Life Journey Work Resources
There are so many ways to support your child with understanding and exploring their life story. This section provides tools, activities, ideas and information to support you in answering your child's questions, supporting your child with their emotions that come from exploring their life story and helping them to make sense of potentially difficult information.
Life story examples and ideas
Explore practical examples and activities to help your child understand and explore their life story. These resources include family trees, life journey timelines, and example life stories. Alongside ideas to support conversations about family, relationships and early experiences.
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Support with emotions
Understanding and expressing emotions can be an important part of Life Journey Work. Children may need support to recognise, name and communicate their feelings, as well as develop strategies that help them feel calm and safe. These resources provide practical tools to support emotional awareness and regulation, including feelings charts and cards, calming activities, recommended story books and resources to help children understand what is happening in their bodies and with their emotions.
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Therapeutic creative stories library
Explore a collection of creative stories designed to help children explore feelings, relationships, change and transitions. These gentle, engaging stories can provide opportunities to talk about experiences, make sense of difficult feelings and support children through times of change.
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Other Useful Resources
Explore a selection of additional resources to support adopters and children at different stages of their life journey. This collection includes recommended books and films, guidance on children’s understanding of time, and resources to help children talk about their experiences and feelings.
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