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Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust

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Northumberland Emotional Wellbeing Support Team (NEWST) :: Northumberland Emotional Wellbeing Support Team (NEWST) :: Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust

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The Northumberland Emotional Wellbeing Support Team (NEWST) is a partnership between Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS
Foundation Trust (CNTW) and Northumberland County Council (NCC).

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Northumberland Frontline - "Find local support fast"

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Northumberland Frontline - "Find local support fast"

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Frontline is a 'search engine' for support in Northumberland. Simply type in your postcode and see what support is near you.

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Five Ways to Wellbeing for Children and Young People

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Five Ways to Wellbeing for Children and Young People

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Five Ways to Wellbeing for Children and Young People – Transformation Partners

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Good Thinking has launched a new resource as part of its ’Five Ways to Wellbeing” series. Five ways to Wellbeing for Children and Young People has been developed in collaboration with Partnership for Young London, ensuring that that the needs and views of young people are closely integrated into the resource. It provides advice and guidance for young people on looking after their mental health and wellbeing by:

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Evidence suggests there are 5 steps you can take to improve your mental health and wellbeing. Trying these things could help you feel more positive and able to get the most out of life.
1. Connect with other people

Good relationships are important for your mental wellbeing. They can:

help you to build a sense of belonging and self-worth

give you an opportunity to share positive experiences

provide emotional support and allow you to support others

There are lots of things you could try to help build stronger and closer relationships:

2. Be physically active

Being active is not only great for your physical health and fitness. Evidence also shows it can also improve your mental wellbeing by:

raising your self-esteem

helping you to set goals or challenges and achieve them

causing chemical changes in your brain which can help to positively change your mood

Read about exercise guidelines and workouts to help improve your fitness and wellbeing

3. Learn new skills

Research shows that learning new skills can also improve your mental wellbeing by:

boosting self-confidence and raising self-esteem

helping you to build a sense of purpose

helping you to connect with others

Even if you feel like you do not have enough time, or you may not need to learn new things, there are lots of different ways to bring learning into your life.

Some of the things you could try include:

4. Give to others

Research suggests that acts of giving and kindness can help improve your mental wellbeing by:

creating positive feelings and a sense of reward

giving you a feeling of purpose and self-worth

helping you connect with other people

It could be small acts of kindness towards other people, or larger ones like volunteering in your local community.

Some examples of the things you could try include:

saying thank you to someone for something they have done for you

asking friends, family or colleagues how they are and really listening to their answer

spending time with friends or relatives who need support or company

offering to help someone you know with DIY or a work project

volunteering in your community, such as helping at a school, hospital or care home

5. Pay attention to the present moment (mindfulness)

Paying more attention to the present moment can improve your mental wellbeing. This includes your thoughts and feelings, your body and the world around you.

Some people call this awareness "mindfulness". Mindfulness can help you enjoy life more and understand yourself better. It can positively change the way you feel about life and how you approach challenges.

Read more about mindfulness, including steps you can take to be more mindful in your everyday life.

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Read about 5 steps you can take to improve your mental health and wellbeing.

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Adverse effects of physical punishment of children

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Welcome to Acorns We offer a range of services to support families affected by domestic abuse in North Tyneside and Northumberland Our work aims to: Improve physical and mental health and well-being Increase personal resources by building self-esteem, confidence and assertiveness Empower families to increase resilience and live safely and independently We do this by [...]

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Welcome to Beacon House

Beacon House is a specialist, innovative and creative therapeutic service for young people, families and adults. With a special interest in working with individuals of all ages who have experienced trauma and loss, we are passionate about offering safe and effective therapies in a way that enables people to re-build their lives following stress and adversity. We also take pride in supporting individuals and teams to develop their trauma informed practice through training, supervision and consultation.

Our Cuckfield Clinic periodically closes to new child and adult referrals to prevent long waiting times. Please do get in touch with us to find out if we have spaces currently.

We have some specific capacity for child and family referrals at our Chichester Clinic. Please do get in touch with us to find out if we are able to allocate your referral at this time.

Find out more about us

Our Services

How can Beacon House help you?

