I Can Handle Special Occasions (Mindful Mantras)

This is the third book in the Mindful Mantra series and I think they are terrific. They show children different ways of dealing with hard feelings. Sometimes we adults need this too. Sebastian gets impatient waiting for special days. He keeps himself busy and then he plays with his little sister. He is still distracting himself and goes in find his mom. He helps him with her chore list. When he is through he feels good about himself and says "I can handle waiting." He gets nervous when events are coming with loud noises. So he wears his special loud noise protection suit. He can stay by mom or he can wear his ear muffs. When he is ready he says, "I can handle loud noises." There are more examples of what he does to help himself. They are terrific. You will need a picture or pencil at the back of the book. If this is your first mantra book it will be a surprise why you need them. If this is your third book you already know what you need to finish out the story. I found this book on Amazon for free for an honest review.

The situations in this book are the things that my son struggles with. This book helps reinforce the strategies we use. I think it also helps him realize that he is not alone. This book does a great job of offering alternatives to melting down. It's engaging for him, and is a great reminder for the adults caring for him.

This book helped my daughter! We have been to several birthday parties where she broke down in tears part way through. I bought this book in my desperate search for help and love it. We read it approximately 20 times in the days leading up to yet another friend’s birthday party. It worked! She was better handle the party with no tears! Since discovering this book, I have purchased all of the others in the series. I love all of them!

This is good for 5 to 10 year old age children. Appropriate for children on the autism spectrum as well. There is a series and so far I have found them all to be helpful.

This is a great book and resource for parents to have for when their children are feeling stressed. I was glad to see that the book touched on a lot of different occasions. The thing I enjoyed most about the book was that among the practical solutions to combat stressors, there were some silly (but through a child's eye, maybe still practical) solutions, such as wearing x-ray glasses and walking backwards. This is a great book for any parent's toolbelt.

Love this!! Perfect for littles who get overwhelmed on special days. Gives children several options to calm themselves for different scenarios.

My son has really benefited from tis book sndnothers in the series. Even chatted with author on messenger. She’s very much interested in contributing to children.

it helps with learning how to handle your feelings. The book tells you a lot of great information to help with stuff