A resource I made for a mixed group of ks1 / ks2 children with autism / social communication needs. Aim is to develop greater understanding of feelings and to begin to develop awareness of other's feelings, also turn taking and attention and listening. Resource includes a feelings poster and 18 cards describing situations that have happened to an imaginary child - e.g. 'She has a wobbly tooth'. We discuss the various feelings an how children are feeling today. Cards are placed face down and children take turns to turn cards over. They consider how the person may be feeling. More able groups could be prompted / questioned to consider would everyone feel that way in that situation (some people can't stand having wobbly teeth, others get excited...) further developing theory of mind and understanding that people can feel differently about situations.

Editable emotions check in used for daily PSHE to support children in developing their understanding of emotions. This resource is linked into the Disney film Inside Out. Can also be used with Thrive.

The 26 Emoticon/feelings cards are an ideal way to help your children to express their feelings or to recognise facial changes and read expressions. By using the ‘emoticons’ which children now understand through texting, social media and other sources, you can make an up to date version of ‘faces’ cards and children feel less conspicuous carrying them around. Print as large cards for home/school use and in a pocket sized version on a wrist twist which easily fit into a pocket or onto a key-ring. ​ ​​These cards are great for discussing how other people feel, exploring body language and facial expressions These are also available to purchase professionally made on a keyring from my Ebay store £4.99 inc delivery. EBay item number:132146215081

Resources included are as follows: 18 PDF files for you to print. A4 emotions posters – 9 posters each with a standing Lego person A4 emotions posters – each with Lego face showing different emotions A4 emotions poster – showing all faces Matching cards – faces and emotions words to match together Lego people outlines to colour and add emotions to faces Long banner, large lettering, display borders Small emotions cards for pupils to use at their desks Work booklet cover 3 writing tasks Sentence writing sheet for topic summary Word search

Suggested benefits include: Concentration and attention span – it is so easy to get completely engrossed in your design Thinking skills – thinking what pattern to do next, what will look good! Mindfulness – a sense of mindfulness and being completed absorbed in the activity Relaxation – a true sense of relaxation as you are only thinking about your patterns Hand eye co-ordination – speaks for itself, try it! Self-esteem – creating something beautiful that looks amazing! Stress relief – if you feel stressed give it a go. You will be amazed Self soothing – it is such a soothing activity and if you feel upset or anxious it will make you feel better Ok to make mistakes – your mistakes can be incorporated into your design Problem solving – how can you incorporate your mistakes into your design? Fine motor skills – making those tiny patterns Nurturing creative abilities – allowing everyone to be creative Expanding your imagination – let your imagination go and just create! Creative expression – allows you to create your own design and express yourself Great fun! Simple to learn – each stroke of the pen or pencil is simple No planned outcome – you don’t know yet how your design will end up. Included in the pack: 35 shapes all sectioned off 32 of those shapes all blank for pupils to section off 26 Letters of the alphabet sectioned off 26 Letters of the alphabet left blank for pupil to section off

8 Lesson Course Suitable for Key Stage 2- Key stage 4. These great resources to print and use in your school or community centre. They are unique colourful resources designed and tested by teachers. Save yourself hours of planning time with this –PRINT and GO- Anger management resource pack. The pack includes the following: •8 Full lessons as detailed below •Lesson Objectives in large print to display on the board •Lesson plans including back up plans for difficult behaviour and extension activities •Lessons all include starter activities, lots of main activities and plenary activities. •Learning objectives and outcomes clearly shown •Attendance log •Achievements log •End of course assessment •Certificate of attendance •Display materials. 8 full lessons approximately and hour in length, plus different activities, such as research activities, art and design activities and ICT activities which have various time lengths from 10 minutes to a couple of hours. Lessons outlines are as follows: 1.What is anger? / Anger is a normal emotion and one of many. 2.What causes anger? 3.What happens to myself and others when I get angry? 4.Ways to deal with anger. 5.Passive, assertive and aggressive, and ways to defuse anger. 6.Relaxation techniques. 7.Self talk 8.Reflecting on what I have leant about anger and an action plan for the future. The course is based around kinaesthetic / hands on activities with lessons including tasks such as reading, writing, speaking, listening, picture/word matching, colouring, thinking, role play, videos, playing card games, cutting and sticking, individual work, pair work, group work. This course is designed by teachers for teachers to save you hours of time. Resources for you to use over and over again. Everything you need is included. You will not have to find anything else – PRINT and GO!!

This unit of work is several weeks for your TA to deliver for a small group of pupils. I have written it for children who need to develop friendships and friendship skills. I hope you find it useful. A TA can pick this up with no explanation or support and should be able to deliver with just an hour or so to familiarise herself, print resources etc. I have also made a game in case your school doesn't have friendship type games. Enjoy your weekend. I hope it saved you some time and energy and that your children learn some friendship and social skills. Thank you for buying from me. I would appreciate a friendly review as I have kept the cost down, please bear in mind the amount of work when you leave my review. All pictures are from Dreamstime Phil17, copyrightfreephotos.com where no naming is required but came from sunmaster or from clipart and are all copyright free.

