The Brain Friends Programme

What is The Brain Friends Programme?

The Brain Friends Online Programme is a weekly, science-based coaching and emotional skills programme for children aged 4 to 12. Through stories, movement, games and characters, children learn to understand their emotions, notice what their body is telling them, and build tools for emotional regulation, confidence and resilience.

Each session is small, structured and SEN-friendly – perfect for sensitive, anxious or emotionally overwhelmed children who need support to feel safe and steady in the world.

Age Groups

• Tame Time Junior (ages 4–6): Parents attend with their child. Focus on body clues, early emotions, movement and connection.

• Tame Time (ages 7–9): Building emotional language, awareness and simple calming strategies.

• Brilliant Brain Lab (ages 10–12): Exploring stress, peer relationships, independence and emotional reflection.

• Brain Lab Teens (ages 13–16): Coming Soon

Email us at emily@thebrainfriends.co.uk to register interest for teen sessions

What Children Learn

• How to recognise early signs of stress and dysregulation Understanding body signals (early interoception)

• How different parts of the brain work (e.g. Lenny Lizard, Mylo Monkey, Brilliant Brain)

• Simple calming tools – breathing, movement, sensory play

• Naming emotions without shame

• Confidence, problem-solving and kindness

• The link between body, brain and behaviour

• Practise co-regulation first, then gradual independence

Online Programme

Helping children feel calm, confident and connected, one simple step at a time

How It Works

• 30-minute weekly Zoom sessions

• Small groups to create a safe space

• One clear takeaway per week, layered and repeated over time

• SEN-friendly, low-pressure, trauma-informed

• First session is free to try

• Rolling intake – join anytime

• Sessions are never recorded for safety

• Parents of 4–6s attend; 7–9s encouraged to have an adult nearby

• Led by an experienced and engaging coach

• What Makes It Different

• Rooted in science, using the Brain Friends characters

• Based on child development, neuroscience and therapeutic coaching

• Supports children who struggle with overwhelm, shutdowns, or social stress

• Builds emotional awareness through metaphor, visuals and play

• No pressure to talk, learning happens through experience, not explanation

• A shared language for home and school

How much does it costs?

• Rolling monthly sessions (4 sessions) £89

Who It’s For

This is ideal for:

• Children who feel things deeply or get easily overwhelmed

• Those who find school difficult, draining or anxiety-inducing

• Children who need support with emotional regulation and confidence

• Families looking for structured but gentle guidance outside of therapy

Contact & Booking

Learn more: https://www.thebrainfriends.co.uk

Join the waitlist and book your child’s free session!

emily@thebrainfriends.co.uk

Find out more information here.