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Identity and Self Advocacy

2:47

Under 3 min

Different Sensory Preferences | Pablo

Young Children

Children

Different Preferences

Sensory Preferences

Interoception

Emotional Regulation

Noticing that repetition can feel good for some people.

Recognising that people have different limits for repetition.

Exploring how to share a preference with friends.

Thinking about ways to find a fair solution for everyone.

Identity and Self Advocacy

New

Identity and Self Advocacy

2:50

Under 3 min

Needs and Wants | Pablo

Young Children

Children

Needs and Wants

Uniqueness

Honesty

Understanding that different people need different things.

Noticing that what helps one person may not help another.

Exploring how facts can ease worries.

Recognising that owning up to a mistake can help fix it.

Identity and Self Advocacy

New

Friendships and Connection

3:25

3-6 min

Making Friends | Swapped

Young Children

Children

Making Friends

Body Language

Communication in Different Languages

Gestures

Noticing that people can connect without using words.

Exploring how actions, gestures and facial expressions share a message.

Recognising that being curious about others can help start a friendship.

Thinking about ways to include someone who communicates differently.

Celebrating all communication is meaningful.

Friendships and Connection

New

Emotions and Self Regulation

3:02

3-6 min

Interoception | Pablo | Chicken Pox

Young Children

Children

Expressing Emotions

Sensory Preferences

Interoception

Naming uncomfortable body feelings such as itchiness.

Exploring games and ideas that help with uncomfortable feelings.

Recognising how clear information can help a person cope.

Emotions and Self Regulation

New

Identity and Self Advocacy

1:48

Under 3 min

Stuttering | Drew Lynch

Adult

Stuttering

Authentic Self

Noticing that stress and tiredness can change how a person responds.

Recognising how partners can notice and respond to each other's feelings.

Exploring how humour can help people connect over differences.

Celebrating telling your own story in your own way.

Identity and Self Advocacy

New

Identity and Self Advocacy

2:54

Under 3 min

Consent | Pablo

Young Children

Children

Sensory Preferences

Consent

Interoception

Acknowledging Others Preferences

Noticing details through using senses (looking, smelling and touching).

Being curious about sensory experiences.

Understanding that each person decides who can touch them.

Exploring how to ask before touching someone.

Identity and Self Advocacy

New

Emotions and Self Regulation

1:17

Under 3 min

Fear | The Good Dinosaur

Young Children

Children

Recognising Emotions

Overcoming Fear

Confidence

Recognising that feeling scared is normal and okay.Noticing different ways people show they feel scared.

Noticing how a trusted person can help someone feel safe.

Exploring small steps that can help a person face a fear.

Thinking about how something scary can also lead to something wonderful.

Emotions and Self Regulation

New

Identity and Self Advocacy

2:46

Under 3 min

Making Choices | Pablo

Young Children

Children

Needs and Wants

Making Choices

Recognising that making choices can feel hard.

Noticing how noise and pressure can affect thinking.

Exploring how asking a question in a new way can help.

Understanding that people may need processing time.

Thinking about ways to tell others what helps when choosing.

Identity and Self Advocacy

New

Friendships and Connection

3:05

Flexible Thinking | Pablo

Young Children

Children

Flexible Thinking

Different Preferences

Perspective Taking

Noticing that people can think about the same thing in different ways.

Exploring how imagination and facts can work together.

Recognising how asking a question can clear up confusion.

Thinking flexibly about what something could be.

Friendships and Connection

New

Identity and Self Advocacy

1:31

Under 3 min

Stuttering | Arthur

Young Children

Children

Stuttering

Recognising stuttering as one of many ways people speak.

Noticing that lots of people stutter, including well known people.

Celebrating sharing your voice in your own way.

Identity and Self Advocacy

New

Emotions and Self Regulation

3:08

3-6 min

Sensory Preferences | Pablo

Young Children

Children

Interoception

Sensory Preferences

Perspective Taking

Noticing how sounds can affect thinking and focus.

Exploring how small sounds can feel big to some people.

Recognising that the same sound can feel different to different people.

Understanding that knowing where a sound comes from can change how it feels.

Naming the difference between a sound and the feeling it brings.

Emotions and Self Regulation

New

Friendships and Connection

1:36

Under 3 min

Encouraging Others | Thelma the Unicorn

Young Children

Children

Encouraging Others

Empathy

Empathetic Listening

Noticing when a friend might be feeling down.

Exploring different ways people try to cheer others up.

Recognising that sharing an interest can be one way to connect.

Understanding that people like different kinds of support.

Thinking about ways to show a friend you care.

Friendships and Connection

New

Identity and Self Advocacy

2:39

Under 3 min

Deep Interests | Pablo

Young Children

Children

Deep Interests

Info Dumping

Noticing the joy a person can feel when sharing facts they love.

Exploring how sharing lots of information is one way to connect.

Thinking about how listeners might respond.

Recognising deep interests as a strength.

Identity and Self Advocacy

New

Making Sense of Language

3:01

3-6 min

Literal Interpretation | Ameriquest (Adult Content)

Adult

Literal Interpretation

Multiple Meanings

Considering how timing and setting shape what people assume.

Thinking about ways to check what someone means before deciding.

Exploring how a misunderstanding can be repaired by asking or explaining.

Noticing how a person might feel when others assume the wrong thing.

Making Sense of Language

New

Conversation and Communication

3:04

3-6 min

Personal Space | Pablo

Young Children

Children

Personal Space

Body Language

Making Friends

Understanding that people need different amounts of personal space.

Noticing body signals that show someone wants more space.

Exploring how closeness can change as people get to know each other.

Practising ways to check what distance feels comfortable.

