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Rating Scale Resources

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Rating scales can be a very useful way of getting children to express how they are feeling. The following resources can be used to support emotional awareness & anger management.

Blocks Rating Scale


Blocks Rating Scale

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Use this resource to help children develop awareness of their emotional state and the vocabulary to express it.

Emotion Fan Five Point Rating Scale


Emotion Fan Using Five Point Rating Scale

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Use this to support pupils with developing awareness and expressing their emotional state. Five fans numbered 1 to 5 with corresponding vocabulary: happy, good, OK, upset and angry. Numbers and colours faciliate communication for those with anxiety over expressing their emotions. Print, cut out,(laminate) and assemble with string, small key ring or butterfly clip.

Five Point Rating Scale


Five Point Rating Scale

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Use this to support pupils with developing awareness and expressing their emotional state. Has happy/sad and relaxed/angry axis to support understanding. Numbers and colours faciliate communication for those with anxiety over expressing their emotions.

Five Point Rating Scale (Grey Scale)


Five Point Rating Scale (Grey Scale)

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Some children have aversions to certain colours and so this neutral grey rating scale provides a way to express non verbally how they are feeling. Has happy/sad and relaxed/angry axis to support understanding.

Mood Warning Cards


Mood Warning Cards

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Green, amber and red with cartoon facial expressions with appropriate vocabulary. A quick non-verbal way for children to signal how they are feeling. For children who have difficulty communicating emotions and/or those that you wish to help become more aware of their emotional state, necessary if they are going to develop more self-regulation.

Mood Warning Scale


Mood Warning Scale

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Green, amber and red with cartoon facial expressions with appropriate vocabulary. A quick non-verbal way for children to signal how they are feeling. For children who have difficulty communicating emotions and/or those that you wish to help become more aware of their emotional state, necessary if they are going to develop more self-regulation.

Rating Scale Card


Rating Scale Card

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A wallet card sized five-point rating scale with space on the back under the heading 'Things I can do to feel better.'

Rating Scale Lists


Rating Scale Lists

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VThis resource is designed to be used with the Five Point Rating Scale. Use it to identify factors that cause them to be at each point of the scale. This has two purposes. The first is to support their understanding of rating scales and the second is to raise their awareness of triggers and calmers.

Bullet Point


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Snowman Rating Scale


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A five-point rating scale with snowman character to help motivate the child to accept and use.

Spiderman Rating Scale


Spiderman Rating Scale

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A five-point rating scale with Spiderman character to help motivate the child to accept and use.

Superman Rating Scale


Superman Rating Scale

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A five-point rating scale with Superman character to help motivate the child to accept and use.

Winnie-the-Pooh Rating Scale


Winnie-the-Pooh Rating Scale

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A five-point rating scale with Winnie-the-Pooh characters to help motivate the child to accept and use.
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