Resources
By Topic
Here we have resources we find valuable organized by topic. We have also organized our favorite resources by audience, either for parents and children or for adolescents. To explore resources by audience, please click on one of these links or the button below.
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It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
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It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
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It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
By Topic
Here we have resources organized by topic: attachment resources for parents, resources about providing adequate environmental stimulation for their children, social-emotional development resources for helping children pay attention to and manage their feelings, and resources related to trauma.
Attachment
Playful/silly parent-child activities
100 Simple Ideas for Parents to be Playful and Silly with Kids
Parenting from the Inside Out
”Drawing on stunning new findings in neurobiology and attachment research, they explain how interpersonal relationships directly impact the development of the brain, and offer parents a step-by-step approach to forming a deeper understanding of their own life stories, which will help them raise compassionate and resilient children.”
Environmental Stimulation
Proprioceptive input
”Proprioception is a big deal with kids that have sensory needs because it’s the only sense that calms and helps improve focus almost across the board, when used the right way.”
Sensory diet
”A sensory diet is providing your child with different types of sensory input as they need it, throughout the day, so they can function to their full potential.”
Social-emotional Development
Anger
What’s behind my anger?
Understanding what “primary” emotion might be underlying the “secondary” expression of anger.
Anxiety
Resources for managing anxiety
Learn how to help identify and manage list of resources provided by UCLA’s Center for Child Anxiety, Resilience, Education, and Support.
Ways to calm worry
Coping and soothing strategies and practices for when you’re feeling anxious.
General (emotional management)
Books for children
Here’s a great list of psychologically-informed books for children, organized by topic and age-appropriateness.
Grounding exercises
Questions to help understand how you are right now.
Rose, thorn, bud
Exercise for identifying feelings about the past, present, and future.
Teaching children to identify and express emotions
”Children get angry, sad, frustrated, nervous, happy, or embarrassed, but they often do not have the words to talk about how they are feeling.”
Trauma
Beacon House’s resources
”Beacon House is passionate about developing freely available resources so that knowledge about the repair of trauma and adversity is in the hands of those who need it.”