Educational Psychology

Get In Touch

Get in touch today to find out more.

We have clinics in Cuckfield and in Chichester.

Please note: We are not able to accept any walk-ins. All meetings are by appointment only. Office hours are: Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm.

To ask any questions, please contact us on admin@beaconhouse.org.uk

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Find out more about how Family Hubs Northumberland supports children and young people.

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Parenting Older Children Group (Family Hubs)

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Parenting Older Children Group (Family Hubs)

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Harbour Support Services - The Survivors Trust

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Description of agency: Harbour is a specialist domestic abuse charity and has worked for over 37 years to improve the lives of families living with domestic abuse. We are active across the North of England with services in County Durham, Hartlepool, Stockton, Redcar and Cleveland, Darlington, Northumberland and North Tyneside. Our services include 7 refuges, outreach, and children’s support, IDVAs, as well as group programmes, including for perpetrators of domestic violence.

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About Kinship

Kinship is the leading kinship care charity in England and Wales. We work with all kinship carers - the grandparents, siblings, aunts, uncles, and family friends - who are caring for children when their parents can't.

We want to make sure every kinship family is recognised, valued and gets the support they need.

Kinship Compass is here to help all kinship carers to get expert advice and information. And to support them to access emotional support through peer support groups and connecting with other kinship carers.

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Kinship Compass | Independent information hub for kinship carers

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Kinship is the leading kinship care charity in England and Wales. We work with all kinship carers - the grandparents, siblings, aunts, uncles, and family friends - who are caring for children when their parents can't. We want to make sure every kinship family is recognised, valued and gets the support they need.

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Mental health resources for refugees and asylum seekers

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Resources to assist refugees and asylum seekers with their mental health, including advice translated into other languages.

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A safe and anonymous place for young people to get help and support. The aim of this website is to prevent harmful sexual behaviours among young people.

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Autism Service Directory

Main information

We provide a range of very practical services for families affected by autism. You do not need to have a confirmed diagnosis of ASD to access services at TTHT. At The Toby Henderson Trust, we offer a specialist Autism Family Support Service for families to access support, information, resources and strategies. Along with this, we have a private multi-disciplinary assessment and diagnostic service for young people and adults. We also have our STAR sensory profiling service. We have our monthly social groups for young people which are our MATES Groups (Meet At Toby's And Engage Socially) where we have Mini Mates, Mates Juniors and Mates Seniors, depending on the young person's age. We also offer monthly Siblings Superstars sessions. We also run a range of Webinars and Support Groups for parents and families to access, on a range of topics such as; sleep support; toileting issues; using visual aids; parent emotional wellbeing; sensory issues and many more. Please visit our website for further information.

Eligibility

Age: For people of any age

Aimed at: Adolescent , Adult , Child , Parent/carer of a child, Partner

Registrations & Approaches

Specialisms: Exclusively autism specific

Contacts

You can contact us by phone email or post.

Inclusion in the Directory does not imply endorsement of a service by the National Autistic Society. Please read our full disclaimer for details.

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Regulation is the ability to adjust the arousal level to match the task and the environment. Levels of arousal fluctuate throughout the day and regulation adjusts accordingly.

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Your Voice is a great way to provide feedback and evaluation for NEWST Clinics and "Understanding Their Story" meetings.

Team/Ward code is NEWST

When completing Your Voice questions 1-5 where the question may say "care" please substitute this with "service" when thinking about your response in relation to NEWST. Thank you!

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Cambridgeshire County Council's video 'Why I am rude' - a poem about our perception of 'behaviour'.

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Phone: 0300 3030 700
Fax: 0300 30 30 900
Email: [email protected]
Opening hours: Monday-Thursday 8am-8pm, Friday 8am-5pm, Saturday 9am-1pm

Address: Unit 4, Telford Court, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 2DB

Please note, we offer appointments via telephone, video, and from across the county from a range of local venues.
If you are referring a patient, please use our Referral form for Professionals here and e-mail to us at: [email protected]
What we do:

NHS Northumberland Talking Therapies (formerly known as Talking Matters Northumberland) offers free psychological treatment for people aged 16 and over who have a GP in Northumberland. We offer one-to-one talking therapy for depression, anxiety, stress, and other mental health related problems. We also offer Couples Therapy for Depression.

