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Teaching emotional granularity: Affect Mat





     Furious                                                                                                 Help children notice
     Petrified
                                                                                                             their energy levels
                                                               Delighted

                                                                                                             and pleasant and

                                                                                                             unpleasant feelings



                             Irritated                                                                       (affect).



                                                                                                             Support children to


                                                                                                             build a wide range of


                       Disappointed                                                                          language (granulation)


                                                                                                             to communicate this

                                                                                                             ‘affect’.


                                                             Chilled

                                                                                                             Help them to work


                                                                                                             out whether their

                                                                                                             affect matches the
    Depressed
                                                                                                             size of the issue.
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