Exploring Feelings: Anxiety Training Manual

Helen McConachie is the co-author of Disabled Children and Developing Countries: Clinics in Developmental Medicine and author of Parents and Young Mentally Handicapped Children: A Review of Research Issues.Tony Attwood is a practicing clinical psychologist who specialises in the field of Asperger's Syndrome. For the last 25 years he has met and worked with several hundred individuals with this syndrome, ranging widely in age, ability and background.

• Exploring FeelingsI. Background and Introduction to Exploring FeelingsII. Setting Up a GroupIII. Possible Adaptations to the core ProgramIV. Different Settings For Groups Apendix 1 Final CBT ChecklistApendix 2 Social Story Explaining the Exploring Feelings Group Apendix 3 Checklist of items needed to run the Exploring Feelings group Apendix 4 Session 1 Handout - Being HappyApendix 5 Session 2 Handout - What does our body look like when we feel anxious Apendix 6 Session 3 Handout - Social tools to fix the feeling of anxietyApendix 7 Session 4 Handout - Anxious situations Apendix 8 Session 5 Handout - Social StoriesApendix 9 Session 6 Handout - Relaxation Scripts; Anxiety and Anger Management