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Calming Cat Worry Toy

SKU
SD10362
£34.49£28.74
Incl VAT £41.39
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Our mental health and wellbeing programme, helps children to talk about their feelings, thoughts and behaviours, as well as offering coping strategies.

Key Feature

  • Encourages children to discuss their worries and anxieties
  • Helps children to identify and talk about their feelings
  • Includes tummy pocket for holding comforting objects
  • Help to develop coping strategies
  • A weighted resource calming to hold
The engaging, huggable, tactile cat can help to facilitate conversations and can also be used as a worry aid. Contains over 140 coaching cards, giving insight, advice and activities to develop knowledge, skills and understanding. The appealing cat design has soft, soothing fur and a weighted body making it calming to hold. There is a tummy pocket that can be used for a personal comforting object or for a child to put a worry or concern.140 x coaching cards 1 x calming catThe openings at the side are great for little hands to cuddle the cat. Its multi-sensory materials will help keep children stimulated and calm. Perfect for younger children as a worry buddy for sharing feelings and worries. Can be used during an adult and child discussion as a comfortable communication medium for children. The calming cat worry toy is available to be purchased separately. Wipe clean with a damp cloth or antibacterial wipes.The different coloured coaching cards will help address a variety of feelings, as well as giving greater understanding of the physiological causes and effects of emotions: Green – Knowledge – About our bodies and how we respond, Blue – Skills – Effective strategies to add to a personal resources bank, Pink – Fun – Ensure children make time for fun on a regular basis, Yellow – Understanding – Stimulate thoughts and reflection about feelings and behaviours and Grey – Warnings – Reminders to recognise when worries might be starting to appear. Written by Paula Williams from Psychology 4 Learning. Paula is a Senior Educational Psychologist and teacher with more than 20 years’ experience of helping children.