Over the past 12 months our centre has had the opportunity to take part in [consulting] from Bec Filliponi. During this time, staff have learnt many strategies about teaching children to deal with their emotions and how to focus on calming themselves in certain situations. The resources we have been shown will last a lifetime and can be taken with us and taught again, year after year. Bec has taught me a lot about myself as well with things like, when things are challenging, to look at myself and ask the questions like how does this make me feel which has helped a lot. She has also been the driver to help me realise lm doing a good job which l have been making sure l focus on more. I would like to thank Bec very much for allowing us to be a part of her program.

My 6yo daughter attended online. She loved the craft activities, and talked about it with her online class the next day and showed them what she had made!

It was a nice way for my daughter to look at and express her emotions in a different way after a tough couple of weeks at home with me!

*Those things happen to me all the time
*These (strategies) would be helpful when I'm stressed
* I like the pictures
* Will your book be in the library because everyone should read this
* That person looks really calm
* My Mum says that
* That girl looks like me!
* You should put a copy of this in all the classrooms in my school
* Can we read it again

That soo cool. You guys have been working so hard and putting so much goodness into the world. It’s very awesome!!

All the Feels program outcomes are testament to your team’s commitment to supporting participants - whether it be face to face or moving into the online space – flexible, super responsive and supportive to meet the needs of your groups. Such a valuable community contribution, and even more so during the COVID roller coaster ride of 2020/21 for our young people and their families.

I didn't realise how much impact actively tuning into my feelings would be. I didn't realise how hard it would be for me to tune into anger or pride, for instance. It's been an interesting challenge and opportunity for growth.

Thank you so much for your program. I have found it really helpful. The content videos were a great length, not short but not too long for young restless bodies. It was actually a positive having them recorded so we could work when it suited us and our boys mood/needs, and even stop and come back to them. The content was great. We do OT, have done speech and psych before as well as the social skills sessions. All have supported in some way, but I still learned some great phrases and explanations, particularly the river and dam idea with our emotions. I loved the idea of hard and easy emotions, not good and bad. As well as the way reminded us regularly that all emotions are ok, it's about the behaviour that follows. We have also added to our list of possible regulation techniques. The conversations about why he is awesome were great, he had to get past I am good at Maths. Towards the end he was drawing better quality/more expressive emoji's and even indentifying where in his body he felt the emotions. The simple gentle repetition really seemed to help him - even though he wasn't listening! (well that is what he told me, but I know he was).

Good job, well designed and awesome program.

Your program is excellent bec- keep doing what you are doing - it is so helpful to be providing families with specific strategies around emotional regulation.

Thanks so much for the opportunity to be part of this program. It came at a time I really needed it. I now have quite a few coping skills up my sleeve which will (and have already!) come in very handy. You have created a great service which is greatly appreciated. Thanks again,

Thank you for your generosity and supporting our kids and us with some great ideas.

All the Feels is a fantastic program and the sessions [child's name] did were really beneficial for both of us. The videos were clear, warm and inclusive. It was a fantastic forum for us to talk deeply about stuff going on in her life and gave us both great tools for dealing with many things.

Through the All The Feels program, my son was able to participate in a small group utilising a range of techniques, creative practice and age appropriate discussions to better identify, understand, articulate and respond to his feelings and emotions. We still use these ‘coping strategies’ (his words!!) when he is feeling anxious, angry or sad.

I have thoroughly enjoyed being involved in the "All the Feels" program again this year. Bec, Catherine and I have reinvented and adapted the program again this year to match the ever changing conditions of Covid restrictions. With missed sessions in term 2 due to Covid lockdowns, we introduced and school holiday program. It was a huge success. The kids learnt so much and loved the art activity. They went home with new coping skills and a Mindfulness Garden filled with treasures they had made Developing new ways to implement the program gives me the opportunity to gain new skills and find new ways to teach and help others create Artwork in a time when creativity could make even more of a difference in peoples lives. Being involved in the program has been so rewarding for me I feel like I am making even just a small difference not only to the kids in the program but also their parents and families as they gain new creative skills and new strategies for coping with live in these difficult and confusing times. I watch the kids week by week, some start the program reserved or withdrawn and I watch as they become part of the group, they learn to express their emotions more in creative activities and verbally in the group. l am always in awe of the way Bec can explain a complicated concepts about our brain and our emotions in a way that the kids grasp, understand and embrace. I watch each week as their confidence and resilience grows. I am very much looking forward to the opportunity to be part of the “All The Feels” program again this School Holidays