Watch the 60-minute video training to:

1. Understand the impact of the sensory environment on learning
2. Understand the impact of changing a classroom’s visual environment including
   1. Natural light
   2. Complexity of visual environment
   3. Appropriate use of colour
3. Understand the impact of auditory processing difficulties and how to improve auditory clarity in a classroom
4. Understand the importance of including tactile (touch) elements in their classroom
5. Understand strategies for alternate seating and WHY alternate seating is so important for children’s learning.

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Watch the training video to learn how to:
1. Understand the warning signs that a child might be anxious rather than having negative ‘behaviour’
2. Develop a strategy for understanding what the trigger might be for anxious children
3. Gain an understanding of the Just Right Kids Model of self regulation
4. Be able to encourage children to use the Just Right Kids model as well as other simple visual models for children to tell them how they feel
5. Be able to implement using the Just Right Kids visual model at home.

Bonus inclusions:
1. High res copy of the Just Right Kids Model for unlimited printing (in your home)
2. Copy of first chapter of the book Teaching Kids to Stress Less
AND MORE!

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Watch the 55min training video to:

1. Understand the Just Right Kids (JRK) Self Regulation Model’s concepts of busy-ness and emotions management
2. Understand how the JRK model embeds sensory processing strategies into the model
3. Understand a framework for structuring sensory strategies into class to use as a whole class strategy
4. Consider how to implement the JRK Self Regulation Model in conjunction with school behaviour management programs
5. Start developing a plan for how they might implement the JRK model into day to day classroom management strategies.

Bonus inclusions:

1. High res copy of the Just Right Kids Model for unlimited printing (for your personal use in your classroom)
2. Audio recording for view on demand following webinar
3. Links to online resources mentioned in webinar

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Occupational Therapist Deb Hopper gives practical strategies you can implement immediately at home and school in this webinar training series for parents.

The Toolbox includes the following recorded workshops:

1. Supporting children to communicate how they are feeling when they are anxious.
2. Helping your child with learning anxiety.
3. Helping your child decrease anxiety caused by sensory processing issues.
4. How to help your child manage their social anxiety.

Reminders of any live sessions will be emailed to you prior to the events along with information on how to access the recordings and bonus resources.

If you cannot make the live session/s, you will be emailed a video recording of the session/s that you can access any time.

The Parent Toolbox for Anxious Kids also includes bonus resources and downloadables referenced in the workshop recordings.

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Watch this 50 min training video to:

1. Understand the impact of learning difficulties on self confidence and the potential for learning anxiety
2. Gain a better understanding of the range of learning difficulties that might be impacting your child
3. Develop practice in task analysis to break down learning tasks or chunk homework and other learning tasks
4. Develop skills for mind mapping and brain storming to structure writing tasks
5. Understand the basics of the Just Right Kids Self Regulation Model and how to use it with children before and during homework

 INCLUDED BONUSES:

1. Online resources as referenced in recording
2. Copy of the Just Right Kids Self Regulation Model for helping children to tell you if they are feeling anxious, sad or finding it hard to concentrate.
3.  Overcoming Perfectionism Handout
4. 5 top tips to support your child with anxiety
5. Cycle of learning anxiety poster
6. Impact of learning intervention on learning anxiety poster

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A whole class approach for implementing sensory strategies in class (to keep kids in the Just Right Zone & have a calmer day)

In a classroom of kids, research is telling us that there are 4-5 (up to 16%) with learning difficulties, sensory processing difficulties and sensory driven behaviour.

Teaching and catering for so many different learning and behavioural needs can be fatiguing!

In this training, you will:

1. Understand what sensory processing difficulties might look like in the classroom situation and how to identify children who may be struggling with sensory issues
2. Develop an understanding of the three main subtypes of categorising children with sensory processing difficulties
3. Understand the difficulties experienced by children with individual sensory processing differences
4. Develop an understanding of how these difficulties may be viewed as negative behaviour rather than sensory driven behaviour
5. Brainstorm ideas for sensory strategies in class that they can implement the next day.

Bonus inclusions:

1. Video recording for view/listen on demand following webinar
2. Links to online resources mentioned in webinar
3. Copy of the Just Right Kids Self Regulation Model for use as a whole class approach to self regulation

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Sensory anxiety occurs when the sensory information in the environment is too much and it is beyond a child’s nervous system’s ability to cope. Our nervous system can create sensory memories which can act as triggers for anxiety in similar situations.

Watch this recorded webinar to:

1. Understand how the nervous system processes information when it feels too much for a child
2. Develop an understanding what children’s behaviour might look like when they are overwhelmed by sensory information, and how this can sometimes look like negative behaviour.
3. Understand the best sensory based strategies for decreasing anxiety
4. Understand how we can break down tasks and create sensory social stories for reducing anxiety
5. Understand how to use the Just Right Kids Model of Self Regulation to be able to tell you when they are feeling anxious, and for knowing what may help to support your child

Bonus Inclusions:

1. Video recording for view on demand
2. Links to online resources mentioned in workshop

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Webinar/ Training for Parents

Social anxiety is when a child wants to interact with and engage socially with others, but fails repeatedly in their attempts and/or they fail in achieving a desired level of interaction.

In this webinar, participants will:

1. Understand the complexity of basic day to day social interactions and how these can be anxiety provoking
2. Practice how to break down common social interactions into smaller steps
3. Understand the power of using visuals in creating social visual stories to fast track progress to reduce social anxiety
4. Develop strategies for practicing these social splinter skills with your child
5. Gain ideas for how to make social skills practice fun and fresh

Bonus inclusions:

1. Video recording for view on demand following webinar
2. Links to online resources mentioned in webinar
3. Sample social visual story you can use with your child

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