Something bad happened : a kid's guide to coping with events in the news / Dawn Huebner ; illustrated by Kara McHale.

By: Huebner, Dawn.

Contributor(s): McHale, Kara [illustrator].

Publisher: London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2020Copyright date: 2020Description: 78 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781787750746.Subject(s): BAD NEWS

| CHILDREN

| FEAR

| ANXIETY

| COPING BEHAVIOUR

| EMOTIONS

| SAFETY

| JUVENILE LITERATURE

Contents:

Introduction for parents and caregivers -- 1. Something happened -- 2. Brains in high alert -- 3. Calming your brain -- 4. Gathering information -- 5. Location, location, location -- 6. Identifying helpers -- 7. Understanding likelihood -- 8. Dealing with feelings -- 9. Self-care -- 10. Healing the world.

Summary: "[This book] guides children ages 6 to 12 and the adults who care for them through tough conversations about serious world events, from environmental threates to human tragedies. Care is taken to use the non-specific "bad thing" throughout, helping parents retain control over whicih events to talk about, and how much information to provide. Written by child psychologist Dr Dawn Huebner "Something Bad Happened" normalizes fear, sadness and worry about "bad things" while teaching coping skills to help children preserve feelings of safety, optimism and strength." - BOOK JACKET

List(s) this item appears in: Anxiety and worry books for primary children. July 2023

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book	IHC Library	Main Collection	900.42 HUE (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		W0013006

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"[This book] guides children ages 6 to 12 and the adults who care for them through tough conversations about serious world events, from environmental threates to human tragedies. Care is taken to use the non-specific "bad thing" throughout, helping parents retain control over whicih events to talk about, and how much information to provide. Written by child psychologist Dr Dawn Huebner "Something Bad Happened" normalizes fear, sadness and worry about "bad things" while teaching coping skills to help children preserve feelings of safety, optimism and strength." - BOOK JACKET

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