- 1-2-3 Care: A Trauma-Sensitive Toolkit for Caregivers of Children
The 1-2-3 Care Toolkit is intended to support caregivers on their journey towards trauma sensitivity. It is organized by topic, each offering a brief overview, specific tools that can be used with children, and where to find more information. Also included are handouts that can be used as teaching aids. Public health nurses at Spokane Regional Health District (SRHD) developed this toolkit for caregivers of children. Caregivers are defined broadly to include parents, grandparents, child care providers, teachers, and others who care for children daily. Recent advances in the understanding of how early childhood experiences shape the way the brain works over the lifetime reveal just how critically important the job of caring for children is. It turns out that the brain grows and develops differently in response to nurturing versus traumatic environments.
- ACEs Science Toolkit for Parents from Lifelong Learning
This resource list for parents has resources to help parents learn more about the following topics: meditation for children, family wellness, gratitude, mindfulness, understanding behavior, self-care, self-regulation, and types of behavior from trauma.
- The California Surgeon General’s Playbook: Stress Relief for Caregivers and Kids during COVID-19
This document provides tools for caregivers to recognize and manage kids’ stress. The version for adults, The California Surgeon General’s Playbook: Stress Relief during COVID-19, offers guidance on protecting our brains and bodies from the stress and daily disruptions caused by COVID-19.
- Caregivers Guide to Wellbeing from Alia
This colorful guide highlights the importance of self-care and support and inspire caregivers—including those caring for children or adults—by providing them with the knowledge, encouragement, and manageable techniques needed to increase their well-being and joy. The guide covers balance, connection, loss, change, and antiracism/cultural well-being
- Gun Safety Campaign Toolkit
The ASK (Asking Saves Kids) campaign promotes a simple idea with the potential to help keep kids safe. Ask, "Is there an unlocked gun in your house?" before sending your child over to play. The toolkit from the American Academy of Pediatrics contains social media graphics.
- Helping Children with Loss
The Helping Children with Loss Program by the Grief Recovery Institute can help you learn tools that will not only help your child today, but for the rest of their lives as well. This program is for parents, teachers, school counselors and anyone who has contact with children and can be used to help children deal with the loss a parent, grandparent, sibling, a divorce in the family, or even the loss of a pet.
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Parenting Guides from Yolo County Child Abuse Prevention Council
These guides for parents will give you ideas about how to nurture your child, weather emotional storms, take care of yourself, and enjoy time with your child, while also helping you feel empowered and closer to your child.
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Parenting Survival Guide: Caring for Kids with Mental Illness from Children's Mental Health Ontario.This guide focuses on you, the parents, with practical tips and information on how to prioritize your own wellness and start making things better for yourself and your family.
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Talking to Children about Gun Violence
- Talking to Children about War
This fact sheet from The National Child Traumatic Stress Network offers information for caregivers on how to talk to children about war. This fact sheet includes the potential impact and considerations when talking to children about war, how to start the conversation, understanding media coverage, and how to foster resilience. Also, now available in Ukrainian, Russian, German, and Japanese.
- Taming the Dragons: Helping Children Cope: Ages Birth to Twelve Years
Taming the Dragons is a training manual for parents, foster parents, and kinship caregivers. It was developed out of a crisis nursery in WA state by Sue Delucchi. English and Spanish versions are available.
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Three Ways to Help Children Channel Climate Change Anxiety into Positive Action
Research based on questionnaire responses by children and young adults has articulated three main coping strategies for effectively dealing with anxiety over climate change. This article is by Child & Family Blog.
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Tools for Supporting Emotional Wellbeing in Children and Youth
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine have created tools to teach skills that can help children and youth cope with some of the challenges associated with the pandemic. There are tools for younger children and their parents as well as tools for youth and teens.
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Links to PACEs Connection Collections on Practicing Resilience for Self-Care and Healing
