Resources for Highly Sensitive Children and Their Parents

Over the years, I have discovered many resources that have helped me better understand my highly sensitive children – and helped my own children navigate the challenges that come with being highly sensitive.

I have looked for practical tools to help when children are overwhelmed, resources to help them understand their own emotions, and books and activities that celebrate their highly sensitive traits.

The Happy Sensitive Kids community has also shared experiences of tools, resources and professionals. I’ve brought many of those recommendations together here so you can find useful resources in one place.

Where should you start?

If you’re new to Happy Sensitive Kids, start with the resources that match what you’re dealing with right now:

Parenting a highly sensitive child
Books and resources to help you understand your child and support them as they grow.

Helping an overwhelmed child
Practical tools and ideas for helping your child’s bucket empty when things become too much.

Helping children understand their emotions
Resources designed to help highly sensitive children recognise, understand and manage big feelings.

I’ve personally selected the resources below because I believe they can be useful to highly sensitive children and the adults supporting them.

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Books

101 Ways to Help Your Highly Sensitive Child Empty Their Bucket

When your child’s bucket is full, it can be difficult to know what to do next.

This practical guide gives you 101 calming ideas to help your highly sensitive child empty their bucket during times of overwhelm – with simple activities you can dip into whenever you need them.

If you’re looking for practical things you can actually try with your child, this is a great place to start.

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How to Raise a Happy Sensitive Child

Understanding your child’s sensitivity can change the way you see their behaviour, and help you support them in a way that allows their strengths to shine.

How to Raise a Happy Sensitive Child is a guide for parents who want to understand their highly sensitive child(ren) and learn how to help them flourish because of their highly sensitive traits, not in spite of them.

If you’re looking for a broader guide to raising and supporting your highly sensitive child, this is the place to start.

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More Book Recommendations

Shop My Amazon Recommendations

I’ve collated a multitude of my favourite products useful for highly sensitive children and their parents in my Happy Sensitive Kids Amazon Store.

You’ll find calming and sensory tools, books, activities and other resources that can help make everyday life a little easier.

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Big Life Journal

Looking for a resource to help your highly sensitive child understand big feelings, build confidence and develop a more positive mindset?

Big Life Journal creates journals and activities designed to help children develop important emotional and life skills in an engaging, child-friendly way.

I particularly like the way the journals give children something practical to do and explore, rather than simply telling them about emotions.

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Calming Tools

Helping a child empty their bucket can be a full time job at certain phases of a child’s life. This list is full of ideas to help a child when they feel overwhelmed: Calming Gifts for Children.

There are two meditation apps I highly recommend when it comes to emptying your bucket. The first is Calm and the second is Headspace.

Gift Ideas

If you are looking for the perfect gift for the highly sensitive in your life, then look no further!

Printables

Across the Happy Sensitive Kids blog you will find lots of resources, tips and advice to help you parent your highly sensitive child, and understand yourself if you are highly sensitive too. There are also free printables available to help your highly sensitive child:

Courses

Susan Stiffelman

There are a range of parenting courses provided by Susan Stiffelman here; those listed here below are of particular interest for parents of highly sensitive children.

Julie Bjelland

Julie Bjelland, a licensed psychotherapist, author, and founder of Sensitive Empowerment, also offers courses tailored specifically to HSPs. Some of her master classes are free so hop over here to view more details. Below are a few of her courses that are particularly relevant for HSPs.

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Websites

  • The Highly Sensitive Person  – Elaine Aron’s website, a must visit for every HSP.
  • Is Your Child Highly Sensitive? – A parent’s questionnaire and an excellent starting point to assess whether your child is highly sensitive.
  • Highly Sensitive Refuge – a community for highly sensitive people, setting out to prove that high sensitivity can be strong. Great articles for HSPs and parents of HSCs.
  • HSP World – access a wealth of resources and a highly sensitive community.
  • Mary Sheedy Kurcinka – website of the author of Raising Your Spirited Child, including parenting advice and a blog.