• What does ELSA stand for:

Emotional Literacy Support Assistant

• What is it all about?

  ELSA is a training course aimed at teaching assistants in schools. Examples of things covered on the course are Social skills, emotions, bereavement, social stories and therapeutic stories, anger management, self-esteem, counselling skills such as solution focused and friendship.

• If you want to have a look yourself

The educational psychologist – Sheila Burton is the founder of the ELSA course and this is her website:

http://www.elsanetwork.org/

This ELSA kit consists of the following:

• Tissues                                    Listening ear                               Time
• A smile                                     Eraser                                         Advice
• Chocolate bar                          Star                                             Hope