Name: Become a Feelings Detective® 6-week group course for children age 7- 9
Start: 2024-11-04T17:00:00+01:00
Location: The Hive at the Jim McDonald Centre

$Become a Feelings Detective\u00ae 6-week group course for children age 7- 9$

This unique and engaging curriculum is designed to help children aged 7-9 years old, learn how to N.A.M.E their feelings in healthy ways, standing for Notice, Accept, Manage, and Express. Delivered by the award-winning children's mental health service, Sunny Kids Shine Ltd, the program uses the Feelings Detective® method—a light-hearted and engaging approach to introduce children to the complex world of emotions, making BIG feelings child-size.
Through a range of interactive activities, practical resources and reflective activities, your children will learn how to become more attuned to their emotions and the feelings of others.
The curriculum:
Phase One - we start by getting to know the clues to our feelings and the feelings of others. Thinking about facial expressions, body language, and behaviours - building self-awareness, acceptance, and empathy.
Phase Two - through putting feelings into context, we consider why our feelings may have come to the surface. There are no good or bad feelings, but sometimes, the thoughts and behaviours we attach to our feelings can be helpful or unhelpful—making the feelings bigger or smaller. Through this session, we start to build healthy habits that will help us feel more in control and able to make healthy choices in the future.
Phase Three -is about understanding, making and maintaining healthy relationships and personal boundaries. We start to build independence through intrinsic motivation with the understanding that when we feel good on the inside, it shines on the outside. This session also covers how to effectively communicate our thoughts, feelings, wants, needs, and wishes, particularly during conflict.
Phase Four - is all about exploring our internal feelings volcano, building emotional self-regulation and impulse control.
Phase Five - builds nurturing qualities teaching children how to look after their own feelings and the feelings of others. This session builds on social skills, encouraging prosocial behaviours and kindness.
Phase Six - the importance of sharing our superpowers and shining our light. This session is all about bringing the elements of learning and building emotional intelligence together, helping children realise that our feelings are just as individual as we are. it's a real celebration of everything that we have learnt to date and all that we are.
Your instructor Jodie Smart founded Sunny Kids Shine® and the Feelings Detective® curriculum in 2018 using over a decade of experience, knowledge and understanding in children's Social, Emotional, and Mental Health (SEMH) development, needs and difficulties.
The Feelings Detective® program stands out for its preventative, educational, and interventional capabilities, successfully helping over 90% of its participants. It's therapeutically crafted to prepare children and families to face everyday challenges and manage emotional difficulties in healthy ways, with a continual focus on recognising and nurturing each child's unique emotional landscape.
Over the past two years, between 2021 and 2023, we have supported over 400 families through our one-to-one and group programs. Here are the statistics from Child and family feedback received during this period:
86% say it improved confidence and self-esteem.
91% say it improved their relationships with family and friends.
89% say it improved their learning and overall school life.
97% feel more comfortable talking about their feelings.
97% experience reduced BIG feelings, are calmer and happier.
95% rated the overall experience 4/5, with five being outstanding or above, and would recommend us to one of their friends.
98% of clients come to us through recommendation and referral.
Set your children up for success with a secure foundation to help them SHINE through school and beyond, equipped with an emotional toolbox to foster Self-awareness, Healthy habits, Independence, Nurturing qualities and Emotional intelligence.
For further information, please visit https://www.sunnykidsshine.com/feelings-detective or to secure your place today, please email, Jodie at [email protected].