The Worrysaurus<br />Written by Rachel Bright<br />Illustrated by Chris Chatterton<br /><br />https://www.rachelbrightbooks.co.uk<br />https://www.chrischatterton.com<br /><br />We ALL can learn so much from this story!! More and more children are having anxiety and worry troubles, this book is a great prompt for children (and adults) to find and use coping strategies when the worry spiral begins. <br /><br />Teaching Ideas:<br />-Identification of emotions <br />-helpful vs not helpful thoughts<br />-labelling feelings vs labelling what is actually occurring<br />-identification of internal events <br />-identification of actions<br />-cause and effect <br />-generalization for identification of common items (lots of drawn pictures early in the story)<br />-Receptive identification (touch/find) of butterfly could be targeted on each page!! <br />-Receptive identification of colours (especially on the last page!!)<br />-Writing prompts: what would you keep in your tin of happy things? What is something that can make you worried? What could you do for a friend that felt worried? <br /><br />#autism #neurodiversity #individuality #different #socialskills #aba #iep #specialeducation #goals #growth #animals #manners #children #childrensbooks #education #inclusion #primaryschool #reading #emotions #counselling #inclusion #learning