Autism, Special Education, Speech Therapy, Social Emotional Learning Includes: Neuro-inclusive social story about different communication styles: Explains different communication styles and how to interact with them.Designed to help children understand and identify direct and indirect communication. Direct and Indirect Communication Flashcards Activity suggestions: Discuss these phrases with your child and ask them if they think they are direct or indirect. You can use these to play bingo, snap or a memory game.

Teaches children emotions through stories & activities designed for Gestalt Language Processors and visual learners. Social Emotional Learning, Gestalt language, SEL, ASD, Special Education, neurodiversity-affirming, neuro-inclusive, Early Intervention, Autism, Speech Therapy, Kindergarten. Emer is a neurodivergent elephant with** sensory sensitivities** who changes color depending on her emotions. She focuses on teaching children the basic emotions of happy, sad, angry and scared, how to** identify these emotions **in themselves/others and how to manage their emotions. As autistic children tend to learn best with visuals, Emer has been designed to provide children with a clear image of each emotion. The colors help children who struggle with** identifying expressions and body language** to connect Emer’s movements and facial expressions with the relevant emotion. The stories are also designed using Gestalt Language techniques, simple language, repeated phrases, visuals and colors to make the stories easy for children with** language and communication difficulties** to access and understand. The information in this stories is then repeated in the other stories to help children to consolidate it. Children can find emotions very difficult to learn and often find learning the whole range of emotions and complex emotions overwhelming, because of this it is important to first build a strong base by focusing on these key emotions. Includes: Four stories - Happy, sad, angry and scared. (Both in PowerPoint and pdf format so they can be used as a presentation or printed off and used as a book.) The Emotional Regulation Resources provide you with materials for helping children identify their emotions, communicate and regulate them. 1 ‘Today I am Feeling’ Chart 3 ‘How can you feel better’ Worksheets - angry, sad, scared. 3 Individual Feelings Scales - angry, sad scared - allows children to focus on regulating one feeling at a time. 4 Lollipop Stick Elephants - covers all four emotions. Once made can be used for drama and learning through play. Triangle Regulation Chart - focuses on trying to feel better. 5 ‘How do you feel’ Circle Chart - 4 charts + make Emer and me template. Emotions Word Cards - happy, sad, angry and scared. 3 Individual Feelings Scales Guidance on how to use Better Bag for regulation. 11 pages Resources Guide