
Sometimes When I'm Sad
Deborah Serani(Author)
Free Spirit Publishing Inc.,U.S.
Published on 27. April 2020
Book
Hardback
40 pages
978-1-63198-382-5 (ISBN)
Description
A sensitive and supportive story to help young children recognize and cope with sadness.
"Now when I get sad, I still cry sometimes. I still hide sometimes. But only for a little while. Because now I know ways to feel better." Sadness can be an overwhelming emotion, especially for young children. But it's important to know when sadness can be overcome, and when it's indicative of a greater problem.
Sometimes When I'm Sad is an invaluable self-help resource that helps children identify sadness or depression and offers helpful ways to manage it, such as:
Talk about it with a parent or a trusted adult or counselor
Draw the sadness with crayons
Release tension by squishing clay
Run and jump around outside
Observe nature
The word depression is never used in the gentle, child-focused text, but this simple story offers an entrance point for both adults and children to identify and address childhood depression symptoms early.
This timely resource is a wonderfully gentle way to take steps toward banishing the stigma around mental illness. A special section at the back of the book provides support for adults, from an explanation of the difference between sadness and depression to helpful tools to manage the illness. Especially useful for counselors, social workers, teachers, parents, and any other adults caring for children who struggle with dark feelings.
Sometimes When Collection
With quiet, sensitive illustrations, the Sometimes When collection helps young children work through big feelings, such as sadness and anger. The stories are accessible to children and grounded in research from an author with over thirty years of experience as a clinical psychologist. A special section at the back of each book provides more information and activities to help young children work through their feelings.
"Now when I get sad, I still cry sometimes. I still hide sometimes. But only for a little while. Because now I know ways to feel better." Sadness can be an overwhelming emotion, especially for young children. But it's important to know when sadness can be overcome, and when it's indicative of a greater problem.
Sometimes When I'm Sad is an invaluable self-help resource that helps children identify sadness or depression and offers helpful ways to manage it, such as:
Talk about it with a parent or a trusted adult or counselor
Draw the sadness with crayons
Release tension by squishing clay
Run and jump around outside
Observe nature
The word depression is never used in the gentle, child-focused text, but this simple story offers an entrance point for both adults and children to identify and address childhood depression symptoms early.
This timely resource is a wonderfully gentle way to take steps toward banishing the stigma around mental illness. A special section at the back of the book provides support for adults, from an explanation of the difference between sadness and depression to helpful tools to manage the illness. Especially useful for counselors, social workers, teachers, parents, and any other adults caring for children who struggle with dark feelings.
Sometimes When Collection
With quiet, sensitive illustrations, the Sometimes When collection helps young children work through big feelings, such as sadness and anger. The stories are accessible to children and grounded in research from an author with over thirty years of experience as a clinical psychologist. A special section at the back of each book provides more information and activities to help young children work through their feelings.
Reviews / Votes
"What a delightful book! Identifying how you feel is the first positive pillar parents can teach their children, empowering them whilst giving the tender nurturing they need to feel mentally and emotionally well again." -- Jo Frost, global parenting expert and family consultant, executive producer of the award-winning international television show Supernanny "This unique children's book is one of the first I have seen to provide an accurate and understandable description of how clinical-level sadness might be experienced by a young child. It also describes useful age-appropriate emotion management strategies that can be implemented at home. The book will be a valuable resource for parents and children as they seek to better understand how to help children experience and manage intense sadness" -- Joan Luby, M.D., professor of psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis "Highly recommended." * Readers' Favorite * "Deborah Serani's clear-cut, holistic picture book Sometimes When I'm Sad introduces childhood depression and coping strategies with helpful tips for caregivers."* Foreword Reviews *
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Teacher Created Materials, Inc
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: From Preschool to Third Grade, Interest Age: From 4 to 8 years
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
full-color
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 211 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
363 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-63198-382-5 (9781631983825)
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Deborah Serani
Sometimes When I'm Sad
E-Book
12/2020
Free Spirit Publishing Inc.,U.S.
€19.49
Available for download
Persons
Deborah Serani, Psy.D.,?is an award-winning author of the Sometimes When collection and numerous titles for adults, and has been a psychologist in practice for thirty years. She is also a professor at Adelphi University, and her writing on the subjects of depression and trauma has been published in academic journals. Dr. Serani is a go-to expert for psychological issues. Her interviews can be found in?Newsday,?Psychology Today,?The Chicago Tribune,?The New York Times,?The Associated Press, and affiliate radio programs at CBS and NPR, among others. She is also a TEDx speaker and has worked as a technical advisor for the NBC television show?Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. She lives on Long Island, New York.
Kyra Teis is a children's book author-illustrator, a graphic novelist, and an avid sewer of costumes and clothing.
She works in a cozy studio in central New York, which is crammed full of books and fabrics from all over the world. When she's not making art, you can find her and her husband cheering wildly at their two daughters' soccer games and musical theater productions.
Kyra Teis is a children's book author-illustrator, a graphic novelist, and an avid sewer of costumes and clothing.
She works in a cozy studio in central New York, which is crammed full of books and fabrics from all over the world. When she's not making art, you can find her and her husband cheering wildly at their two daughters' soccer games and musical theater productions.