Resources

Twinkl Educational Resources

• I am Daniel - Autism Awareness blog

• New Zealand First Week of School Resource Pack

• Editable Multicolored Patterned Labels

• Visual Timetable Flashcards English / Te Reo Māori

• Our Class Treaty - Editable Poster

• Today's Day and Date in Te Reo Māori - Daily Wall Calendar

• Colour Wheel and New Zealand Curriculum Levels Reference Chart Display Poster

• Getting to Know You Bingo

• Icebreaker Game: Me Too!

• Mindfulness Name Colouring Editable Bookmarks

• New Zealand Taster Resource Pack

• NZ Kowhaiwhai Patterns Editable Drawer, Peg, Name Labels

• Editable Multicoloured Classroom Gratnell Tray Labels

• Balloon Themed Birthday Display Pack Te Reo Māori/English

• NZ Teachers' Start of Year Checklist

• Getting to Know You Activities - Back to School Icebreakers

• All Free Resources

• Covid Support Materials

• My Summer, Your Summer ebook

• Mathematics Blog​

The Wisdom of Trauma  

• Watch the Movie Here Ft. Dr Gabor Mate (Available to watch by donation, yet nobody will be denied access for lack of funds)

• The Art of Life Movie (Free to watch on YouTube)

Safe Hands Thinking Minds

• Trauma Inducing and Trauma Reducing Health and Medical Experiences - Dr Karen Treisman

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Self-Care Planning for Children and Youth

• Self-care - Primary Pack

• Self-care - Secondary Pack

Stories/Books for Kids

• RNZ - The Best of Story Time (the latest and greatest children's stories and songs from NZ)

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TVNZ

•  Goodnight Kiwi

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Storyline Online

• Storyline (children's books being read aloud by well-known Hollywood actors)

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Maths

• Fun Brain

• Kids Math Games

• Mathscore

• Arcademic

• The Maths Factor

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Languages

• Kupu

• Te Whanake

• Maori Dictionary

• BBC

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Arts, Crafts & Activities

• 50 Easy Crafts

• DOC

• Doodling

• How to Draw Flowers

• K-Zone - Free Activity Book

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History

• RNZ's The Aotearoa History Show

• National Geographic Kids

• Museums and Art Galleries

• Te Papa

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Movement and Mindfulness

• Kidz Bop

• Go Noodle (movement and mindfulness videos)

• Cosmic Kids (yoga, mindfulness and relaxation designed for kids)

• Daily Meditations for Kids

• Kapa Haka for children (Matua Whaitiri Poutawa)

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Working With Kids

• Kids Central Toolkit

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Couples

Therapist Aid

• Love Languages (Downloadable Worksheet)

• Soft Start-ups: Communication Skill (Downloadable Worksheet)

Crisis Management

Emotion Regulation Skills

• Steps to regulation (Equine Psychotherapy)

• TIPP (DBT) 

• STOP (DBT)

Healthline

• Mood and Food: What's the Link?

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Blueprint for Learning

• Maintain your wellbeing during Covid-19 (video)

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John Briere

• Suggestions for providing non-clinical peer support and debriefing to frontline healthcare providers and other personnel working with COVID-19 patients

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International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies

• Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Toolkit for Emotional Coping for Healthcare Staff

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Mental Health Online

• A Practical Guide to Video Mental Health Consultation

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American Psychological Association

• Telepsychology Practice: Primer and First Steps

• The Effectiveness of Child Parent Relationship Therapy in an Online Format

• The Impact of Professional Isolation on Teleworker Job Performance and Turnover Intentions

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Delphi Centre

• Free COVID-19 Resources

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Guilford Press

• Free Online Resources

• Guilford Journals

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Health Navigator

• COVID-19 – care package

• COVID-19 – caring for kids

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New Horizons Breakthrough

• COVID-19 Counselling Resources

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Wanaka Health Bridge 

• Early Action Plan (Poster) 

• Faster Recovery Guide

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Psychotherapy Net

• Coping with COVID-19

• Play Therapy and the Pandemic: “We Can Still Have Fun”

• Moving Your Practice Online During the Coronavirus Crisis

• Working with Trauma During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Driven

• How to be Resilient During a Pandemic - Focus on Composure

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NZ Family Violence Clearinghouse

• Preventing and responding to family, whānau and sexual violence during COVID-19

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Business with Soul

• Live Meditations

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Goodfellow Unit

• Discussing coronavirus with children (Podcast)

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Te Pou

•  New ways of working in response to COVID-19

Meditation

•  Connect with Loving-Kindness

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Mindful.org

• A Gentle Practice for Opening Up to Painful Emotions (9mins guided meditation)

• Meditate at Your Desk
   

Mindful Magazine

• Get started with mindfulness

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Window of Tolerance

• A Simple Tool for Emotional Regulation

• Window of Tolerance Animation By Beacon House

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Psychotherapy Academy

• Online Psychotherapy Training in Evidence-Based Modalities

American Psychological Association

• Treating co-occurring substance use and psychological disorders (video)

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How love, happiness, and gratitude are related

• The research on gratitude and it's link with love and happiness

• 41+ gratitude messages, letters and lists

• 14 health benefits of practicing gratitude according to science

• What is loving-kindness meditation? (incl. 4 scripts)

• 7 gratitude questionnaires and scales that scientists use

Learned Optimism

• Learned Optimism: Is Martin Seligman’s Glass Half Full?

