'This is an excellent course, it made me reflect on how I can create a safe place for children to share their worries with me and also to be aware of the need to go at the child's pace and to  respect their feelings at all times.'

Shelly Murphy, ISPCC, Ireland


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Hear what parents and educators say about this course:

A Very Enlightening Course

by Catherine Byrne, Parent, Ireland

A very enlightening course. I came away with a lot of tools that will help me in my line of work.

A Fantastic Resource

Sinead Finn Grace, ABA Tutor, Ireland

Another fantastic professional development course from DESTY. More guidance in supporting children, teaching what emotions are and how to guide these emotions is a fantastic resource.

Gives a clear understanding of how to empower our children

Kim Carter, Parent, Ireland

This course gives a clear understanding of how to empower our children to trust us with their thoughts, wishes and worries.

Course curriculum

    1. First Steps to Nurturing Children's Resilience

    2. Welcome to Helping Children Talk About Worries

    3. Course Introduction

    4. Why are worries so tricky to deal with?

    1. Course Overview

    2. Why are worries so tricky?

    3. The Survival loop

    4. Name it to tame it

    5. How can we support children to feel safe?

    1. How we can help children feel safe?

    2. Emotional Contagion

    3. Managing our emotions

    4. Staying grounded

    5. How can we support children to trust us?

    1. Supporting children to trust us with worries

    2. Trust and marble jars

    3. BRAVING

    4. Trust and the Brain

    5. How can we create a safe space for children to talk about their worries?

    1. Creating space

    2. Holding space

    3. How can we empower children to name their worries?

    1. Empowering children to name worries

    2. Building Emotional Vocabulary

    3. Useful Resources

    4. Become a Worry Detective

About this course

  • £29.00
  • 29 lessons
  • 1 hour of video content

Key Information:

  • Flexible, self-paced online course - complete in your own time

  • Video-based lessons with lots of opportunities to reflect and build on your learning

  • Lots of practical strategies and resources you can start to implement straight away

  • Short, bite-sized lesson to help you to take it all in

  • Team DESTY are here to support you all the way. Just get in touch if there is anything you need.

  • Immediate access following process of payment

  • Complete on PC, Laptop or mobile device (Tablet, Phone)

Course Tutor

Founder/Psychologist Stephanie Fitzgerald

Stephanie Fitzgerald BA(Psych); MA(EdPsych), founder and CEO of Education DESTY®, is a qualified Educational Psychologist with a Masters’ Degree in Educational Psychology from UCD and an Honors Degree in Psychology from NUI, Galway. For the almost 20 years Stephanie has supported children, families and professionals involved in healthcare and education systems.