Lauren Brukner - How to Be a Superhero Called Self-Control!: Super Powers to Help Younger Children to Regulate their Emotions and Senses

A superhero to rival all other superheroes! We are all in need of heroes. None more than those that have difficulties with managing frustrations, anxiety, anger, emotional regulation, and the ins and outs of sensory processing. Lauren Brukner stands at the forefront of her profession and presents this book as a beacon of hope and a positive force in the lives of both children and the adults that care for them. By breaking down and simplifying such complex issues into small digestible bits, the text is instantly entertaining and enlightening all at once.

Dr. Frederick B. Covington, OTD

Lauren Brukners relatable narrative and pictures put words to charged emotions and feelings, empowering students with strategies to conquer them... Be prepared to Throw your Worries Away!

Beverly Moskowitz, DOT, MS OTR/L FAOTA,
CEO at Real OT Solutions, Inc.

This book places the child in charge, providing them with tools and strategies. It uses a superhero figure to guide the child, giving them useful, practical and fun ways of coping and managing, helping them in turn to become their own self-help genie, find their inner guru, and become their own expert, feeling instructor.

Alice Cruttwell, Shropshire Public Health Curriculum Advisor, author
of the award winning Shropshire Respect Yourself programme and key
contributor to the PSHE Association primary Mental Health curriculum

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HOW TO BE A
SUPERHERO CALLED
SELF-CONTROL!

Super Powers to Help Younger Children
to Regulate their Emotions and Senses

LAUREN BRUKNER

ILLUSTRATED BY APSLEY

Jessica Kingsley Publishers
London and Philadelphia

First published in 2016

by Jessica Kingsley Publishers

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Copyright Lauren Brukner 2016

Illustrations copyright Apsley 2016

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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Brukner, Lauren.

How to be a superhero called self-control! : super powers to help younger children to regulate their emotions and senses / Lauren Brukner ; illustrated by Apsley.

pages cm

ISBN 978-1-84905-717-2 (alk. paper)

1. Self-control in children--Juvenile literature. 2. Emotions in children--Juvenile literature. 3. Child psychology--Juvenile literature. I. Apsley, illustrator. II. Title.

BF723.S25B777 2016

155.423825--dc23

2015018546

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

ISBN 978 1 84905 717 2

eISBN 978 1 78450 203 4

This book is dedicated to all children,
everywhere. Know that you are all superheroes,
amazingly powerful, unique, and wonderful,
just the way you are. My wish for you is to
just believe it, mind, heart, and soul.

Acknowledgments

As always, I am so thankful to my commissioning editor, Rachel Menzies, whose endless hard work, patience, and belief in the vision of this work has helped to develop it from an idea into the book that you are reading at this very moment. Words cannot express my gratitude. I also thank the amazing editorial staff and marketing team at Jessica Kingsley Publishers. I feel so blessed to work with a company that values the benefit of publishing books that make a difference in the lives of others.

To Adele Schroeter, Alison Porcelli, and Gabriel Feldberg: I couldnt have asked for better colleagues, friends, and cheerleaders. Your dedication, hard work, and devotion to the children in your school is inspiring. It is such a privilege to work alongside you. To the amazingly hardworking, devoted, and talented educational and therapeutic team of teachers and service providers at PS 59 with whom I have had the privilege of working over the years: I could not have written this book without you. I am so grateful to call you not only my coworkers but also my friends. (I wish that I could name you all, but it would take too many pages!)

To the parents and children with whom I have worked over the many years that I have practiced: You have been my teachers. I have learned so much, and I am blessed to continue to have so many of you in my life. To the parents, teachers, related service providers, and of course children who I have not had the pleasure to meet (yet!): Know that I have been there, in so many ways. As a therapist and as a mom, I applaud you. You are amazing. Realize it, each and every day.

To all of my amazing friends, near and far, thanks for the love and support. You rock.

To my wonderful parents: Thank you so much for providing me with the tools, love, and drive to know that yes, I could write if I just believed that I could. To my sister: You are my best friend, always and forever. Your belief in me as a writer has gotten me so far. To my brilliant in-laws: I could not have written this book without you. Your support, love, and help over the years has allowed me to follow this dream. To the love of my life, Joel: Thank you for tolerating the computer light in your face at all hours, my I cant talk Im writing, and for your continuous and unwavering love and support. You are my soul mate. Lastly, to my three little loves: You are my life. You are the reason I do it all. Realize that if you work hard enough, and want it hard enough, you can follow your dreams and accomplish more than you would have thought possible.