Coping Skills
Janine Halloran
Coping Skills Practice: Distraction

Exploring different coping strategies helps us expand our child’s toolkit of strategies that work. But sometimes, it’s a challenge to get kids to try new skills. In this summer series, Janine tries to make it easier by walking you through six different strategies which she invites you to try with your child. Practice each one a few times to see if it’s a strategy that your child likes, and if they want to add it into their coping skills toolkit.

In today’s episode…

Coping Skills
Janine Halloran
Coping Skills Practice: Relaxation

Exploring different coping strategies helps us expand our child’s toolkit of strategies that work. But sometimes, it’s a challenge to get kids to try new skills. In this summer series, Janine tries to make it easier by walking you through six different strategies which she invites you to try with your child. Practice each one a few times to see if it’s a strategy that your child likes, and if they want to add it into their coping skills toolkit.

In today’s episode…

Coping Skills
Janine Halloran
Coping Skills Practice: Deep Breathing

Using different breathing techniques can be such a useful tool to have ready in our tool kits to use with our children or even ourselves. In this year's summer series, Janine introduces us to a selection of different breathing techniques which she invites you to have a go, practice and see which style works best for you and your child. 

In today’s episode, Janine…

Coping Skills
Janine Halloran
Adult Coping Skills: Mental Health Strategies ...

We talk so much about the kids but what coping skills do you use as the parent or the professional who works with kids? This episode is specially for the grown ups! 

In this episode Janine speaks about :

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Janine Halloran
Practical Executive Function Strategies: An ...

The brain has to learn really specific skills when a child is little, like learning to pack a bag, organize themselves, tidy their room, personal hygiene, learning how to get a task done as well as learning how to finish a task too. These are all such key skills and are often learnt as a child goes through life and education and learning them well will make life easier!

In this episode Carrie and Janine discuss:

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