Autorentext

Joe Harkness is a naturalist and SEND teacher from Norfolk, England, where he runs an autism base in a mainstream secondary school. In 2019, he wrote Bird Therapy (Unbound) which was longlisted for the Wainwright Prize the following year.

Klappentext

This book is a resource for those working with young people of secondary school age, providing a variety of indoor and outdoor lessons and activities to promote and embed emotional literacy. It will be a valuable resource for teachers, youth workers, and anyone looking to facilitate nature connection and introspection.

Inhalt

Introduction

• What is emotional literacy?

• Why emotional literacy?

• Why outside?

• How to use this book Section 1 Feelings and emotions

• What are feelings?

• Sonic sit-space

• Regulating emotions

• Counting birds

• Self-care and coping

• Design-a-duck

• What do we need?

• Natural colours

• Fear and phobias

• Counting bugs

• Anger

• Sensory sit-spot

• Happiness

• Gratitude scavenger hunt Section 2 Self and situation

• Self-awareness

• Texture bingo

• Identity

• Sense of place - street-work

• Conflict

• Our habitats

• Communication

• Mindfulness in nature bird sounds

• SWOT

• Signs of sustainability

• Respect

• Counting wildflowers

• Friendships

• Bling up a butterfly Section 3 Mental health and wellbeing

• Mental health

• Have-a-go-at-Haiku

• Poor mental health

• The A-Z of noticing nature

• Depression

• Nest building

• Anxiety

• Nature mandalas

• OCD

• Fashion a feather

• Stress

• Regulation - outdoors

• An active mind

• Nature calm jars Appendices