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What are Interactive Tools?
Interactive tools are digital activities, stories, guided exercises, and other resources that teach and support mental health interventions. Find interactive and beautifully designed tools for all ages, covering topics like anxiety, relationships, ADHD, anger, and more.
Interactive Tools Types
Games & Activities
We've created activities that explain mental health concepts while also being fun and engaging. Teach children about anxiety with Worry Bugs, help clients identify feelings with Where I Feel, or lead an adult group with Mental Health BINGO.
Guided Audio
Teach relaxation and coping skills with the help of professional audio tools. You'll find materials for all ages covering mindfulness, grounding exercises, and more. Best of all: Download and share these tools for your clients to practice at home.
Educational Storybooks
Follow along with Mouse, Rabbit, Bear, and others as they teach kids about topics such as anxiety, depression, ADHD, divorce, bullying, and more. Stories include supplemental worksheets to reinforce learning.
…and More!
From the Values Assessment to the Mandala Builder, there's a lot more to discover. Use interactive tools to keep your sessions engaging, whether meeting virtually or in your office.
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Worry Bugs an educational activity about worry
Description Worry Bugs are a fun, colorful, and engaging way to teach children about worry and anxiety. Children will choose one of fifteen unique bugs, name them, and then complete games and activities related to worry. Each activity has a psychoeducation component that teaches general knowledge, triggers, warning signs, coping skills, and more. After completing each activity, visit the review section to print a colorful summary worksheet of the information, and your client's responses to questions. Suggested Uses Education: Introduce children to the topic of worry by covering the basics. What is worry? Is it normal to worry? How can I worry less? These questions, and more, are answered throughout the activity. Coping Skills: Let your clients choose their favorite coping and relaxation skills from a series of coping cards, or let them create their own. Then, in the review section, print a sheet of their favorite cards for practice.
Where I Feel emotion identification activity
Description Before a person can learn to manage their emotions, they must learn to identify them. Like most skills, identifying emotions can be learned, practiced, and improved. For children, identifying emotions as they're occurring is an especially tall challenge. Even adults, with a lifetime of experience, are often caught off-guard by their feelings. One technique that anyone can use to better spot emotions is to learn about the clues their body gives. Many emotion clues come in the form of physical sensations. For example, a person who is angry might turn red, and feel hot in the face. As their anger progresses, they may clench their fists and begin to tremble. In the Where I Feel interactive activity, your clients will draw where they feel various emotions throughout their body. This creates a great opportunity to help your clients explore and identify their personal emotion clues. When done, the drawing can be printed or saved as a graphic. Suggested Uses Teach Emotion Words & Symptoms: Help children name and identify basic emotions, and where they exist within their bodies. What does it feel like to be happy? Sad? Worried? Try discussing specific examples the child has experienced. Session Check-In: When used as a check-in, ask clients to draw where they have felt emotions during the past week, or at that very moment in session. Exploration: After a sharing a story, this activity may be used to look for emotional clues. What sensations might your client notice next time they're in a similar situation, and what might these clues tell them about their emotional state?
RAIN Guided Meditation guided audio activity
Description Mindfulness is a nonjudgmental awareness of the present moment. It involves awareness of one’s own thoughts, feelings, and sensations. RAIN is an acronym for a mindfulness practice in which you… Recognize your experience, Allow it to be just as it is, Investigate it with curiosity, and Nurture it with kindness and self-compassion. The RAIN acronym was coined by meditation teacher Michele McDonald and further developed by psychologist and Buddhist teacher, Tara Brach. The RAIN Guided Meditation takes clients through the four steps of RAIN. Professionally recorded audio helps clients slow down, take a break in their day, and fully immerse themselves in the activity. Note: Once launching the tool, you may download this audio to carry with you on a portable device, or send to clients electronically. Simply click the "Settings" button (gear icon) in the top right corner of the screen. Suggested Uses Education: Learn the concept of RAIN, and how to use it in daily life. This practice can help with emotional tolerance and acceptance. Download: You may download a copy of the RAIN exercise audio in MP3 format so you can take it with you, or to share with clients so they can practice outside of session. Mindfulness practice is an effective intervention for depression, anxiety, and addiction. The benefits of mindfulness practice add up over time, so this exercise can be done daily, or as often as the client needs.
Focus Fish
Focus Fish is an engaging, educational activity about ADHD. Children select and name a fish character who will guide them through 5 interactive activities, such as card matching and sentence completion.
Through simple and encouraging language, kids will learn what ADHD is, identify their own challenges related to ADHD, and practice coping skills. After completing each of the activities, you can print the results in a colorful packet to encourage children and caregivers to review what they’ve learned.
Managing the symptoms of ADHD can have a dramatic positive effect on a child’s school performance, social relationships, and self-esteem.
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The Penguin with Two Homes
Follow along as penguin learns about divorce, and how to cope with a changing family. The Penguin with Two Homes is a 16 page digital story, full of bright and colorful illustrations to keep children engaged as they learn about divorce.
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Wander through a towering red-rock canyon. Soak in a hot spring on a windswept island. Stroll through a charming city in search of a hidden courtyard.
Our guided imagery audio blends professional narration with stunning soundscapes to immerse you in these exotic locations. Just sit back, press play, and enjoy being whisked away!
Share these resources with your clients to help them escape the stressors of daily life, create a pleasant nighttime routine, or connect with a sense of wonder.
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Worksheets
Fillable versions of Therapist Aid worksheets allow you and your clients to complete and share responses digitally, without the need to print. Personalize worksheets by integrating your own branding or contact information. Add notes or examples tailored to your clients' age and situation.
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Telehealth sessions are now an integral part of therapy. On most platforms, you can easily share and use our tools with clients, from our worksheets, articles, and guides to our videos, audio tracks, and educational stories. Incorporate our resources into your online sessions to add structure, focus, and variety.
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