The Contented Child

SUPPORTING AND EMPOWERING THE ANXIOUS CHILD
2022-10-04 09:15 - 11:15 (Europe/London) | Thurnham Infant School, The Landway, Bearsted, Kent, ME14 4BL, United Kingdom
PARENTS OF THURNHAM CE INFANT SCHOOL ONLY
Anxiety is a thin stream of fears trickling through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained.’ Arthur Somers Roche The daily pressures on our children are increasing from targets and testing in the classroom to the rise of pressure advertising and social media. For many of our children the world, or certain aspects of it, is overwhelming, complex and scary. From separation and social anxiety to performance and health anxiety, an increasing number of children now benefit from direct support to manage their worries.
This workshop will introduce you to the current thinking around children’s anxiety and move onto exploring ways to support young people to manage their anxiety more effectively.
We will introduce you to visual resources and a toolbox of practical strategies that can be used within home and school. Your Trainer is Niki Green.

WHY DO I WORRY? - GUIDED ONLINE PARENT AND CHILD SESSIONS
2022-11-07 16:00 - 17:00 | Private Facebook Group
DUE TO DEMAND – I am currently fully booked for the immediate future so am going to be running online sessions for parent and child to access our popular Managing My Worries together. This also makes content available regardless of geography/location.
Based on our structured 6 week intervention to educate and empower. The content will build awareness in the child of themselves the anxiety cycle and role of the brain in driving anxiety physical indicators of rising anxiety and triggers an activity around control brainstorming worries (to build coping skills) How Big Is My Worry and a weekly calming strategy identifying individual strengths as well visual resources and tools to building coping and calming strategies building a ‘beating the worries’ plan As well as activities to raise self-esteem and develop brain healthy habits moving forward.
SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN AGE 6-11yrs
CONTENT GOING LIVE MONDAY 7 NOVEMBER AT 4PM
INFORMATION SEEK MAILED UPON BOOKING. RESOURCES MAILED BY 28 OCTOBER
Content will be delivered by Niki Green (in a private Facebook group) via Facebook lives, recorded sessions and resource making instructions.
Cost £55 (electronic resources included and personalised where appropriate) .

SUPPORTING YOUR CHILD'S EMOTIONAL REGULATION
2023-11-29 14:00 - 15:00 | Sandling Primary School
Are you the parent/carer of a child who struggles to regulate their emotions and is often misunderstood as a result? Or a child who keeps their emotions in check during the school day only to have a meltdown on coming home.
it is designed for parents of school aged children with difficulties tolerating and expressing their feelings, leading to outbursts and other displays of overwhelming emotion. Attendees will learn about emotional dysregulation in children and the role of biological (including brain development) and environmental factors.
Practical strategies and resources to support children in understanding and managing their emotions and resulting behaviours will be shared and discussed, as well as strategies for promoting your child’s wellbeing

SUPPORTING AND EMPOWERING YOUR ANXIOUS CHILD
2024-01-23 09:30 - 11:30 | St Johns CE Primary School, Provender Way, Grove Green, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 5TZ, United Kingdom
‘Anxiety is a thin stream of fears trickling through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained.’
Arthur Somers Roche
Since Covid 19 we have seen a dramatic rise in young people experiencing anxiety. The daily pressures on our children are increasing from targets and testing in the classroom to the rise of pressure advertising and social media. For many of our children the world, or certain aspects of it, is overwhelming, complex and scary. From separation and social anxiety to performance and health anxiety, an increasing number of children now benefit from direct support to manage their worries.
This workshop will introduce you to the current thinking around children’s anxiety and move onto exploring ways to support young people to manage their anxiety more. Strategy led and with a useful resource download we aim to help you support your child moving forward. Ticket price is per family.
PARENT REVIEW
‘I was amazed by how many parents are experiencing the same types of anxiety issues in our children, made you feel like you were not alone. I have searched the internet myself for solutions but Niki, the trainer gave us some great techniques and tools to try and recommended resources such as books, tools and exercises. Also useful is how Niki explained how anxiety affects the different parts of the brain and how this translates into my child’s brain, made me think of when I really see my daughter struggling with her anxiety.
Totally recommend, great value’

SUPPORTING AND EMPOWERING THE ANXIOUS CHILD
2024-01-26 09:00 - 11:00 | Sandling Primary School
OPEN TO FAMILIES OF SANDLING PRIMARY SCHOOL ONLY
‘Anxiety is a thin stream of fears trickling through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained.’
Arthur Somers Roche
Since Covid 19 we have seen a dramatic rise in young people experiencing anxiety. The daily pressures on our children are increasing from targets and testing in the classroom to the rise of pressure advertising and social media. For many of our children the world, or certain aspects of it, is overwhelming, complex and scary. From separation and social anxiety to performance and health anxiety, an increasing number of children now benefit from direct support to manage their worries.
This workshop will introduce you to the current thinking around children’s anxiety and move onto exploring ways to support young people to manage their anxiety more. Strategy led and with a useful resource pack forwarded after the event we aim to help you support your child moving forward.
PARENT REVIEW
‘I was amazed by how many parents are experiencing the same types of anxiety issues in our children, made you feel like you were not alone. I have searched the internet myself for solutions but Niki, the trainer gave us some great techniques and tools to try and recommended resources such as books, tools and exercises. Also useful is how Niki explained how anxiety affects the different parts of the brain and how this translates into my child’s brain, made me think of when I really see my daughter struggling with her anxiety.
Totally recommend, great value’