Conversation and Communication

New

Emotions and Self Regulation

2:49

Under 3 min

Interoception | Pablo | Volcano

Young Children

Children

Interoception

Noticing body signals such as pressure or pain in the head.

Connecting how the body feels with what the person has been doing.

Exploring how different calming ideas work for different people.

Recognising rest as a helpful choice.

Emotions and Self Regulation

Friendships and Connection

1:06

Under 3 min

Making Friends | Ice Age Dinosaurs

Children

Teen

Making Friends

Joining In

Rejection

Noticing how someone might feel when they start looking for new friends.

Exploring different ways people try to start a friendship.

Considering how friendships can begin in unexpected ways.

Thinking about what helps someone feel welcome.

Recognising that everyone makes friends in their own way.

Friendships and Connection

Making Sense of Language

0:48

Under 3 min

Literal Interpretation | Ice Age Dinosaurs

Children

Teen

Literal Interpretation

Figurative Language

Multiple Meanings

Noticing that some words and phrases can have more than one meaning.

Exploring how the situation can help us work out what someone means.

Considering that understanding words exactly as said is a valid way of thinking.

Thinking about ways to check what someone means.

Recognising that clear, kind explanations help everyone.

Making Sense of Language

Exploring Neurodiversity

1:54

Under 3 min

Dating | Heartbreak High | Quinni

Teen

Neurodiversity and Dating

Exploring different ways to ask someone on a date.

Thinking about how friends can support you.

Recognising that it is okay to check what someone means.

Recognising that the other person can say yes or no.

Considering how to respond kindly to any answer.

Exploring Neurodiversity

Conversation and Communication

0:52

Under 3 min

Conversation Conventions | Fisk

Teen

Adult

Conversation Conventions

Social Connection

Conversation Starters

Small Talk

Noticing how small talk can open a conversation.

Exploring how showing interest can help someone feel welcome and included.

Considering how a shared interest can build connection.

Thinking about other ways people show care besides talking.

Recognising that people connect in different ways.

Conversation and Communication

Exploring Neurodiversity

4:10

3-6 min

Dating and Safety | Mom on the Spectrum (Adult Content)

Adult

Neurodiversity and Dating

Exploring practical ways to stay safe when meeting someone new.

Thinking about trusted people who can support you when dating.

Thinking about safety when meeting someone on a dating app.

Exploring Neurodiversity

Emotions and Self Regulation

2:19

Under 3 min

Responding to Emotions | Brooklyn 99 | Rosa’s Dog (Adult Content)

Teen

Adult

Empathy

Recognising Emotions

Noticing that people can feel loss in different ways.

Exploring how a kind action can feel different for the person receiving it.

Considering that a pet can mean something special to a person.

Thinking about ways to find out what someone may need.

Recognising that caring intentions and helpful outcomes can differ.

Emotions and Self Regulation

Exploring Neurodiversity

3:00

Under 3 min

Dating | Love on the Spectrum (Adult Content)

Adult

Neurodiversity and Dating

Exploring common dating dos and don'ts.

Noticing that dating norms can be questioned and adapted.

Thinking about how to describe yourself and your interests on a dating profile.

Recognising that everyone has their own preferences and dealbreakers.

Considering how practice and support can help when starting to date.

Exploring Neurodiversity

Identity and Self Advocacy

2:13

Under 3 min

Interests and Hobbies | Ratatouille

Young Children

Children

Interests and Hobbies

Noticing how someone can feel joy when they do something they love.

Exploring how an interest can build skills and confidence.

Considering how care and focus show up when we enjoy something.

Thinking about how sharing an interest can bring people together.

Recognising that everyone can have different interests.

Identity and Self Advocacy

Exploring Neurodiversity

1:52

Under 3 min

An Ideal Partner | Love on the Spectrum

Adult

Neurodiversity and Dating

Exploring the many qualities people look for in a partner.

Noticing the difference between values, interests and appearance.

Thinking about what matters most to you in a relationship.

Recognising that people have different preferences.

Exploring Neurodiversity

Conversation and Communication

1:34

Under 3 min

Tone of Voice | Brooklyn 99 | Game Night (Adult Content)

Teen

Adult

Tone of Voice

Voice

Expression

Recognising Emotions

Noticing how tone of voice can tell us how someone is feeling.

Considering how our tone can show support or non-acceptance.

Thinking about how people work out what someone means using more than just words.

Recognising that people show care in different ways.

Conversation and Communication

Exploring Neurodiversity

2:32

Under 3 min

Relationships | Love on the Spectrum (Adult Content)

Adult

Neurodiversity and Dating

Exploring the experiences autistic people share about dating and relationships.

Noticing how sensory and social differences can affect dating.

Thinking about what helps you feel comfortable and understood.

Exploring the strengths people link to being neurodivergent.

Considering how dates can be planned to suit different needs.

Exploring Neurodiversity

Conversation and Communication

1:44

Under 3 min

Info Dumping | Spies in Disguise

Children

Teen

Info Dumping

Perspective Taking

Noticing how sharing facts can show how much someone cares about a topic.

Exploring how exciting it can feel to talk about a favourite interest.

Considering how a listener might feel when they hear lots of information.

Thinking about ways to share interests that work for both people.

Recognising that talking about a favourite topic is a valid way to connect.

Conversation and Communication

Exploring Neurodiversity

2:34

Under 3 min

Self Introduction | Love on the Spectrum

Adult

Neurodiversity and Dating

Exploring different ways to describe yourself.Noticing how sharing interests can help people connect.

Thinking about what matters to you in a partner.

Recognising that everyone has their own dating preferences.

Considering the many ways people show interest in someone.

