Tools and techniques for fostering respectful relationships

Posted: 18/11/2024

Over the past 30 years, Innovative Resources has created many card sets that explore the strengths, skills and personal qualities that build and foster healthy relationships. We’ve developed this 90-minute workshop as a deep-dive into some of these resources and how they can spark…

Card hacks for… ‘Tell a Trusted Adult’

Posted: 14/11/2024

An essential aspect of social and emotional learning is empowering children to stay safe. By teaching them to recognise their body signals or early warning signs, we can help them respond to challenging situations.  Tell a Trusted Adult is the perfect resource for supporting early…

Tools for supporting conversations within families

Posted: 09/09/2024

When it comes to communicating—whether as social workers, counsellors, mental health practitioners, educators, health workers or parents—some of the most challenging and life-altering conversations we face are the ones we have with families. When there’s so much at stake and so many relationships involved,…

Navigating transitions – tools and ideas for supporting children

Posted: 30/09/2022

Overview: Transitioning from one year to another, school to home, classroom to playground or within the playground, can be challenging. Children are expected to move from one activity to another, one setting to another and one relationship to another. For example, there can be…

Tools for building social & emotional literacy in the early years

Posted: 30/05/2019

In this highly-engaging workshop, delivered over four 90 minute sessions (or timed to suit), we explore diverse range of original resources developed especially for building social and emotional literacy in children. The resources are tools for generating change and strategies to encourage children to…