If you’re raising or working with a child who:
Melts down quickly
Struggles to calm down once upset
Has big reactions to small frustrations
Says or does things they regret later
Has a hard time putting feelings into words
…you are not alone.
And more importantly…the skills to change it all are teachable.
Created by a licensed clinical social worker with decades of experience in child and family mental health, this resource gives you practical tools to help children:
Recognize what they’re feeling
Understand what’s happening in their body
Learn ways to calm themselves
Practice making “cool choices” instead of reactive ones
All in a way that actually makes sense to kids.
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This printable resource includes:
✔️ Feelings identification activities
Helping kids name and understand emotions like anger, frustration, and overwhelm
✔️ Cool vs. Not Cool choices
Clear, concrete examples that build decision-making skills
✔️ Self-regulation tools
Child-friendly strategies to help calm the body and brain
✔️ Reflection and awareness pages
Helping kids connect actions, feelings, and outcomes
✔️ Simple, engaging visuals
Designed to support learning without overwhelming
Children don’t learn emotional regulation by being told to “calm down.”
They learn through:
Repetition
Visual supports
Co-regulation with safe adults
Opportunities to practice when calm
The Cool Cat’s Club™ supports all of this…without requiring complicated systems or unrealistic expectations.
It meets children where they're at, providing a variety of well-thought out activities and prompts by a child therapist who's helped thousands of kids manage big feelings directly in her practice, and millions online through her newsletter and social media outlets.
This resource is ideal for:
Parents
Looking for real tools…not just advice
Wanting to respond with confidence during big emotions
Supporting kids ages approximately 4–10 (depending on abilities)
Clinicians & Counselors
Child therapists
School social workers
Counselors and behavioral specialists
Anyone needing structured, developmentally appropriate materials
Educators & Early Childhood Professionals
Classroom use
Small groups
Emotional learning support
As part of daily routines at home
During calm moments to build skills
In therapy sessions as structured activities
In classrooms to support social-emotional learning
As a visual reference during challenging moments
Adapt it to use in Anger Management Groups for Kids - the certificate for The Cool Cats Club is particularly appealing to kids!
For summer programming
With scouting groups
This isn’t just a set of worksheets.
It’s built on:
Child development principles
Evidence-informed approaches (CBT, DBT-informed skills, trauma-informed care)
Real-world clinical experience
It’s designed to be:
Practical
Flexible
Easy to implement
Grounded in what actually helps kids learn
This resource is designed to support emotional skill-building.
It does not replace therapy or professional mental health care when it’s needed.
But it can be a powerful tool alongside it.
By understanding BIG feelings, learning to manage them, and by growing through them.
Hey kids...
Self-regulation has never been more fun!
If you’re looking for a way to help kids truly learn and use coping skills, the Cool Cat’s Club was created with this exact goal in mind. It's not a collection of random worksheets, but rather, a system you can use to help teach kids new skills to manage BIG feelings.
It takes core regulation strategies and presents them in a way that is:
Child-friendly
Visually engaging
Easy to practice and repeat
Includes 20 pages that you'll turn to time and again for preschool through the elementary years. Clinicians can use with individual clients or groups, educators can use in the whole classroom and parents can use with all their kids. This product does not replace professional evaluation and treatment.
Coping skills that go the distance is not about having a long list of strategies.
It's about having a few reliable tools that kids can understand, practice and trust. When that happens, coping becomes less about managing behavior and more about building confidence, resilience and emotional strength. And that is something worth investing our time in!