1 in 4 people in the UK will experience a mental health problem each year. Our aim is to ensure people in Northumberland can get quick and easy access to personalised treatment to support their recovery and live life to the full.

Should you be experiencing emotional or mental health issues that affect your daily living, employment, or wider health needs then NHS Northumberland Talking Therapies will almost certainly benefit you.

We provide free psychological treatment, support, and recovery to anyone in Northumberland experiencing common difficulties such as:

Low mood and depression

Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD)

Stress

Panic attacks

Phobias

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Health Anxiety

Social anxiety Disorder (SAD)

Bereavement/loss

Work-related stress

Long-term health conditions (LTC)

Sleep problems

Relationships impacted by one or both partners having depression

The service is part of the national NHS Talking Therapies, for anxiety and depression programme. It is run in collaboration with Sunderland Counselling Service.

Treatment options:

We offer a range of Psychological Therapies or what some people refer to as 'Talking Therapies'. It has been shown that certain approaches work best for some problems more than others as evidenced by Nice Guidelines.

When you make a referral, you'll be offered the next available telephone appointment. You will be assessed over the phone by one of our Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners (PWPs) or Cognitive Behavioural Therapists. The appointment is likely to last between 30 to 45 minutes to talk about your challenges and difficulties and collaboratively work out what approach might best suit you at this time or whether another service is best placed to support you. There will be certain problems that could respond well to one or two types of therapy or support, the practitioner will work with you to decide which option is best based on your current needs.
Read about the different interventions we offer
Guided Self Help: these sessions are designed to help you access good quality information about the problems you are experiencing and learn skills to overcome these. You will have regular appointments with one of our PWPs who will guide you through interventions to work towards your goals.

Computerised Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (cCBT): an online, evidence-based programme, Silvercloud offering CBT-based modules that can be completed at your pace. You will be supported by a PWP to work through the programme identified for your needs and implement the skills to address your concerns.

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT): this is a time-limited talking therapy focused on how you feel right now. It can help you to understand how your thoughts feelings and actions may be linked to your problems and can help to identify the changes which could be made to improve your mood. You will be assisted by a Support Worker to develop your own treatment plan. You can read more about CBT .

Couple Therapy for Depression: Couples Therapy is a form of talking therapy where you can discuss your thoughts, feelings, and behaviours within your relationship. The sessions aim to help couples to understand how their relationship can impact their own or their partner's mental health. This enables people to make changes in their life so they can better manage their issues going forward, resulting in a more stable and harmonious relationship.

Counselling for Depression: Counselling is a talking therapy that provides you with the opportunity to discuss and explore your issues and feelings in a supportive and therapeutic environment. Counselling may involve talking about life events, emotions, relationships, and your ways of thinking. The aim of Counselling is not to give advice or opinions, but rather to help you understand yourself better and find your own solutions to cope with and address your current difficulties.

Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR): Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing, EMDR, is offered by High-Intensity Therapists or Highly Specialised Psychological Therapists and is a type of therapy used for individuals who have experienced a traumatic event. When a traumatic event occurs, it can overwhelm our thought processes leading to these events being processed incorrectly and stored as a highly distressing memory. EMDR aims to help reprocess these memories so they become less intense and reduce the negative effects they have on your life. Bilateral stimulation can take place via a number of methods including eye movements or tapping.

Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT): Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) is a time limited and structured psychotherapy for the treatment of depression. It looks at ways in which current difficulties in relationships contribute to psychological stress, and how psychological problems affect relationships. IPT primarily focuses on relationship problems and our sense of closeness to others and examines how symptoms of depression can impact our current relationships with others. IPT is designed to focus on relationship difficulties when you may be in a conflict with another person, you are having difficulty in starting or keeping relationships going, or if you are experiencing life changes that affect how you feel about yourself and others. IPT helps you to feel able to deal with your relationships, interact more effectively with others, and understand how relationship difficulties may have contributed to your current difficulties.