Exploring Neurodiversity

Emotions and Self Regulation

1:44

Under 3 min

Empathetic Listening | Spies in Disguise

Young Children

Children

Empathetic Listening

Empathy

Reading Emotions

Perspective Taking

Responding

Noticing how people show care in different ways.

Exploring what it means to listen to how someone feels.

Considering how sharing facts can be a way of connecting.

Thinking about what helps someone feel heard and understood.

Recognising that people can enjoy different kinds of conversation.

Emotions and Self Regulation

Emotions and Self Regulation

0:34

Anger | Lego Movie | Unikitty

Children

Teen

Anger

Emotional Regulation

Expressing Emotions

Noticing that all feelings, including anger, are a normal part of life.    

Exploring what can happen when feelings are pushed down and not shared.  

Noticing body clues that can show a feeling is building up.  

Exploring the many different ways people can express anger safely.    

Thinking about how naming a feeling can make it easier to manage.    

Considering how others might respond when big feelings come out suddenly.

Emotions and Self Regulation

Identity and Self Advocacy

3:09

Acknowledging Different Ideas | The Lego Movie

Children

Teen

Acknowledging Different Ideas

Authentic Self

Self Belief

Uniqueness

Dream Big

Noticing that every idea comes from someone's own unique way of thinking.

Exploring how it can feel when others do not like your idea.

Thinking about how Emmet keeps believing in his idea.

Noticing how an unusual idea can turn out to be helpful.

Exploring kind ways to respond when someone shares a new idea.

Considering what makes each person's ideas unique.

Identity and Self Advocacy

Emotions and Self Regulation

2:03

Overcoming Fear | Steven Universe

Children

Teen

Young Children

Perspective Taking

Body Language

Recognising Emotions

Noticing how fear can come from not knowing what something is.    

Exploring how new information can change how something feels.    

Seeing how showing, not just telling, can help someone understand.    

Considering how people may need time before trying something new.    

Recognising how a trusted person can offer calm support.    

Noticing how people can feel proud after facing a fear.

Emotions and Self Regulation

Conversation and Communication

3:26

Perspective Taking | Sesame Street

Young Children

Perspective Taking

Body Language

Recognising Emotions

Noticing that people can have different feelings about the same event.

Exploring how actions and body language can give clues about feelings.

Recognising nervous as a common feeling when meeting new people.

Exploring how knowing someone's reasons helps us understand their point of view.

Thinking about how checking in can help us understand someone's feelings.

Noticing how offering support can change how someone feels.

Conversation and Communication

Identity and Self Advocacy

1:54

Growth Mindset | Class Dojo

Young Children

Children

Growth Mindset

Persistence

Perseverance

Resilience

Noticing that everyone finds some things hard to learn.

Exploring the idea that the brain grows when we try challenging things.

Thinking about how skills we have now were once new to us.

Recognising frustration as a normal feeling when learning something new.

Noticing how a friend's encouragement can help someone keep going.

Exploring how thoughts about our own learning can change.

Identity and Self Advocacy

Friendships and Connection

0:41

Showing Interest | Big Bang Theory

Teen

Adult

Social Connection

Noticing the effort Sheldon makes to show interest in Leonard.

Exploring how asking questions can show interest in someone's life.

Noticing how comments can help keep a conversation going.

Exploring the many different ways people show interest in others.

Thinking about how each person likes others to show interest in them.

Considering how people might notice when someone is showing interest.

Friendships and Connection

Making Sense of Language

1:56

Under 3 min

Predicting | Man Vs Bee

Children

Teen

Predicting

Inferencing

Managing Emotions

Recognising Emotions

Noticing how a character is feeling by the facial expressions and nonverbal cues.

Exploring what clues might help someone predict an outcome.

Observing how the character’s feelings change throughout the clip.

Thinking about how it feels when something unexpected happens.

Considering what might happen next.

Making Sense of Language

Identity and Self Advocacy

1:35

Under 3 min

Persistence | Swapped

Young Children

Children

Persistence

Resilience

Strengths and Challenges

Self Belief

Noticing how trying something new can take more than one attempt.

Exploring how each attempt brings you closer to reaching the goal.

Considering what it feels like to keep going when something is tricky.

Thinking about how curiosity and effort can lead to exciting discoveries.

Identity and Self Advocacy

Friendships and Connection

1:16

Under 3 min

Friendship | Big Bang Theory | Friendship Contraction

Teen

Adult

Friendship

Social Conventions

Thinking of Others

Asking for Help

Perspective Taking

Recognising emotions in others through body language and nonverbal communication.

Understanding that friendships involve “give and take” from both parties.

Considering how to ask for help and how to decline helping others.

Friendships and Connection

Conversation and Communication

01:04

Tone of Voice | Harry Potter | Snape

Teen

Tone of Voice

Body Language

Faces

Facial Expressions

Reading Emotions

Noticing that voices can sound different from person to person.

Consider that using intonation, or not using it, is one of many communication styles.

To build comfort describing and naming different vocal patterns.

To reflect on personal preferences for how we each use our own voice.

Conversation and Communication

Multimodal Communication

1:02

Under 3 min

AAC Advocate | CBS News | Zimmerman CBS

Teen

Adult

AAC Advocate

Noticing how Jordan communicated in different ways at different points in her life.

Exploring how AAC can support someone to share their identity and personality.

Considering that a person can begin using AAC at any age and find it useful.

Thinking about how family members and colleagues might adjust when someone introduces a new communication tool.

Recognising that a person's communication history does not limit what they can express or achieve.

Multimodal Communication

Multimodal Communication

5:26

3-6 min

AAC Comedian | Ahren Belisle

Teen

Adult

AAC Comedian

Exploring AAC use may be a valid and effective part of someone's communication.