Sheets made around the story ’ When mum turned into a monster ’ by Joanna Harrison. A fun book where the childrens behaviour slowly turns their mum into a monster. Previously used with special needs children to help them understand emotions. I have also used the sheets with main stream children who struggle to control their emotions. Has the story as a power point and sheets to go alongside the story for the children to create their own version.

Secret Mission cards for the whole class. Children can ‘lucky dip’ them in the mornings or you can give them out in a targeted way. Laminate them and children can tick them with a dry wipe pen to show they have accomplished them. Use them for whole class team building sessions with a prize at the end - house points? Great feedback from these - children feel empowered to do something positive in a fun way.

This bundle of posters and worksheets will help you explore physical signs of 10 different emotions with your pupils. I have included a learning objective to go with each worksheet. The pack contains the following: 10 Posters covering the emotions/feelings of Worried, happy, sad, angry, irritated, surprised, disgusted, embarrassed, tired and scared. 10 Worksheets covering their signs and sensations 10 Worksheets covering their physical appearance when feeling an emotion 10 Worksheets concentrating on different areas of the body for them to colour 8 Worksheets for coping skills.

Save 25% off the separate selling price by purchasing this huge bundle of primary age resources that will reap benefits for you and your classes for years to come. Teach essential life skills that also create a harmonious classroom with a 6 unit friendship skills complete unit plus further complete lessons on empathy, coping with anger and self-esteem including identifying areas of development. Bundle also contains both of our popular Mindfulness Colouring Books for Children (one of which has been recommended by the TES Resource team with a 5 star rating - and the other is easily just as good if not better!) over 80 pages of professional, stylish and calming colouring. These books go hand-in-hand with our professionally produced guided meditation relaxation audio which is also included. Get your class to close their eyes as they are taken on a spoken word guided visualisation journey set to relaxation music - perefct for calming a class after break time or any other over-excitement. Relaxation audio also included by itself. The final product is a personal favourite of ours entitled Mindfulness Colouring and Creativty Book for Children. Taking inspiration from the anti-colouring books but focusing on enhancing and developing specific creative thinking abilities in children of all ages with fun artistic challenges that your class will love. Hours upon hours of engaging, creative, calming and beautiful learning that will last a lifetime for your class. All images either soured via CCO 1.0 Universal license, from openclipart.org or owned by tftf. Music licensed by creator for this product. Spoken word and resources copyright tftf.

A behaviour and consequences flow chart that you can use after an event with pupils to discuss what they did and what they could have done. I find this useful in that it encourages SEND pupils, including children with Autism, a logical approach to explaining an emotional reaction. I allow children to draw their answers if they’re not comfortable in writing them. I have used this in detention so that pupils are at least thinking about why they’re suffering consequences - because of their own choices.

Cut and Stick worksheet in which children should look at the pictures and decide whether they show good or bad behaviour choices. Clipart images courtesy of Kari Bolt Children’s Illustrator

PowerPoint presentation on the rationale behind our decision to ensure all children contribute to their Annual Review through a the use of video, embedded in a multimedia presentation. Also covers the strategies we used to introduce it. More about it here: http://www.switchitmaker2.com/reviews/reviewscoming.htm#willow Although we used Switch It Maker 2 for our presentations, you could use any presentation software: PowerPoint, Windows Movie Maker, iMovie, Prezzi, etc.

Worksheet in which children should look at pictures and decide whether it shows a good or bad behaviour choice and they shoudl then circle a thumb up or thumb down accordingly. Clipart images courtesy of Kari Bolt Children’s Illustrator

This Anger Management Pack 'Fizzing like a Firework' is a No Prep pack containing 5 lesson plans, 5 lesson activities and a display pack! These lessons and activities teach students how to manage their anger and begin to self regulate by identifying what might be triggering them and how this feels. The pack works through how we have a choice to ignore these feelings until we explode like a firework, or we can use our newly learnt calming strategies to cool us off and put out the firework before we explode! The pack makes clear how we have the option, no matter how we are feeling, to try and use a calming strategy. The activities allow the students to have a go at a range of strategies, role play using them and discuss if they are effective! A brilliant resource for children with Autism, ADHD, Social Emotional and Mental Health, students dealing with anger management or great as a whole class activity to teach the all important skill of self regulation! Accessible for a wide range of students and easy to understand! The activities require zero preparation! The planning has everything covered, so you don't need to worry about a thing! Please leave feedback for this product and follow me for more Special Education resources.

Habits of successful behaviour managers and the routines they use. A Pivotal Education Resource.

CPD resource for your Staff Noticeboard. A checklist of steps you can take to manage behaviour positively and reduce exclusion in your school/class. A Pivotal Education Resource. http://www.PivotalEducation.com