Support children to understand their bodies, before overwhelm shows up in learning or behaviour.

What this toolkit is 
The Inner Clue Detectives: Educator & Therapist Detective Guide Toolkit is a 64-page Occupational Therapy–informed printable resource designed to support children aged 3-8 years to notice, understand, and respond to their inner clues in educational and therapy settings.
 
Before children can explain what they need, their bodies often communicate first.
This toolkit supports adults to recognise those early body signals and respond with calm, consistent, body-based strategies throughout the day.
 
The resources are practical, flexible, and designed for busy classrooms and therapy spaces, with no programs to follow and no complicated preparation required. 
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What this toolkit focuses on 
This toolkit focuses on interoception- the ability to notice internal body signals, such as:
• Wiggly legs
• Heavy eyes
• Foggy head
• Heavy heart
 
This is not an emotions curriculum and does not require children to label feelings or talk about emotions before they are ready.
 
The approach is neuroaffirming and trauma-informed, prioritising predictability, safety, and understanding over compliance or behaviour control.
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Co-regulation in educational and therapy settings
The toolkit explicitly supports co-regulation, helping adults to:
• Build shared, body-based language across settings
• Respond to inner clues early and consistently
• Support regulation through adult presence, structure, and environmental support
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Who this is for
• Educators working with children aged 3–8 (Kindy to Year 3)
• Occupational Therapists and Allied Health Professionals
• Therapy clinics and early intervention settings 
• Early learning centres and primary classrooms 
• School wellbeing spaces 
• Teams supporting neurodivergent children

*No prior knowledge of interoception is required*
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What’s included (64 pages)
This toolkit includes classroom- and therapy-ready printable supports, including:
• Detective Modes visual prompt (for display)
• Detective Modes cue cards for group and individual use
• Co-regulation “What to Say” scripts for adults
• Calm-corner/tent posters and regulation tool prompts
• Detective tools checklist for everyday support
• Inner clue check-in visuals and body-clue prompts
• Play-based detective missions
• Reflection sheets and printable Clue Master badges
• Affirmations and additional OT-informed supports
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How it’s used
• Print, display, and use immediately
• Select tools based on the child's inner clues 
• Use flexibly across routines, transitions, and learning moments
 
*This resource is designed to support understanding first, not fix behaviour*
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Toolkit preview
A small selection of pages is shown above.
Preview images are intentionally blurred to protect the integrity of the full toolkit, while still giving a sense of the visual layout, structure, and types of supports included.
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Instant download
• Ready to print and use immediately after purchase
• Printable PDF format
 
• OT-informed • Neuroaffirming • Trauma-informed
• Practical for education and therapy settings
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Digital Download Notice
This resource is a digital download and will be available instantly after purchase. 
As digital products cannot be returned, we are unable to offer refunds for change-of-mind purchases. 
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