Considering what it feels like when others make assumptions about what a person wants or needs.

Thinking about how assistive supports, such as devices and service animals, can be part of how someone communicates and moves through the world.

Multimodal Communication

Multimodal Communication

2:53

Under 3 min

AAC Comedian | Lost Voice Guy

Teen

Adult

AAC Comedian

Noticing how AAC can express humour, personality, and timing.

Exploring how communication involves more than spoken words.

Thinking about what it means for communication to be effective and meaningful.

Recognising AAC as a valid and complete way of communicating.

Reflecting on how different communication tools support participation in everyday life.

Multimodal Communication

Multimodal Communication

3:35

3-6 min

Minimally Speaking / AAC Use | Sesame Street

Young Children

Minimally Speaking / AAC Use

Noticing that there are many different ways to communicate.

Exploring how a communication device lets someone share what they know.

Seeing how everyone has skills and ideas that others may need.

Thinking about how friends can ask for and offer help.

Recognising that every way of communicating is valid and deserves to be heard.

Multimodal Communication

Multimodal Communication

2:14

Under 3 min

Minimally Speaking / AAC Use | Sesame Street | Art Show

Young Children

Minimally Speaking / AAC Use

Noticing that there are many different ways to communicate, including speaking, using a device, and physical gestures.

Seeing how a person may use more than one way to communicate, depending on the moment.

Exploring how a communication device lets someone share what they are thinking and feeling.

Thinking about how friends can listen and respond to all kinds of communication.

Recognising that every way of communicating is valid and deserves to be heard.

Seeing how art can also be a way to share feelings and ideas without words.

Multimodal Communication

Multimodal Communication

3:37

3-6 min

Minimally Speaking / AAC Use | Sesame Street | Fairytale

Young Children

Children

Minimally Speaking / AAC Use

Noticing that there are many different ways to communicate.

Exploring how a communication device helps someone share their ideas.

Seeing how everyone has something valuable to add to a group.

Thinking about how friends can make space for each other to join in.

Recognising that all ways of communicating are valuable and important.

Multimodal Communication

Multimodal Communication

3:38

3-6 min

Non-Speaking / AAC | BBC

Teen

Adult

Non-Speaking / AAC

Exploring how AAC can support someone to share complex thoughts, feelings, and ideas.

Noticing how communication can take many forms.

Thinking about what it means to be given the opportunity and tools to communicate.

Reflecting on how people around an AAC user can listen and respond in supportive ways.

Multimodal Communication

Friendships and Connection

1:13

Under 3 min

Winning and Losing | Bluey | Pass Parcel

Young Children

Children

Winning and Losing

Supporting Friends

Turn Taking

Noticing the different ways children show their feelings when they win and when they lose.

Exploring what it feels like to keep trying even when things do not go your way.

Thinking about how Bingo's feelings changed each time she played the game.

Considering how it might feel to win when a friend around you is sad about losing.

Exploring different ways people can show they are happy for someone else who won.

Friendships and Connection

Friendships and Connection

2:56

Under 3 min

Winning and Losing | The Inbestigators | Sports Day

Young Children

Children

Winning and Losing

Supporting Friends

Anger

Exploring what it can feel like to lose at something you have worked hard for or care deeply about.

Noticing how strong feelings after a loss can affect the way we act toward others.

Thinking about what good sportsmanship can look like.

Exploring how apologising can be hard, especially when you are still upset or unsure what went wrong.

Noticing how the people around us can support us when things do not go the way we hoped.

Friendships and Connection

Friendships and Connection

3:29

3-6 min

Teamwork | Disney | Sid Lesson

Young Children

Children

Teamwork

Cooperation

Supporting Friends

Noticing how a group works together towards a shared goal.

Exploring how each toy plays an important part in the plan.

Considering how toys that look different are valued and included.

Thinking about how one member can help guide a team.

Reflecting on treating others and their things with care.

Friendships and Connection

Friendships and Connection

5:26

3-6 min

Trust | The Inbestigators | Sleepover Secret

Children

Trust

Broken Trust

Making Promises

Listening

Thinking of Others

Exploring what it means to share something in confidence.

Thinking about how it feels when something private is shared without permission.

Noticing how trust between friends can be affected when a secret gets out.

Considering how someone might feel when they are accused of something they did not do.

Seeing how finding out what really happened can be an important part of repairing trust.

Thinking about what helps friendships recover after trust has been broken.

Friendships and Connection

Friendships and Connection

2:53

Under 3 min

Being Mean | Little Lunch | Germblocked

Children

Being Mean

Teasing

Exclusion

Rejection

Feeling Left Out

Noticing the difference between teasing, a joke between friends, and using words to exclude or embarrass someone.

Exploring how rules and group norms can be used to include or leave people out.

Thinking about how it feels to be accused of something bad.

Seeing how different people in a group can have very different views of the same situation.

Considering what it looks like when a friend stands up for someone who is being treated unfairly.

Exploring how a situation might be repaired after someone has been teased or left out.

Friendships and Connection

Friendships and Connection

3:25

3-6 min

Teamwork | Illumination | Minions

Children

Teamwork

Supporting Friends

Thinking of Others

Cooperation

Valuing Others

Noticing how a team can solve a big problem together.

Exploring how sharing a plan helps everyone work towards a common goal.

Considering how each person can add their own ideas or skills.

Thinking about how a team gets more done than one person alone.

Exploring how working together can make a hard job feel possible.

Friendships and Connection

Friendships and Connection

1:28

Under 3 min

Teamwork | Animation | Travel Groups

Children

Teamwork

Supporting Friends

Thinking of Others

Cooperation

Valuing Others

Noticing how working together can keep a group safe.