Virtual classes: NHS Northumberland Talking Therapies offers a range of educational classes on a rolling programme. Our classes are designed to provide individuals with a greater understanding of their current difficulties and learn helpful strategies to help manage and overcome your current issues. It is important you feel comfortable in our classes and although attending a class can be initially anxiety-provoking, contributing and sharing experiences can be helpful to learn tools to better cope with your current difficulties. You are also welcome to attend and just listen and learn if that best suits you.

Signposting: We have developed strong links with a range of organisations that provide services we do not offer, such as addiction or debt management.

Who is the service for?

If you are aged 16 & over, are registered with a Northumberland GP, and are experiencing a mental health difficulty that is affecting your daily living, employment, or health NHS Northumberland Talking Therapies may be of benefit to you.

How do I access the service?

You can self-refer to the service in a variety of ways but the easiest and most convenient is usually via our online referral form.

We appreciate that this might not be the most convenient method for you though, so you can also refer to us via telephone. We do aim to answer calls as quickly as we can but during busier times you might be diverted to our secure voicemail. Please leave us a message with your name, date of birth and a contact number and we will return your call from a withheld number. We will make 2 attempts to speak with you but if we are not able to reach you your referral will be closed and you will need to call us back

If you have any concerns about being able to make a referral online or through this call system, you can speak to your GP about them referring on your behalf.

You can also email us on [email protected].

Once your referral has been received, you will receive a text message acknowledging receipt of this (where we have consent to send you one). You will then be contacted for your first appointment which will be over the telephone. This telephone appointment will take approximately 30-45 minutes and will enable us to decide on the best way to help you with your difficulties.

If you are a professional referring on behalf of a client, please use our Professional Referral Form.

Prior to therapy sessions, this booklet is designed to give you information on services, activities and practices you can engage with.

Information for Professionals

Our aim is to ensure the people in Northumberland can get quick and easy access into personalised treatment to support their recovery and live life to the full.

At NHS Northumberland Talking Therapies we provide a range of talking therapies to help people with emotional, mental health and lifestyle needs. The service is free and paid for by NHS and open to anyone 16 years and over living in Northumberland. We offer a range of treatment options tailored to personal needs and circumstances, from psychoeducation to treating a range of anxiety, depression and sleep disorders, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Counselling for Depression, EMDR for treatment of PTSD and trauma, and Couple Therapy for Depression.

We offer a range of options from easy access telephone sessions, online therapy, face-to-face therapy and group work. We tailor treatment around the individual.

Services will be delivered locally including from GP Surgeries or other venues which are easily accessible by public transport or with parking facilities available.
Referral Process
Patients can be referred by yourself or can self-refer using our online referral form.

If you are referring a patient, please use our 'Referral form for Professionals' you can download a referral form here and e-mail to us at: [email protected]. Please be aware we will no longer be accept previous versions of the referral form.

Our fax number is: 0300 303 0900

Or you can simply write to us at: NHS Northumberland Talking Therapies, Unit 4 Telford Court, Morpeth, Northumberland NE61 2DB

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Phone: 0300 3030 700 Fax: 0300 30 30 900 Email: tmn.info@nhs.net Opening hours: Monday-Thursday 8am-8pm, Friday 8am-5pm, Saturday 9am-1pm Address: Unit 4, Telford Court, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 2DB Please note, we offer appointments via telephone, video, and from across the county from a range of local venues.

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Children’s Speech and Language Therapy : Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

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Children’s speech and language therapy :: Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

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Our speech and language therapy service can support children and young people from birth to 19 who have speech, language or communication needs or difficulties with eating, drinking or swallowing.

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Children’s Occupational Therapy: Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

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Children’s Occupational Therapy :: Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

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Our occupational therapists support children and young people who may experience difficulties carrying out and participating in activities of everyday life, for example their self-care, school work or play.

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Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Sensory Processing Service

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Children's Occupational Therapy Sensory Processing Service for children and young people living in Northumberland.

This service is delivered by Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and is based at Wansbeck General Hospital.

Our overall aim is to support parents, carers, education staff and other professional groups to understand how sensory processing can impact on daily life.