WHEN IT IS SCARY TO GO TO SCHOOL
2024-03-07 08:00 - 2025-03-08 17:00 | Facebook Group
WHEN IT IS SCARY TO GO TO SCHOOL – a series of recorded sessions with Niki of THE CONTENTED CHILD
COST £75 per family
This series of sessions is written for the child (and parent) who is showing anxious behaviours around attending school.
The aim will be to educate children around triggers in the school and home environment, an understanding of anxiety and the brain, the negative bias brain, physical feelings associated with anxiety and building a toolbox of coping and calming strategies. We shall also be introducing self-esteem building resources during the duration. There will be guided practical activities to consolidate the child’s understanding.
The recordings will be delivered weekly over a course of 6 weeks, one per week, commencing 8 April 2024. However, the recordings will remain live and parents/child can access in their own time and pace, although there will be weekly tasks to embed the content of the session.
There will also be educational posts and links, suitable for child and parent. We aim to equip parents as well as the child to manage the situation.
Initial resource packs and access arrangements for the private Facebook group will be sent out prior to 8 April 2024, or upon booking if after 8 April – parent/s will need access to a printer. Further resources will be uploaded to the group as files for downloading.
There will also be the opportunity for parents to ask questions and seek advice in the group or via email.
Niki has worked with many young people through the years with good impact and writes interventions which are delivered worldwide to educate children in emotional regulation.
IF YOU ARE A SCHOOL AND WOULD LIKE A FLYER FOR THIS EVENT, please contact niki@thecontentedchild.co.uk.

POSITIVE APPROACHES TO MANAGING BEHAVIOUR AT HOME
2024-06-21 09:00 - 11:00 | Sandling Primary School
What we sometimes see as a failure to behave properly, is actually a failure to communicate properly’
This workshop can help parents and carers in understanding and encouraging positive behaviour in their children whilst being able to maintain a strong relationship with the child. The workshop will educate around
What is and what drives behaviour
To understand the child’s needs and how to better manage emotions, both theirs and yours.
Effective discipline strategies
Managing behaviour in collaborative and positive ways
Family meeting and encouraging child autonomy
Consequences and the developing brain
Explore natural and logical consequences and the reasoning behind them
Setting limits and which behaviours to prioritise
Maintaining a strong relationship with your child whilst still enforcing boundaries
Looking after yourself as a parent
Parents will receive an electronic pack of resources to support the content delivered and to adopt strategies moving forward after the event.
Ticket cost is per family

TAKING CONTROL OF MY WORRIES
2024-10-10 08:00 - 2024-12-31 17:00 | Facebook
This series of sessions is written for the child (and parent) who is showing anxious behaviours.
The aim will be to educate children around triggers in the school and home environment, an understanding of anxiety and the brain, the negative bias brain, physical feelings associated with anxiety and building a toolbox of coping and calming strategies. We shall also be introducing self-esteem building resources during the duration. There will be guided practical activities to consolidate the child’s understanding.
The recordings will be delivered weekly over a course of 6 weeks, one per week, commencing 28 October 2024. However, the recordings will remain live for a period of one year and parents/child can access in their own time and pace, although there will be weekly tasks to embed the content of the session.
There will also be educational posts and links, suitable for child and parent. We aim to equip parents as well as the child to manage the situation.
Initial resource packs and access arrangements for the private Facebook group will be sent out prior to 28 October 2024 or upon booking if after this date – parent/s will need access to a printer. Further resources will be uploaded to the group as files for downloading.
There will also be the opportunity for parents to ask questions and seek advice in the group or via email.
Niki has worked with many young people through the years with good impact and writes interventions which are delivered worldwide to educate children in emotional regulation.

SUPPORTING YOUR CHILD'S BIG FEELINGS - GUIDED PARENT AND CHILD EMOTIONAL REGULATION SESSIONS
2025-05-25 13:00 - 2025-10-31 17:00 | Private Facebook Group
DUE TO DEMAND – I am once again running online sessions for parent and child to access our popular intervention together. This also makes content available regardless of geography/location.
Improved emotion regulation leads to benefits in all areas of a child’s life. Children who are able to regulate their emotions, pay more attention, work harder, and achieve more in school. They are better able to resolve conflicts with their peers and show lower levels of physiological stress. They are also better behaved — and more caring towards others.
Suitable for children and young people who struggle to manage their emotions appropriately, show after school restraint collapse, show physical behaviours towards others and have a negative mindset.
This 6 week guided online intervention (for parent and child) aims to
• raise awareness of self, including triggers
• educate about the anxiety/emotional cycle so as to recognise in oneself
• ascertain understanding of emotions (both in oneself and others)
• understand the changes in the brain before and during crisis (upstairs/downstairs brain)
• an understanding of the physical feelings during the overwhelm cycle
• educate around the optimal time to use strategies for calming
• develop a range of appropriate strategies for calming and finding solutions
• understand the consequences of choices (healthy/unhealthy) and develop the ability to reflect in order to learn healthier alternatives.
As well as a range of activities to raise self-esteem and develop brain healthy habits moving forward. The resulting information can inform assessment processes, be used to increase school awareness of the child. Additional resources will also be made available according to need. Email support is available.
Parents will be sent a parent information pack and checklists upon booking. Content will remain live until 31 October 2025 so parents can access to fit in with the family schedule.
SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN AGE 6-13 years.
GOING LIVE WEDNESDAY 18 June 2025. Attendees will be sent invitations to join the private Facebook group before 11 June 2025.
Content will be delivered by Niki Green (in a private Facebook group) via recorded sessions and resource making instructions. Parents will need access to a printer.