Exploring how a team can do more than one person alone.

Considering how each member of a group can help the others.

Thinking about the times when teamwork makes a task easier.

Exploring how it feels to be part of a group that supports you.

Friendships and Connection

Friendships and Connection

4:03

3-6 min

Supporting Friends | Disney | Turning Red

Children

Supporting Friends

Kindness

Thinking of Others

Encouraging Others

Looking Out for Friends

Noticing how Mei's friends show up for her without being asked, because they sensed something was wrong.

Exploring how different people can show care and support in their own way.

Thinking about what it feels like to be accepted by friends even when something unexpected or different is happening.

Considering how being with people who care about you can help you feel more like yourself.

Noticing how belonging to a group of friends can be a source of comfort.

Friendships and Connection

Friendships and Connection

3:00

3-6 min

Supporting Friends | Little Lunch | Detention

Children

Supporting Friends

Kindness

Thinking of Others

Encouraging Others

Looking Out for Friends

Noticing the different ways friends can show they care.

Exploring how small actions can help someone feel less alone.

Thinking about ways to cheer someone up when they feel down.

Considering how to support a friend even after a disagreement.

Recognising that there are many ways to offer support.

Friendships and Connection

Friendships and Connection

2:52

Under 3 min

Supporting Friends | Big Bang Theory

Teen

Adult

Supporting Friends

Social Connection

Thinking of Others

Encouraging Others

Noticing the signals someone sends when something matters to them.

Exploring what acknowledgement can look like across different communication styles.

Considering that people signal importance in many different ways, and no single way is the right way.

Thinking about what it feels like when your signal is noticed, and when it is not.

Exploring how two people can have different priorities in the same moment and both be valid.

Considering how a person might let someone know they need more acknowledgement.

Friendships and Connection

Friendships and Connection

2:50

Under 3 min

Standing Up for Yourself | Little Lunch | The Band

Children

Standing Up for Yourself

Refusing

Disagreeing

Saying No

Reading Emotions

Noticing the difference between going along with something and genuinely wanting to join in.

Exploring what makes it hard to say "no", especially when everyone else is excited about something.

Thinking about different ways people show they are not keen on an idea, even without using words.

Considering what it might look like to say "no" to a friend without hurting their feelings.

Exploring the difference between being asked to do something and feeling like you have no choice.

Thinking about what support from others might look like when someone does not want to do something.

Friendships and Connection

Friendships and Connection

1:28

Under 3 min

Sharing Interests | Big Bang Theory

Teen

Adult

Sharing Interests

Gift Giving

Supporting Friends

Thinking of Others

Social Connection

Noticing that a special interest can bring a person to life in a way that is immediate, visible, and contagious to those who share it.

Exploring how sharing a special interest with someone who truly gets it can create a fast and genuine sense of connection.

Considering how the joy of a special interest can sometimes absorb a person's full attention, even in a context where others are also present.

Reflecting on what it means to make space for someone's passion while also keeping the other person in view.

Friendships and Connection

Friendships and Connection

1:18

Under 3 min

Rejection | Disney | Lilo Stitch

Children

Rejection

Exclusion

Feeling Left Out

Being Mean

Bullying

Noticing that being left out can feel sad or lonely.

Exploring how it is okay to feel upset when this happens.

Thinking about the people who are kind and care about you.

Exploring how everyone deserves friends who are kind to them.

Friendships and Connection

Friendships and Connection

2:35

Under 3 min

Rejection | Daniel Tiger

Young Children

Rejection

Exclusion

Feeling Left Out

Noticing what rejection can feel like, even when it is not meant unkindly.

Exploring the difference between a friend not wanting to play right now and a friend not wanting to be friends anymore.

Understanding that friendships can include more than two people, and that a friend playing with someone else does not mean they care about you less.

Seeing what it looks like to sit with a sad or rejected feeling and find a way through it.

Friendships and Connection

Friendships and Connection

2:59

Under 3 min

Refusing | Little Lunch | Kiss Chasey

Young Children

Children

Refusing

Disagreeing

Standing Up for Yourself

Supporting Friends

Reading Emotions

Noticing the different ways Battie tries to refuse and show he does not want to play.

Exploring what it means to say "no" to something, and what it can feel like when you are not heard.

Thinking about the difference between going along with something and genuinely wanting to join in.

Considering how the other kids responded.

Exploring what it might look like when someone's "no" is not respected and what could help in that situation.

Friendships and Connection

Friendships and Connection

2:57

Under 3 min

Pranking | The Inbestigators

Children

Pranking

Being Mean

Bullying

Teasing

Trust

Noticing the difference between a prank that is funny for everyone involved and one that upsets or embarrasses someone.

Thinking about how a reputation for pranking can affect the way people see you, even when you have done nothing wrong.

Exploring how making fun of someone's fears or worries is different from a harmless joke.

Considering what it looks like to take responsibility and apologise when your actions have affected someone else.

Thinking about how it feels to be blamed for something, and how it feels to be the one who has caused a problem.

Friendships and Connection

Friendships and Connection

2:24

Under 3 min

Play Preferences | Daniel Tiger | School

Young Children

Play Preferences

Negotiating

Negotiating Play

Play Differently

Recognising Emotions

Noticing how it feels when something you created or did is copied by someone else.

Thinking about why someone might copy a friend's idea and what they might be feeling.

Seeing how being encouraged and given time, can help someone find their own ideas.

Recognising that there is no one right way to play, move, or create – your way is a good way.

Friendships and Connection

Friendships and Connection

1:58

Under 3 min

Play Preferences | Daniel Tiger | Explorers

Young Children

Play Preferences

Negotiating

Negotiating Play

Play Differently

Recognising Emotions

Noticing that people have different ideas of how to play.

