Psychologists, social workers, teachers, student welfare coordinators, chaplains and counsellors: here is a product perfect for identifying, naming and celebrating inherent strengths, qualities and abilities. Using vibrant illustration and gentle humour, this clever but simple card set is a strengths-based resource designed specifically for primary school aged children with the intention of nurturing emotional intelligence and self-esteem.
40 hard-wearing, laminated, full colour cards, 210 x 150mm, polypropylene box, 24 page booklet packed full of great ideas for using the cards.
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Tags: aspergers and autism, children, emotional intelligence, family, group work, parents, positive psychology, psychology, schools, social work, speech therapy, storying, teachers, team-building
I love the resources and so does my three-year-old.
We have decided to choose a card from Strength Cards for Kids each week and to focus on that strength. We have just chosen ‘I can have good manners’. We seem to talk all day about what it means to have good manners. My three-year-old wears the sticker on his shirt each day and tends to tell everyone he sees that he has good manners.
We put the larger card on the fridge to look at each day also. I had intended to use the cards with my clients and my son has taken them over. It’s great. We are having a lot of fun with the cards and learning/gaining self-esteem.
Holly, Wilmington, USA
I use St Luke’s cards and stickers quite a lot in my work as a school counsellor. My poor pack of Strengths Card for Kids is falling apart from overuse!
Perhaps my most creative use of St Luke’s resources to create conversations with kids was to stick The Bears stickers onto smaller cards to make a set that were easier to fit on a table. We played snap with the cards, snapping to grab the pile when there were two feelings that were alike.
I also found that the smaller sticker cards were easier for kids to hold and cluster to represent individuals within their family, or to talk about feelings that were experienced in the past week.
Jacquie Drohan Counsellor St Clare’s College Griffith ACT