Therapy Tools

104 Activities that Build: Self-esteem, Teamwork, Communication, Anger Management, Self-Discovery, and Coping Skills A. Jones Teaching and learning by playing games? Just open this book and find out how games and learning go hand in hand. It tells you how games can be used to modify behaviour, increase interaction with others, start.....read more

AD/HD Success! Solutions for Boosting Self-Esteem: The Diary Method for Ages 7-17 Kerin Bellak-Adams In AD/HD SUCCESS! Solutions for Boosting Self-Esteem, AD/HD expert Kerin Bellak-Adams (daugter of Leopold Bellak) presents a unique and practical method for working with children and adolescents who need to overcome some of the challenges that.....read more

Anger Control Game B. Berg, Ph.D  Anger Control Game This useful board game teaches children the skills they need for effective anger control. It is particularly helpful in treating conduct-disorder children or those with temper control problems. Based on cognitive-behavioural principles, the game focuses on six skills related to anger.....read more

Anger Control Training Emma Williams & Rebecca Barlow Designed for psychologists, O.T,’s, psychiatric nurses, social workers, and teachers, this comprehensive program uses a cognitive-behavioural approach to help adolescents and adults change their thoughts, feelings, and behaviour. The program contains three volumes with leader’s guides,.....read more

Autism Interventions: Exploring the Spectrum of Autism–Second Edition   Autism Interventions provides the most current assessment and intervention techniques, based on best practice and up-to-date research, for children on the Autism Spectrum. This practical and valuable tool offers holistic, dynamic, and effective intervention strategies and.....read more

Bird and the Buttons L.S. Subotnik The seven stories in this book address various problems that children may experience – being abandoned by a parent, the loss of a sibling, parental divorce, social isolation, adoption in middle childhood, and low self-esteem. Each story uses a metaphor the help the child find new ways of dealing with his or.....read more

Bullying Game B. Berg, Ph.D. Here is an intervention program for all three roles in the bullying cycle: the victim, the bully, and the bystander. Addressing a variety of issues, game cards help all participants understand the reasons for and consequences of their characteristic behaviours. The game particularly emphasizes bullies’ motivations.....read more

Changing Family Game B. Berg, Ph.D. This engaging board game gives therapists a convenient and very focused way to address the needs of children affected by divorce. Using principles of cognitive restructuring and behaviour rehearsal, it helps children develop more realistic and adaptive attitudes about their parents’ divorce. Specifically, it.....read more

Conduct Management Game B. Berg, Ph.D. This game helps reduce conduct problems and oppositional behaviour in children and adolescents. As they move around the game board, players learn how to evaluate hostile intent, how to reinforce appropriate behaviour, how to use self-statements and problem-solving skills to control inappropriate behaviour,.....read more

Distressed or Deliberately Defiant? Managing challenging student behaviour due to trauma and disorganised attachment Dr Judith Howard QUT Table of Contents INTRODUCTION CHAPTER ONE: MANAGING BEHAVIOUR IN SCHOOLS What we believe about managing these students' behaviour? How these students present at.....read more

Drugs and Alcohol Game B. Berg, Ph.D. Finally, a realistic tool for teaching kids the skills to both recognize and counter the myriad pressures to use drugs and alcohol. Acknowledging that certain attitudes and emotions – not just peer pressure – usually underlie the decision to use drugs and alcohol, the game addresses the complex.....read more

Early Childhood Parenting Skills (ECPS) R. R. Abidin, EdD This modular program is designed to teach parents the skills that are recognized as key to successful parenting: developing a positive relationship, communication, discipline, managing emotions, and developing appropriate structure. Program Manual for the Mental Health Professional The.....read more

Exploring My Self-Esteem Arley Loeffler, LCSW This non-threatening game draws on each child’s experience and emotions, revealing for the therapist how children see themselves and how they typically deal with their feelings. Sentence completion cards deal directly with self-esteem issues, while other game elements elicit clinical information.....read more

Exploring My World Game Arley Loeffner, LCSW This appealing game draws out material about children’s experiences, feelings, and perceptions. Sentence completion cards provide opportunities for players to discuss family relationships, peer relationships, school, wishes, and fantasies. Other game elements elicit clinical information through.....read more

Facilitating Articulation and Competence of Emotions (FACE) L. Lotter FACE is a unique product that consists of 44 visualised emotions. These emotion-faces cards are an excellent tool in facilitating conversation about emotions. The product creates a consciousness of emotions and help people to identify emotions within their lives. It includes.....read more

Feeling Good Crystal Barber Sometimes we need a little help to feel good about ourselves, whether it’s a compliment from a friend or a kindly gesture from a neighbour. And now there’s another source of help: All you have to do is play the Feeling Good Game. “Feeling Cards” get players thinking positive thoughts and recognizing what.....read more

Feelings Game B. Berg, Ph.D. This game helps children and adolescents gain greater control over their emotions. It teaches them to: Identify and label feelings Differentiate levels of feeling Recognize that thoughts, not circum stances, cause feelings Identify the cognitive errors related to negative feelings Replace.....read more

Good Mourning Game Nicholas J. Bisenius, Ph.D. & Michele Norris, M.S.W. An enchanting game board is the centrepiece of this wonderful therapy tool. It creates a magical yet peaceful environment where children who’ve suffered a loss can resolve their grief. The board illustrates nature’s basic cycle, which, like the grief cycle, moves from.....read more

Is Death forever, Mommy?/ Is Dood vir altyd, Mamma?Ilze Neethling This interactive booklet for children originated from a need for available resources for supporting the therapeutic process and has already been successfully used with numerous children. Since the content is presented in a very down-to-earth manner and provides basic guidelines in.....read more

Let’s Talk Colouring Books J. Mundy, Ph.D. This series of four colouring books makes it easier to interview and treat troubled children. Especially helpful in dealing with difficult subjects such as child sexual abuse, these appealing colourings encourage expression – without leading the child. They address four different aspects of the.....read more