Courageous Kids brings you evidence-based, practical resources to prepare your child for change and reduce their anxiety.
Set your child up for success with new experiences with our unique combination of personalised social stories, visual plans and games.
Developed with a leading child psychologist and occupational therapist, our app helps familiarise children with upcoming situations. Whether you want to minimise separation anxiety in children starting school or kindergarten, explain appropriate party behaviour, or just sleep in on the weekend, our customised, personalised stories, games and visual plans offers you a powerful tool like no other.
Join the fast-growing community of parents who use Courageous KidsTM to empower their children and develop their resilience. The app is perfect for children who like to be prepared, and for those with anxiety or autism.
1. PERSONALISED SOCIAL STORIES
Discover a library of carefully crafted and beautifully illustrated social stories, that can be personalised to feature your child as the main character.
Our stories prepare children for common anxiety-provoking situations in a positive and engaging way. By entering the child’s name and age, and selecting an illustrated avatar to suit, your child becomes the main character in every story. Alternatively, you can replace our illustrations with your own photos! Story text can also be edited, if needed, for further customisation.
2. GAMES TO TEACH SOCIAL RULES
Social rules are often assumed, not explained. Instead of telling your child “the rules”, let them play our Silly or Sensible? game. Each game teaches social rules in different contexts. You can then have fun with your child discussing the reasons behind each, and praise them for correct answers. It’s a light-hearted way of explaining social rules in advance. Fun sounds and gorgeous illustrations really set the scene!
3. VISUAL PLANNER TOOL
Seeing what comes next reduces anxiety and builds autonomy. Our Visual plans feature colourful icons and a timer function. Organise and adjust your activity list with the easy drag and drop function. Our Visual Planner makes it easy to involve your child in planning their day and allows them to see what’s coming next, which develops independence and autonomy.
The scheduling feature also includes a list of “sensory breaks” that have been curated by a paediatric occupational therapist. These are quick physical breaks designed to let off steam before returning to other tasks.
Why Courageous Kids?
• A library of unique, personalised social stories
• Your child is the main character in every story
• Complete personalisation throughout, including names and illustrations of adults
• Beautifully illustrated story scenes
• Option to swap illustrations for own photos
• 10 illustrated child characters to choose from
• 10 illustrated adult characters to choose from
• New stories each month
• Fun games to teach social expectations
• All stories reviewed by a child psychologist
• A scheduling tool with “movement break” ideas from an occupational therapist.
• Awesome tool for kids with autism or anxiety.
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