A useful resource for showing on screen or as a prompt sheet to support talking about things that may trigger fear.

A printed out version can also be cut up and used for various activities at our different levels of learning such as…

Vocabulary Development work

• discussing and naming the pictures, and sorting into ‘Scary’ and ‘Not Scary’ categories (or perhaps using an ‘I like’ / ‘I don’t like’ Talking Mat)

First Cogs & Concepts, and Simple Links

• sorting onto the Trigger Cog card alongside the Emotion Word Cog card with the symbol for ‘Frightened/Scared’ on it

4, 5, 6 & 7 part models

• select symbols for the Trigger cog sections of the Noteboard and Storyboard tools

Intensity Cog learning

• sorting symbols along an intensity rating scale from ‘not at all scary’ to ‘very scary’