The Parts Project: The Alarm | Anxiety Workbook for Kids Ages 7-11 | Therapist, Parent and Child PDF Toolkit

When worry feels urgent, children often avoid, check, seek repeated reassurance or try to control uncertainty. The Parts Project: The Alarm gives therapists and caregivers a child-friendly way to understand that pattern without treating the child as the problem.

The Alarm is presented as a protective part that is trying to notice danger and prevent embarrassment, mistakes, separation or uncertainty. Children learn to welcome the Alarm, check what is actually happening and let their Steady Part help choose the next safe step.

This ready-to-use resource combines visual worksheets, concrete scripts, body-clue activities, a worry-loop map, problem sorting, values work and supported brave-step practice. Separate child, parent and therapist sections make it easy to choose only the pages that fit the clinical moment. The child workbook is intended for guided use with a therapist or supportive adult, with language simplified or adapted as needed.

WHAT IS INCLUDED

- 40-page complete colour toolkit

- 40-page printer-friendly toolkit

- 21-page child workbook in colour

- 21-page printer-friendly child workbook

- 21-page interactive fillable child workbook

- 8-page parent guide in colour

- 8-page printer-friendly parent guide

- 10-page therapist guide in colour

- 10-page printer-friendly therapist guide

- 4-page product read-me and licence summary

CHILD WORKBOOK TOPICS

- Maya's story and the protective Alarm metaphor

- Meet the Steady Part

- Younger and older versions of Meet The Alarm

- Alarm intensity scale

- Body clues

- Worry predictions and protective intentions

- Coping and support menu

- One-page Alarm plan

- Home and school/friend scenarios

- Younger and older reflection pages

- The worry loop

- Danger, solvable problem or uncertainty

- Values and what matters more than worry

- Brave-step ladder example and blank ladder

- Prediction-and-outcome practice

- Strategy testing

PARENT GUIDE TOPICS

- Start Here Tonight three-step response

- Scripts for the first beep, loud Alarm, settling and the next step

- Language for ages 7-8 and 9-11

- What helps and what can maintain the worry cycle

- Parent-parts reflection

- Neurodivergent adaptations

- When to seek additional or urgent support

THERAPIST GUIDE TOPICS

- Six-step quick-start pathway

- Clinical positioning and scope

- Formulation prompts

- Sample 50-minute session flow

- Activities and adaptations

- Page-selection guide

- Parent coaching without blame

- Selected clinical foundations

- Individual clinician licence

IDEAL FOR

- Child therapists, counsellors, social workers and psychologists

- Children ages 7-11 experiencing worry, avoidance, reassurance seeking, perfectionism, separation anxiety, social fears or uncertainty distress

- Parent coaching and family sessions

- In-person or virtual therapy

- Individual, family and small-group clinical work within the licence terms

WHY THERAPISTS WILL LIKE IT

- Warm, non-shaming language

- Concrete and visual rather than text-heavy

- Separate younger and older options

- Explicit neurodivergent adaptations

- Practical scripts parents can remember

- Fillable and printer-friendly formats

- Flexible menu rather than a fixed curriculum

IMPORTANT NOTE

This is a psychoeducational and clinical support resource. The child workbook is designed for guided use with a therapist or supportive adult, not as independent self-help. It is not a diagnosis, assessment, crisis tool, stand-alone treatment or independently validated measure. Clinicians remain responsible for individualized assessment, informed consent, documentation, secure storage, cultural responsiveness, scope of practice and clinical decisions.