Calming Kits
Empower Children for Success is helping community members deal with stress and anxiety. The goal for this project is to help parents teach their children how to regulate their emotions using the Calming Kit. Such kits can be an effective and positive parenting tool for reducing aggression and encouraging better behavior in children.
Read our post about the November 2024 Calming Kit Volunteer Day
We have successfully raised enough funds thanks to donations from DCU Digital Federal Credit Union, Enterprise Bank, Workers Credit Union, CHNA9 and Women’s Circle of Giving to distribute purchased kits. Empower Children for Success partnered with Handle with Care, the Gardner Public School and family childcare providers in the region to share the Calming Kit tools to the recipents—children and families who need help with self-regulation and co-regulation.
What parents are saying about the Calming Kits…
“I just wanted to let you know that my eight-year-old son loves your Calming Kit. It’s super helpful on a long car ride, appointment I need to take him on, doctor appointment when he’s nervous, supermarkets, and everywhere else that is overstimulating for him. It’s so helpful to find something that is not just an electronic to help him be able to stay calm. It helps us to engage with him and help him learn to self-regulate his emotions. There are so many things in there that he can use with other people so it’s very helpful with his language pragmatics deficit.” -Daisy
“I cannot thank you enough for your calming kits that you gave my family. I feel like children’s mental and emotional health has taken such a toll since March of 2020. Being both a preschool teacher and parent to two young children I know the importance of being able to help children regulate their emotions and express themselves in a safe and positive way, and your bags help to do just that! The quality of the materials was so impressive! Here are a couple pictures of my daughter who loves using her Calming Kit at both school and at home. Thank you again for your dedication to children, I truly appreciate you taking the time to help make children a priority!” -Amanda
We have so far distributed 150 Calming Kits free of charge to families, as well as provided training on how to use the Calming Kits to parents and caregivers. One of the methods we use for this training is by sharing this video that helps explain them.