CBT Toolbox for Children and Adolescents

thom Kirkwood • March 30, 2026

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An exceptional informative resource from our Inspirational and Reflective Reading List.


This book received numerous suggestions for inclusion from frontline grass roots practitioners as well as parents and carers. As a parent carer and advocacy practitioner, I personally got intrigued.


Written by clinicians and teachers with decades of experience working with kids, these unique and effective therapy tools are vital to enhancing children and young people’s skills how to cope with and overcome their day-to-day challenges.


Step-by-step, you'll see how the best strategies from cognitive behavioural therapy are adapted for children to treat and help


  • Trauma
  • ADHD
  • Autism
  • Anxiety

Why my intrigue?

Despite over half a century of experience associated to Autism and Learning Disabilities, and parental and family experience of Autism, LD and ADHD. I am fully aware of the challenges anxiety and trauma can add to these conditions, exponentially so when an individual’s natural balance of anxiety levels increase and can spiral rapidly in the direction of major meltdown, increased blood pressure, communication and behavioural challenges, all of which add trauma or to trauma and add to the stress levels of not just the individual but those around and working with the individual.

I equally thought. Can this resource blend or fit in with AISee’s approach of CIHA, CPERG, IRL, for PCP.

Was my intrigue answered?

On a purely personal basis, I have to say yes. To start it provided an excellent introduction, including a section on how to use, with a range of activities to address countless symptoms with self-building exercises, not just beneficial for the individual, but for the professional practitioner also. This was supported by three types of worksheets, with different uses and each written from a different perspective, with 200+ worksheets and/or exercises.


Filling a gap, lending its structure and the authors experience to flexibility with a taxonomy of approach that goes beyond the page and expands beyond the activity, this book does disseminate from experience, knowledge understanding and know how adding real practical value to the ever-increasing offer available.



The big benefit for me personally and in practice within our household was the approach and flexibility that I was able to adapt with positive stepping stone outcomes.

Caveat

I am lucky, over the decades I have built up a resource that can answer or informally support any questions I may have in relation to practical implementation. I would therefore suggest if you don’t have said resource, please consider using this resource as part of a collective multidisciplinary team, or at least have access to professional guidance or support.

Curator

AISee curate this list. AISee do make recommendations or endorsements it is merely a sharing of titles as suggested by individuals, parent carers, practitioners and professionals along with summary.

Question?

Would you welcome AISee hosting a webinar with the author/s if they are willing?

#CIHA #CPERG #IRL for #PCP

Thom Kirkwood PhD. FITOL. FIntAPA. MIEP. GA.

Director AISee Collaborative.

Advocating Inclusion Specialist

Global Interlocutor International Advocacy Practitioners Association.

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