Xpress Feelings™ Toolkit

Xpress Feelings™ Toolkit

Help your child name, understand, and communicate their emotions with a resource created to reflect who they are.

The Xpress Feelings™ Toolkit is a neuroaffirming, identity-centered emotional learning resource designed specifically for Black autistic children. It gives children a visual and supportive way to explore feelings, build emotional vocabulary, and communicate what may be difficult to express with words.

The toolkit includes illustrated emotion cards featuring Black children with a wide range of expressions, experiences, and support needs. It also includes customizable grief cards because grief does not look the same for every child, and there is no single “correct” way to express it.

What’s Included

• Printable Xpress Feelings™ emotion cards
• Feelings communication cards
• Customizable grief expression cards
• “Today I’m Feeling…” daily check-in sheet
• Step-by-step instructions for using the toolkit
• Five suggested activities for building emotional awareness and communication

Help Your Child

• Identify and name different emotions
• Expand their emotional vocabulary
• Communicate how they feel without pressure
• Connect feelings to real-life situations
• Develop a consistent emotional check-in routine
• Explore grief in a safe and personalized way
• Feel represented, understood, and affirmed

Ways to Use the Toolkit

Use the cards during morning check-ins, after school, during therapy sessions, following a difficult experience, or while reading books and watching shows together.

Children can choose a card that reflects how they feel, match emotions to different situations, discuss how a character may be feeling, or create their own expression on the included grief cards.

There is no single right way to use this resource. The cards are designed to create opportunities for connection, curiosity, and conversation without forcing a child to communicate in one specific way.

Who Is This For?

The Xpress Feelings™ Toolkit is ideal for:

• Parents and caregivers
• Autistic children
• Therapists and counselors
• Teachers and school professionals
• Early childhood programs
• Special education classrooms
• Community and youth organizations

Why Representation Matters

Children deserve emotional learning tools that reflect their identity and lived experiences. The illustrations in this toolkit center Black children across different emotions, hairstyles, abilities, and forms of expression.

When children can see themselves in the resources they use, they are more likely to feel recognized, respected, and included.

Digital Product

This is a digital download. No physical product will be shipped.

You may print the toolkit at home, through a local printing service, or at your workplace for personal or professional use.

Important Notice

This toolkit is intended for informational and educational purposes. It is not a substitute for individualized medical, psychological, behavioral, or therapeutic care. Please consult a qualified professional when additional support is needed.