The service will provide information on how to modify activities and the environment to support participation in activities of daily life for children and young people with sensory processing challenges.

Our amazing senses

Our senses help us to perceive the world and to interact with other people. We have five external senses; these are known as vision, taste, touch, smell and hearing. We have a further three internal senses which are less well known. These internal senses are vestibular, proprioception and interoception.

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What is Sensory Processing?

For most children the development of their sensory processing occurs as part of our typical development and they learn to respond appropriately to sounds, smells, movement etc.

We all have some sensory processing differences. For example, some of us like very strong tastes and smells and others avoid them. As long as we can manage to take part in the things we want and need to do these sensory processing differences don't matter.

For some children their sensory development is delayed or disordered, and they struggle to take part in everyday childhood activities. For example, they are so distressed by noise they can't go to a friend's party or they hit out when someone brushes up against them as they experience it as painful.

Meet the team

The team consists of a Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist, Senior Occupational Therapist, and an Occupational Therapy Technical Instructor.

Sandra

Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist

Sandra graduated from Northumbria University as an Occupational Therapist in 2002. She has experience of working in acute physical and mental health settings before going on to specialise in Paediatrics in 2008.

She has completed further post graduate training in sensory processing and achieved a Master's degree in Developmental Disorders in 2018. Sandra has extensive experience of working with children and young people who have complex health and sensory needs and enjoys supporting individuals to achieve their full potential.

Karen

Occupational Therapy Technical Instructor

Karen started working for Northumbria Health Care in 2004. She has a wealth of experience in working in health care and recently transferred to Paediatrics as an Occupational Therapy Technical Instructor.

Her goal each day is to ensure she delivers high quality care to all the children and families with whom she works. Working in the Sensory Processing Service allows the opportunity to help children and families in the local area. She finds working in the sensory processing team very interesting and rewarding.

Who is this service for?

Children and young people who are experiencing day-to-day difficulties with processing sensory information can access Northumberland's Sensory Processing website for support, strategies, and information.

If additional support is required a referral can be made to the Occupational Therapy service where parents / carers will be offered an initial telephone consultation. Referrals to the service must be completed by an approved professional and meet the following service criteria:

The Service for any child or young person aged 0-18 years, or up to 19 years if still in full time education and living in Northumberland.

Registered with a Northumberland General Practitioner.

Parent/Carer consent has been obtained for the Referral.

Sensory Processing strategies have been trialled to help improve engagement in daily living activities but have not been fully successful and further support is required.

Sensory Processing challenges continue to have a significant and ongoing impact on mental health and/or physical wellbeing in relation to participating in daily living activities.

Children / young people who are receiving support from the Children and Young People's service (CYPS) who require sensory support may be redirected to CYPS to receive support around their sensory processing needs.

How to access?

Children, Young People and Parent/Carers can access sensory processing resource information and online workshops.

Northumberland Children's Occupational Therapy Service

Child Health Centre, Woodhorn Lane, Ashington, Northumberland, NE63 9JJ

01670 564050

Referral Form

To access a parent/carer telephone triage consultation a referral will need to be completed by an approved referrer into the service, such as:

Medical Staff - Paediatric Consultant or General Practitioner.

Health Professionals such as Physiotherapist, Occupational Therapist, Community Nurse, Health Visitor or School Nurse.

Social Worker

High Incidence Needs Team (HINT)

If you have any questions or queries, please do not hesitate to contact the department on 01670 564050.

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Support and information for parents and carers of children and young people who experience difficulties with processing sensory information.

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ESCAPE family support - a county-wide, community led response to drug and alcohol misuse in Northumberland.

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ESCAPE family support - a county-wide, community led response to drug and alcohol misuse in Northumberland.

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Al-teen meetings for 12-17 year olds affected by someone else's drinking

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Peace Out: Balloon - Guided meditation for children

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7-Minute Emotion Regulating Activity To Help Kids Calm Down! [with mindful breathing techniques]

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The 5-4-3-2-1 Method: A Grounding Exercise to Manage Anxiety

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5-Minute Meditation to Calm an Overthinking Mind

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