Courage to Change

Helping Kids Heal 75 Activities to Help Children Recover from Trauma and Loss by Rebecca Carman, CSW Contains 75 tried-and-true activities to be used with children after an acutely traumatic event or in response to the chronic trauma and loss experienced by children living in at-risk communities. Activities can be used in groups or with individuals. Activities focus on safety, relaxation, feelings, and much more! Includes reproducible activity sheets, step-by-step instructions, anecdotes, tips, and vignettes to bring activities to life. Click for ordering information		ADHD: 102 Practical Strategies for “Reducing the Deficit” by Kim “Tip” Frank, Ed.S, L.P.C. and Susan J. Smith-Rex, Ed.D. This great resource is concise and easy-to-follow and features powerful strategies to help ADD/ADHD students improve their academic and social/emotional abilities. The authors present 102 ways nts and professionals can help children and adolescents cope with and overcome ADHD. Included are checklists and charts to help with organizational skills. (Ages 5-17.) Click for ordering information

You Can Control Your Anger GameBook™ by Lawrence E Shapiro, Ph.D. & Greg Elkins A unique “gamebook” that is designed to teach kids how to handle their anger and express their feelings in productive ways. The book comes with a detachable spinner that is used to play three different games that teach specific anger control techniques, help kids role-play ignoring anger triggers and help kids learn to communicate their feelings in appropriate ways. A bonus CD contains five additional games. (Ages 6-12) ©2006 Click for ordering information		Thoughts and Feelings Sentence Completion Game by Lisa-Marie Arneson MFT, RPT A cheerfully animated therapeutic tool for parents or counselors designed to engage children of all ages. The deck of 38 cards is an especially effective medium in helping children identify, process, and work through a variety of issues: changes within the family system, trauma, grief, anger, depression, anxiety, and fears. NEW! Colorful Garden: A Feelings Coloring Book and Feelings Charts with whimsical illustrations showing Proud Petunias (Garden Theme), Grumpy Crabs (Marine Theme) and many more flowers and sea creatures expressing feelings! Click for ordering information

The Skin You Live In by Michael Tyler, illus. by David Lee Csicsko With vivid colors and rhythmic verse this powerful books teaches children that our skin, is not tall, thin, lose, win, rich, sad, poor, mad, dumb, smart, it’s not any of this and more than it seems because we are all that we think, hope, and dream. Teaches tolerance and enhances self-esteem (Ages 4-8.) ©2005 Click for ordering information		The Adolescent Psychotherapy Treatment Set Includes: The Treatment Planner providing guidelines and pre-written treatment plan components for 30 main presenting problems. The Homework Planner with over 50 ready-to-copy exercises covering common issues and The Homework Planner II with 72 all new ready-to-copy activities. The Progress Notes Planner with complete pre-written sessions for each behavioral problem. And The Handout Planner with fact-filled handouts on various issues. Includes notes that help make reimbursement eligibility determinations much easier. (Ages 12 to 18.) Click for ordering information