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Aberdeenshire Educational Psychology Service have developed a selection of resources which cover a wide range of topics including: promoting emotional development, promoting thinking skills, and helping children to develop resilience. In order to view each leaflet, please click on the titles below. Each leaflet contains embedded hyperlinks to video clips , websites and a section with further information and resources.
Supporting Emotions
Supporting Emotions
Understand why these approaches matter and realise how to feel calmer and approach life in a more relaxed manner.
The ability to monitor, control and manage our own behaviour is a strong predictor of academic success. Find out what you can do to help children with regulating their feelings and behaviours.
Discover ways to help children understand their emotions and manage them more effectively.
Learn how anxiety affects our thinking and behaviours and what we can do to support children and young people as they deal with this challenging emotion.
Understanding and Responding to Anger
Understanding and Responding to Anger
we all get angry at times, learn more about what lies beneath anger and the strategies which are helpful.
Supporting Development and Learning
Supporting Development and Learning
Learn about how powerful adult behaviour is in shaping children and the things you can do to be a positive influence.
Find out what you can do to support and develop your child’s learning including good questions to ask, information on mediated learning and the zone of proximal development.
Thinking Skills
Thinking Skills
Learn about different thinking skills, discover helpful questions to ask children, and what you can do to encourage them to develop stronger cognition.
School Transitions
School Transitions
Discover the five things which babies need in order to support their brain development and just how social babies are from birth.
Find out what leads to happiness, help develop positive mindset and an ability to bounce back (resilience).
Understand why sleep matters, what helps to develop healthy sleep habits and the things to avoid.
Find out about the remarkable way the brain grows in childhood and discover ways to support child development during this time.
Discover the changes which take place within the teenage brain, tips for supporting and communicating with teens and ways to help them take care of their developing brains.
How we view our own intelligence shapes our learning and success, see how to foster a growth mindset and help children to flourish.
Mental health and wellbeing has such an impact on our ability to function in our daily lives and it is important that we take time to nurture it. Find out what you can do to support positive wellbeing in children with this leaflet.
Parents/carers have a key role in supporting teens to understand how to make changes to help them feel more positive, find out about the NHS 5 ways model, tips for talking to teens about mental health, developing confidence, managing social media and worries.
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