Youth Care Professionals

Trauma-informed strategies and trauma-sensitive activities are critical for today's youth as they are growing up in unprecedented times.  While trying to make sense of the world around them,...

Designed to accompany the Building Resiliency in Youth professional guide, this Workbook for Teens includes 27 trauma-informed self-guided assessments and activities for middle and high school-age...

Designed to accompany the Building Resiliency in Youth professional guide, this Activity Guide is filled with 33 trauma-informed, adult-led activities for children ages 5 through 12.The interactive,...

Our youth are growing up in unprecedented times. They have seen global tensions, a worldwide pandemic and upheaval to the safeties embedded in their daily lives, national friction and violence,...

Honesty is the best policy. Right? Sure, of course it is. But what happens when someone is a little too honest, and offers unsolicited - and way too much - information that may be hurtful to others?...

When people think of feedback, they typically think of developmental feedback, or criticism. But positive feedback, or a compliment, is just as important. Receiving developmental feedback is never...

Staying on task for young children can be a challenge and asking for help isn't always easy. It takes a lot of courage and practice to learn how to put both of these skills to use! This downloadable...

Teamwork and sharing are hard skills for some children to learn - and RJ is one of those kids! Working with others can help kids and adults understand that people have different talents, experiences,...

It is easy for children to get excited and go full steam ahead - even when they shouldn't. Kids don't often think about consequences either, so there are times when they do something they shouldn't...

Children are not born knowing how to accept no for an answer, nor do they come into the world knowing how to disagree appropriately. It's important for parents and the grown ups in their lives to...

Everyone has a bad day once in a while. And, typically, when people have bad days, they find themselves blaming other events, people, etc. But it's also important to look inward and figure out...

This revised and expanded edition of Skills for Families, Skills for Life can help family practitioners and other professionals incorporate the teaching of life skills into the assessment of and...