Exploring how Katerina finds her own way to join the game.

Considering how friends can play together, even when they play differently.

Thinking about how we are different in some ways and the same in many ways.

Recognising that playing differently can add to the game in a fun way.

Friendships and Connection

Friendships and Connection

1:35

Under 3 min

Peer Pressure | Disney | Finding Nemo

Young Children

Children

Peer Pressure

Friendship

Social Connection

Belonging

Noticing how Nemo felt on his first day and how that might have influenced his choices.

Exploring how feelings can affect the way someone behaves in front of their friends.

Consider what changed for Nemo when another fish said he was too afraid to do it.

Exploring the difference between wanting to join in and feeling pushed to prove something.

Thinking about what it looks like to say no when a group is daring you to do something.

Friendships and Connection

Friendships and Connection

3:20

3-6 min

Negotiating | Daniel Tiger | Recognising Emotions

Young Children

Negotiating

Recognising Emotions

Negotiating Play

Acknowledging Others Preferences

Standing Up for Yourself

Noticing that friends sometimes want to play different games.

Exploring how it feels when you cannot play your way.

Considering how talking can help friends solve a play problem.

Thinking about how two ideas can join into one fun game.

Recognising that playing together can be even more fun.

Friendships and Connection

Friendships and Connection

3:18

3-6 min

Negotiating | Almas Way

Young Children

Children

Negotiating

Preferences

Reading Emotions

Acknowledging Others Preferences

Noticing that two people can enjoy the same place in different ways.

Exploring how someone else might feel or see things differently from us.

Thinking about how pausing helps us consider another person's point of view.

Considering how to find a plan that suits more than one person.

Building the idea that different preferences are all okay.

Friendships and Connection

Friendships and Connection

4:15

3-6 min

Making Friends | Wonder

Children

Making Friends

Kindness

Supporting Friends

Looking Out for Friends

Noticing how a moment of connection can open the door to a new friendship.

Exploring how offering genuine support can be a way to help someone.

Thinking about how Jack responded to being helped, and what that says about him.

Considering how two people can move from being strangers to finding things in common.

Friendships and Connection

Friendships and Connection

1:55

Under 3 min

Making Friends | Little Lunch

Children

Making Friends

Social Connection

Belonging

Joining In

Exploring the idea that friendship can look different for different people.

Noticing that people form friendships for different types of connection.

Seeing how people with different communication styles and personalities can be friends.

Thinking about what it feels like to be at a new school or class at the start of a school year.

Noticing how humour and relaxed conversation can be part of the way some people connect with others.

Exploring what it means to approach friendship in your own way, rather than following a set of rules.

Friendships and Connection

Friendships and Connection

5:16

3-6 min

Making Friends | The Loud House

Children

Making Friends

Thinking of Others

Social Connection

Noticing different reasons why people might choose to spend time with someone.

Exploring what it looks and feels like when one person is more invested in a friendship than the other.

Thinking about the qualities that make someone a kind and genuine friend.

Considering how people can repair a friendship after hurt feelings.

Exploring how someone might show they care, even after being treated unkindly.

Friendships and Connection

Friendships and Connection

3:00

3-6 min

Deception | Little Lunch | Forgot Lunch

Children

Deception

Honesty

Trust

Looking Out for Friends

Lying

Exploring the difference between telling on someone to get them in trouble and telling a trusted adult because someone might get hurt.

Noticing how keeping a secret can feel uncomfortable when it goes against what we think is right.

Thinking about the difference between telling the truth, staying quiet, and saying something untrue.

Noticing what can happen when a group of people all agree to keep a secret.

Considering how honesty and trust work in friendships.

Friendships and Connection

Friendships and Connection

4:03

3-6 min

Kindness | Disney | Life Pets

Young Children

Children

Kindness

Looking Out for Friends

Friendship

Noticing how Gidget works hard to help her friend Max.

Exploring how being brave can help you look out for a friend.

Considering how Gidget shows kindness to a lonely hawk.

Thinking about how friends can help each other solve a problem.

Recognising that everyone can use a friend, even someone who seems scary.

Friendships and Connection

Friendships and Connection

1:35

Under 3 min

Listening | Disney | Luca

Children

Listening

Friendship

Standing Up for Yourself

Peer Pressure

Noticing how a friend's encouragement can help us feel brave.

Exploring what it looks like to really listen to a friend.

Thinking about how trust grows between friends.

Considering how we choose which ideas from a friend, we will try.

Recognising that feeling nervous can be our body telling us what we are doing is risky.

Friendships and Connection

Friendships and Connection

7:30

6 min+

Kindness | Sesame Street | Gift Giving

Young Children

Children

Kindness

Gift Giving

Thinking of Others

Friendship

Noticing how a kind gift can make someone feel happy.

Exploring how giving can feel as good as getting.

Thinking about how the gifts were thoughtful and just right for each person.

Considering how Bert and Ernie thought about each other's feelings.

Thinking about the kind things we can do for our friends.

Exploring how a gift does not need to cost a lot.

Friendships and Connection

Friendships and Connection

5:47

3-6 min

Kindness | Illumination | Ripple

Children

Kindness

Thinking of Others

Gift Giving

Sharing

Noticing how a small, quiet act of kindness can have a lasting effect on the person who receives it.

Thinking about how the kindness we experience can shape who we become and how we treat others.

Exploring different ways to show kindness, including actions that are done quietly and without recognition.

Friendships and Connection

Friendships and Connection

7:42

6 min+

Jealousy | Daniel Tiger

Young Children

Jealousy

Friendship

Social Conventions

Kindness

Sharing

Noticing what jealousy feels like.

