Webinar: Stories for mental wellbeing and resilience with Katie O'Donoghue

Katie O’Donoghue(this link will open in a new window) is the author and illustrator of The Little Squirrel Who Worried(this link will open in a new window), and the forthcoming The Little Otter Who Tried(this link will open in a new window). She is also an art psychotherapist, accredited by the Irish Association of Creative Arts Therapist and is completing a PhD in Health Psychology at University College London.

Taken from one of our Book Discovery sessions, in this webinar, Katie shares advice for developing children’s mental wellbeing and resilience, using wellbeing activities as well as drawing, colouring and writing. Below the video you can also find further resources and activities to use with the children in your class or at home.

Further resources:

• For more information on Katie’s work, including her books and workshop, you can visit her website(this link will open in a new window)
• For more resources and activities you can use in your classroom, including  mental health and wellbeing activities that can be used with any book see our Mental health awareness resources webpage
• For advice on what to read next see our book list of further picture books to help children explore their emotions
• For more support with mental health in your school or classroom visit The Anna Freud Centre’s Mentally Healthy Schools resource library(this link will open in a new window) or Young Minds Mental health resources and advice(this link will open in a new window)