My Brain, My Way: Feelings, Calm Plans & Faith Tools for Autistic and Neurodivergent Kids

My Brain,My Way ๐Ÿง ๐Ÿ’™

Tools for kids whose brains work in their own special way: understand your feelings, plan your calm, tell people about you, and talk to God your way. Calm colors, no surprise sounds. โ€œI will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.โ€ Psalm 139:14

๐Ÿ”Ž Feelings Detective

Look at the clues: what people did, said, and what just happened. Can you figure out how they felt?

๐Ÿซ€ Where Do I Feel It?

Feelings show up in our bodies before we have words for them. Tap where your body feels something.

๐Ÿง˜๐Ÿพ My Calm Plan

Make a plan for big-feeling moments. Then share it with your family, teacher and church helpers.

๐Ÿชช All About Me Card

Help new teachers, coaches and Sunday school helpers get to know you. Tap whatโ€™s true, then print it.

โžก๏ธ Whatโ€™s Next?

Changes can feel hard. Build your plan, then tap through it so you always know whatโ€™s coming. โ€œYahweh himself is who goes before you.โ€ Deuteronomy 31:8

๐Ÿš‚ Tell God About It

God made the things you love, and He loves hearing about them! Tell Him everything you know, and weโ€™ll turn it into a thank-you prayer.

๐Ÿฆธ๐Ÿพ Godโ€™s Unusual Heroes

Some of Godโ€™s heroes were really different from everyone else. God used them anyway! Tap each card to learn and collect it.

๐Ÿ”ค Prayer Words Board

For kids who use few words, point to talk, or use an AAC device. Tap words to build a prayer, or print the board and keep it by the bed.

๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘ง For grown-ups

Most tools save only on this device, and printing is the only way anything leaves it. For more, see The Calm Corner, Different, Not Less and the Neurodiverse Families hub.

Scripture from the World English Bible, some in simple kidsโ€™ words. Kids Hub

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โ€œI am fearfully and wonderfully made.โ€ Psalm 139:14

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