Exploring why we sometimes want what someone else has.

Considering how talking about a jealous feeling can help.

Thinking about fun ways friends can share special things.

Recognising that jealousy is a normal feeling that everyone has.

Friendships and Connection

Friendships and Connection

2:25

Under 3 min

Jealousy | Friends

Adult

Jealousy

Kindness

Perspective Taking

Trust

Noticing how jealousy can show up in behaviour, and how the actions driven by jealousy can affect others.

Exploring the connection between jealousy and insecurity, and how past experiences can shape how someone responds to a situation.

Thinking about how jealousy can affect trust within a relationship, even when nothing has actually gone wrong.

Recognising that jealousy is something many people experience.

Friendships and Connection

Friendships and Connection

4:38

3-6 min

Gossip | Friends

Adult

Gossip

Lying

Deception

Social Conventions

Noticing the pull that gossip can have, even when a person is actively trying to resist it.

Exploring what makes a piece of information feel irresistible to share with someone else.

Considering the difference between sharing information because it genuinely helps someone and sharing it for the excitement of it.

Thinking about how gossip can affect the people being talked about, even when they are not present in the conversation.

Recognising that the urge to share private information can be difficult to manage, especially when the information feels exciting or surprising.

Exploring what it means to keep a confidence, and how it can feel when that trust is broken.

Friendships and Connection

Friendships and Connection

1:21

Under 3 min

Social Conventions | Big Bang Theory | Big Bang

Teen

Adult

Social Conventions

Friendship

Honesty

Trust

Social Connection

Noticing that friendships can sometimes involve tension between personal values and loyalty to others.

Considering how Sheldon weighs up different kinds of rules, written laws and the unspoken expectations between friends.

Recognising that choosing to support a friend can sometimes feel like going against something that matters to you.

Friendships and Connection

Friendships and Connection

5:53

3-6 min

Exclusion | Daniel Tiger | Left Out

Young Children

Exclusion

Feeling Left Out

Peer Pressure

Noticing how it feels to be left out of a game.

Exploring the idea that it is okay to feel sad sometimes.

Considering how sharing a feeling with someone can help.

Thinking about how a hug can help a sad feeling get smaller.

Recognising that sad feelings get better little by little.

Friendships and Connection

Friendships and Connection

2:18

Under 3 min

Disagreeing | Friends

Teen

Adult

Disagreeing

Arguments

Refusing

Saying No

Perspective Taking

Noticing the difference between a disagreement where both people are listened to and one where a decision has already been made.

Thinking about what it feels like to keep offering ideas that are immediately turned down.

Considering what makes a disagreement feel fair, and what makes it feel one-sided.

Seeing how disagreements between people who care about each other can still happen, and are a normal part of close relationships.

Exploring what a more open conversation about the same disagreement might look like.

Friendships and Connection

Friendships and Connection

1:38

Under 3 min

Disagreeing | Lego Batman

Children

Disagreeing

Arguments

Looking Out for Friends

Perspective Taking

Saying No

Noticing that two people can see the same thing in different ways.

Exploring how Alfred shares his view calmly and kindly.

Understanding that it can feel hard to hear something we do not agree with.

Thinking about why someone might use jokes to avoid a topic.

Considering how people can disagree and still care about each other.

Friendships and Connection

Friendships and Connection

2:18

Under 3 min

Deception | Big Bang Theory | D&D game

Teen

Adult

Deception

Lying

Exclusion

Noticing the different ways deception can show up in a conversation, including a direct lie, withholding information, and accidental disclosure.

Considering why someone might choose to deceive a friend and what they might be hoping to protect or gain.

Thinking about how it feels to be on each side of a deception, both the person hiding something and the person who discovers the truth.

Recognising that even a well-intended deception can affect trust in a friendship.

Friendships and Connection

Friendships and Connection

2:17

Under 3 min

Cooperation | Animation | Rupee Run

Young Children

Children

Cooperation

Teamwork

Exploring what competition looks like and how it feels when two people want the same thing.

Considering what might need to change for two rivals to shift from competing to cooperating.

Thinking about what each character brings to the situation and how their different skills can work together.

Recognising that cooperation can lead to outcomes that neither person could have reached on their own.

Friendships and Connection

Friendships and Connection

3:16

3-6 min

Bullying | The Loud House

Children

Bullying

Teasing

Standing Up for Yourself

Valuing Others

Finding Your Crew

Noticing how the group of friends support each other when one person is targeted.

Thinking about the difference between facing a difficult situation alone and facing it with others.

Considering how it might feel to stand up to someone who has been unkind.

Noticing how coming together as a group can change the outcome of a difficult situation.

Exploring that standing up for a friend can look many different ways.

Friendships and Connection

Friendships and Connection

2:42

Under 3 min

Bullying | Disney | Bugs Life

Children

Bullying

Teasing

Disagreeing

Standing Up for Yourself

Valuing Others

Noticing the different ways Hopper uses his size, voice, and power to control the ants.

Exploring how bullying can affect a whole group.

Thinking about what it looks like when someone speaks up against a bully, even when it feels risky.

Considering how the ants responded and what might have made it hard for them to stand up for themselves.

Exploring how people may use fear to appear powerful.

Friendships and Connection

Friendships and Connection

2:30

Under 3 min

Belonging | Wonder

Children

Belonging

Bullying

Friendship

Social Connection

Teasing

Noticing the different ways people respond when someone is being bullied.

Exploring what it might take for someone to step in and support a person being bullied.

Considering how it may feel to be supported by people you did not expect.

Noticing how friendships and trust can grow after a shared experience.

