) K.I. Al-Ghani Illustrated by Haitham Al-Ghani

Teaching children to deal with disappointment and see things more positively This illustrated book brings to life the issue of dealing with disappointment through the endearing characters of the Disappointment Dragon and the Dragon of Hope who help children learn about the best ways to manage life’s difficult times. There is an introduction for parents and carers, and a list of management techniques at the end of the book.

When things don’t go our way, the Disappointment Dragon can come to visit and take us down to his home in the Valley of Despair…

The Disappointment Dragon sometimes comes to see us all and, if we let him, he can make us feel sad or angry. He visits Bobby when he is not picked for the school football team, he also finds Lucinda when she has to miss an exciting school trip because she has the Chicken Pox. He even tries to take the whole of Class Three down to the Valley of Despair when their favourite teacher moves away. Will the Dragon of Hope be able to chase away the Disappointment Dragon and help them see things more positively?

BESTSELLER 6–11 years * £12.99 * Oct 2012 * HB * 18 colour illustrations * ISBN: 9781849053563 * Rights sold: Chinese (simplified)

Managing Anxiety in Children Including Those with Asperger Syndrome K.I. Al-Ghani. Illustrated by Haitham Al-Ghani

Teach children to defeat the Panicosaurus with the help of Smartosaurus

3–8 years * £13.99 * Oct 2021 * HB * 20x 4-colour illustrations * ISBN: 9781787756922

A Story to Help Build Interoception and Internal Body Awareness for Children with Special Needs, including those with ASD, PDA, SPD, ADHD and DCD K.I. Al-Ghani Illustrated by Haitham Al-Ghani Yuki the snow monkey lives in Japan with his family and friends. He sometimes finds it hard to realise when his body is giving him signals, like when he is hungry or cold. Grandfather helps Yuki to understand what his ‘funny feelings’ mean, and what his brain is trying to tell him. This illustrated storybook will help children to build interoceptive awareness and gain an understanding of the body’s activities. It also includes further information for parents and carers, as well as activities and strategies for building interoceptive abilities.

BESTSELLER 5–9 years * £12.99 * Sep 2008 * HB * 18 colour * ISBN: 9781843109433 * Rights sold: Chinese (simplified), Czech, French, German

Learning to recognise and tame the red beast!