My Book Full of Feelings: How to Control and React to the Size of Your Emotions [Spiral-bound]

Amy Jaffe and Luci Gardner (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 7, 2006

This highly engaging workbook is an ideal way to help teach children to identify, access the intensity of, and respond appropriately to their emotions. The book is fully interactive. By using a dry-erase marker, unique situations and solutions can be added and changed with a wipe of a paper towel, as the child masters a skill and grows. Also included is a Communication Pad for tracking and sharing information between home and school an important component of effective programming. The book is great for all children, including those with Asperger Syndrome and other autism spectrum disorders.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Both kid and grown-up friendly. The clear cut format can be used again and again. -- Teresa Cardon, MA and author

Both kid and grown-up friendly. The clear cut format can be used again and again. --Teresa Cardon, MA and author

Both kid and grown-up friendly. The clear cut format can be used again and again. -- Teresa Cardon, MA and author

Both kid and grown-up friendly. The clear cut format can be used again and again. --Teresa Cardon, MA and author

I Love this book! It encourages student practice across environments. -- Kari Dunn Buron, special ed teacher and author

I Love this book! It encourages student practice across environments. --Kari Dunn Buron, special ed teacher and author

This makes emotions and feelings accessible to those with AS and High Functioing Autism. -- Stephen Shore, author

This makes emotions and feelings accessible to those with AS and High Functioing Autism. --Stephen Shore, author

I Love this book! It encourages student practice across environments. -- Kari Dunn Buron, special ed teacher and author

I Love this book! It encourages student practice across environments. --Kari Dunn Buron, special ed teacher and author

This makes emotions and feelings accessible to those with AS and High Functioing Autism. --Stephen Shore, author

I Love this book! It encourages student practice across environments. --Kari Dunn Buron, special ed teacher and author

Both kid and grown-up friendly. The clear cut format can be used again and again. --Teresa Cardon, MA and author

About the Author

Amy V. Jaffe holds a master s degree in social work from New York University and is a certified school social worker and a Connecticut licensed independent social worker. For the past 10 years, she has served the West Hartford, Connecticut, school system as a specialist working with children with special needs. She also conducts workshops for teachers and consults on a wide range of childhood disorders. Her 30 years experience in the northeast, includes serving on the staff of a child guidance clinic where she supervised social work interns, and on the staff of family agencies, as well as conducting a private psychotherapy practice and consulting for other clinical social work and education professionals. She is a member of the national Association of Social Workers and of the Connecticut Clinical Social Work Society. Luci Gardner, a graphic designer, received her bachelor of fine arts degree from the University of Hartford and is head of Gardner Group, a West Hartford graphic design firm that has done special work on products for children, including educational games, toys and puzzles. In addition, her firm has developed card games, books, videos and puppets for a company that produces American Sign Language teaching materials for both the deaf and hearing communities. Although her graphic design experience includes commercial work for clients in a variety of industries such as insurance, financial and manufacturing she has been especially active with non-profit clients that serve children, such as schools, hospitals and state agencies.

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 60 pages
• Publisher: Autism Asperger Publishing Company (February 7, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1931282838
• ISBN-13: 978-1931282833
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 8.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #27,583 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #89 in Books > Parenting & Relationships > Special Needs

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great idea for helping understand both feelings and reactions., January 6, 2008

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3MzMom (Maryland, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: My Book Full of Feelings: How to Control and React to the Size of Your Emotions (Spiral-bound)

Great for using at home with kids up to elementary school. I gave it as a gift and it was extremely useful. Gives examples of what might be causing the feelings. Gives a standard language for both parents and children to be clear about which feeling is being discussed. The definitions of big, medium and small feelings with discussion of how to keep reactions at a similar level has been a lifesaver for us.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Review from Books That Heal Kids, March 24, 2010

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Books That Heal Kids "Roxanne" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: My Book Full of Feelings: How to Control and React to the Size of Your Emotions (Spiral-bound)

This book is for ALL children, not just those with Asperger Syndrome and other Autism Spectrum Disorders. I came across My Book Full of Feelings at my local bookstore and immediately saw it's potential in helping children at my school. This book uses colors for feelings, visualization, and a triangle that has three sizes of feelings - small, medium, and big. Make sure to read the How To Use This Book section. We tend to skip past those pages to get immediately to the 'goods' of the book. The author gives some really good suggestions on techniques to use with children while using the book. A lot of children struggle with identifying their feelings which can lead to an out of control response to a situation. This book has helped me be a better counselor. Your shelf needs a book like this if you work with children who are in need of controling their reactions and the size of their emotions.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My Book Full of Feelings: How to Control and React to the Size of Your Emotions, February 18, 2009

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Kimberly (Florida USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: My Book Full of Feelings: How to Control and React to the Size of Your Emotions (Spiral-bound)

For those that work with children, adolescents and their families, This book is a good one to have. Th kids I work with informed me that this is an awesome book and that they better understand their feelings.....