• 11 Mindset Activities and Tests Designed to Nurture Growth

• 11 Optimism Tools, Examples and Exercises to Help Improve Your Outlook

• Growth Mindset vs. Fixed + Key Takeaways From Dweck’s Book

• What is the Life Orientation Test and How To Use It? (LOT-R)

Psychology Tools

• Guide to critical illness, intensive care, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

• Mindfulness audio collection

• How to use your CBT skills to conceptualize relationship and interpersonal problems

• Reciprocal CBT formulation

• Interpersonal beliefs and styles

• Using Behavioral Activation to overcome depression

• Understanding Perfectionism

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Psychotherapy.net

• Confusion of Tongues

• Blog

• The Legacy of Unresolved Loss: A Family Systems Approach

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Karen Hulls - Complex Trauma Training

• Self-paced workshops: (when on page scroll down the list)

  • What's in the Box? Understanding Trauma and Positive Behaviour Support (12hrs)

  • Hurt People, Hurt People. Trauma-informed understanding of violent & aggressive behaviours (12hrs)

  • Elephant in the Room! What is Trauma-Informed Care? (12hrs)

  • One Child at a Time. Strategies to support children healing from trauma (6hrs)

  • Look in the Mirror! What is Empathy and why does it matter! (6hrs)

  • When Loss Gets Lost. Understanding & responding to grieving children and young people (6hrs)

  • What About You? Enhance the well-being & resilience of those working in the sector (6hrs)

  • Better Than Chocolate! Mindfulness workshop for workers and carers (6hrs)

Tatra - Online Courses

• Calming the Emotional Storm: Essential DBT Skills for Emotionally Dysregulated Clients

• DBT-Informed Treatment of Bipolar Affective Disorder

• ADHD Beyond the Basics: Practical Treatments for ADHD in Adults and Children

• Becoming a Mindful Leader: Practical Techniques for Corporate Resilience

• Growing Up Mindful: Essential Practices to Help Young Clients and Their Families Find Balance, Calm and Resilience

• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Assessment, Diagnosis and Treatment Issues

• Hoarding: An Overview of Treatment and Assessment

• Overcoming Worry and Anxiety in Chaos and Uncertainty

Goodfellow Unit

• Managing stuck or distressed patients (Podcast)

Delphi Training and Consulting

• Tatra Training - Corporate and Allied Health Training Services

Te Pou

• Supporting Organisations to Develop Their Workforce - Events

• Let's Get Real - Working with People with Mental Health & Addiction Needs (Webinar - Trish Gledhill)

Anna Freud - National Centre for Children and Families

•  Online training – live and self-directed courses

TOAH NNEST

• Ngā Kaitiaki Mauri's "Hine" videos is an online social media series that focuses on the nine guiding kaupapa that NKM use in the elimination of mahi tūkino from our whānau and communities (YouTube)

• Health Navigator

• Horsefulness Training

• Guilford Press

• Zoom

Therapist Aid

• The Cycle of Depression

• Habit Plan

• Building New Habits: Tips Sheet

• Grounding Exercise - Guided Audio Activity

• Best Possible Self: Visualization Exercise

• DBT Skill: ACCEPTS

• Grounding Techniques

• Anger Monsters - an educational anger activity for children

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Meditation

•  Guided Meditation for Sleep

Miscellaneous

• Te Pou (Resources for mental health, addiction and disability)

• Psychology Tools

• Positive Psychology

• Therapist Aid

• New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse

• The Hummingbird Centre

• EMDR

• Dialectical Behaviour Therapy

• Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

• Horsefulness Training - ebooks

• Allison Davies - Music Therapist

• BePure - Ben Warren

Authors

• John Briere

• Bessel van der Kolk

• Russ Harris

• Marsha Linehan

Professional Bodies - Training/Professional Development​

• NZPsS - New Zealand Psychological Society

• NZAP - New Zealand Association of Psychotherapists

• NZAC - New Zealand Association of Counsellors

• DAPANZ

• SWRB - Social Workers Registration Board

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nzherald.co.nz

• Child sex abuse claimants need more support in court

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Sandra Palmer Yoga & Wellbeing

• Click here to join the weekly live streamed classes or do them in your own time

Do Yoga With Me

•  Quick and Easy Classes

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Fat Yoga

• Easy Yoga for Plus Size

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Gaia

•  Unlimited Yoga, Fitness & Meditation - Free Trial

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The Ballet Coach

• Free online Ballet Classes for all levels and ages

COVID-19

COVID 19 in 2022 - For Kida That Are So Over the Rona! - Mel Churton

New Zealand Health Navigator

• COVID-19 and managing your symptoms

• COVID-19 and your medicines

• COVID-19 and pregnancy

• Stopping the spread of COVID-19

• Positions to make your breathing easier

• Returning to physical activity and exercise after COVID-19

• COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Tests (RAT)

• COVID-19 apps to support your mental health and wellbeing