Gaining my Independence is a toolkit to help your children become more confident and independent.

This printable resource pack features 33 pages of journal prompts and activities designed to help increase your child's confidence and plan for their independence.

We introduce the topic of independence and separation anxiety very early on, with information on what it means to be independent and how this helps them learn and grow.

Our pack is all about helping your child learn to identify and manage their feelings. We do this by helping them realise what makes them the most upset/worried and where, and then helping them to develop some coping tools and techniques.

What’s in this toolkit:

• How separation anxiety makes you feel - We look at how separation anxiety can produce physical symptoms and encourage your child to explore ways this makes them feel.
• Explore worries and fears – This separation anxiety resource pack helps your children to identify their fears and worries when away from you and helps them to take some steps to limit these.

• Explore and track emotions - We provide a number of emotion scales in this pack, helping children to track their progress and identify their feelings through this process.
• Develop and learn life-long coping skills - You will also find many calming techniques, from our Coping Cards which you can cut out, to our mindful colouring sheets, breathing techniques and more.
• Confidence-boosting activities - Helping to build your child's confidence and self esteem can help them feel more confident to become independent. We provide a number of exercises to help them feel more confident and learn more about themselves.

We also provide planners and exercises that help your child to feel safe and happy wherever they are.

If you want to download this resource pack, all you need to do is sign up to the Be Happy Hub.