Friendships and Connection

Friendships and Connection

5:42

3-6 min

Being Mean | The Loud House | Gossiping

Children

Being Mean

Gossip

Teasing

Exclusion

Social Connection

Noticing how words can hurt other people's feelings.

Exploring how sharing or creating gossip can be unkind.

Considering how it feels to be teased or embarrassed.

Thinking about how our choices affect the people around us.

Exploring how we can choose to be kind instead.

Friendships and Connection

Friendships and Connection

3:25

3-6 min

Being Mean | Animation | Birds

Young Children

Children

Being Mean

Bullying

Friendship

Belonging

Social Connection

Noticing how the smaller birds exclude the larger bird because he is different.

Exploring what it looks like when a group works together to leave someone out or treat them unkindly.

Thinking about how the big bird responded to being treated meanly and what that shows about him.

Considering the perspectives of the different characters.

Exploring group dynamics and the influence of peers.

Friendships and Connection

Friendships and Connection

1:09

Under 3 min

Arguing | Harry Potter | (Content Warning)

Teen

Arguing

Fighting

Friendship

Disagreeing

Noticing that friends can argue and still care about each other.

Exploring how people can show they are upset in different ways.

Thinking about what it feels like when a friend does not seem to understand you.

Considering that arguments between friends do not always get sorted out straight away.

Reflecting on different ways friends can make up after a disagreement.

Friendships and Connection

Friendships and Connection

2:57

Under 3 min

Arguing | Little Lunch | Monkey Bars

Children

Arguing

Fighting

Disagreeing

Friendship

Standing Up for Yourself

Noticing what an argument looks and sounds like between friends.

Exploring what starts an argument and what keeps it going.

Considering whether arguments can end without a clear winner.

Thinking about different ways arguments can be resolved.

Friendships and Connection

Friendships and Connection

2:03

Under 3 min

Apologising | Disney | Cars

Children

Apologising

Repairing

Friendship

Social Connection

Noticing that there are different ways to say sorry, such as saying it out loud, writing it down, or showing through actions.

Exploring what it feels like to say something hurtful and then realise you want to make it right.

Thinking about what makes an apology feel genuine.

Considering what it can take to say sorry, even when it feels hard or uncomfortable.

Noticing how an apology can help repair a friendship after a difficult moment.

Friendships and Connection

Friendships and Connection

0:47

Under 3 min

Apologising | Disney | Turning Red

Children

Apologising

Repairing

Friendship

Social Connection

Noticing how saying sorry can help repair a friendship.

Considering how it feels to forgive a friend who says sorry.

Thinking about how friends can stick up for each other.

Exploring how being honest about a mistake takes courage.

Friendships and Connection

Making Sense of Language

0:13

Under 3 min

Sarcasm | Lego Movie | Batman

Children

Sarcasm

Tone

Tone of Voice

Expression

Reading Emotions

Noticing how a person's tone can change the meaning of their words.

Exploring how sarcasm says one thing but means another.

Considering the clues that show someone is being sarcastic.

Thinking about how facial cues and tone of voice help us read what someone really means.

Recognising that the same words can sound kind or unkind, depending on tone.

Making Sense of Language

Making Sense of Language

2:13

Under 3 min

Sarcasm | Big Bang Theory | (Content Warning)

Adult

Sarcasm

Tone

Tone of Voice

Expression

Reading Emotions

Noticing that sarcasm relies on a combination of tone, facial expression, context, and the relationship between speakers, which makes it one of the harder forms of communication to read reliably.

Reflecting on how sarcasm can be used warmly between people who know each other well, or how it can also exclude or confuse people who are not in on the joke.

Exploring what helps when you are not sure whether someone is being sarcastic, including asking directly or paying attention to the broader context.

Making Sense of Language

Making Sense of Language

0:59

Under 3 min

Sarcasm | Disney | Inside Out

Children

Sarcasm

Tone

Tone of Voice

Expression

Reading Emotions

Noticing that sarcasm can communicate the opposite meaning of the literal words.

Exploring how tone can change the meaning of what someone says.

Thinking about how the same words can sound different depending on how they are expressed.

Considering that some people enjoy sarcasm and others find it harder to follow.

Reflecting on how context and tone work together to signal meaning.

Making Sense of Language

Making Sense of Language

2:31

Under 3 min

Sarcasm | Disney

Teen

Sarcasm

Tone

Tone of Voice

Expression

Reading Emotions

Noticing how sarcasm communicates a different meaning than the literal words.

Exploring how tone and expression carry meaning beyond what is said.

Thinking about how shared knowledge between people can affect how sarcasm lands.

Considering that people vary in how much they use or enjoy sarcasm.

Reflecting on how the same comment can be understood differently by different people.

Making Sense of Language

Making Sense of Language

3:04

3-6 min

Sarcasm | The Scottish Comedy Channel | Scottish Comedy

Adult

Sarcasm

Tone

Tone of Voice

Expression

Reading Emotions

Noticing how sarcasm communicates a meaning that differs from the literal words.

Exploring how tone and delivery can signal that something is not meant literally.

Thinking about how the same sarcastic comment can be understood differently by different people.

Recognising that some people enjoy sarcasm and others prefer more direct communication.

Making Sense of Language

Making Sense of Language

4:43

3-6 min

Sarcasm | Saturday Night Live | (Content Warning)

Adult

Sarcasm

Tone

Tone of Voice

Expression

Reading Emotions

Noticing how sarcasm often communicates a meaning that differs from the literal words.

Exploring how tone and delivery signal that something is not meant literally.

Considering that people vary in how much they use or enjoy sarcasm.

Reflecting on how a shared understanding of context helps people interpret sarcasm.

Making Sense of Language

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