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Anxiety in Kids Toolkit

What does Anxiety in Kids Toolkit cover?

A five-part toolkit that starts with a parent's clinical guide to worry, fear, and avoidance in children and teens. The working tools that follow help you respond at home and decide when to seek more help.

Read the Storm: The Complete Meltdown & Regulation Toolkit

What does Read the Storm: The Complete Meltdown & Regulation Toolkit cover?

The Read-the-Storm Method for Meltdowns, Anxious Refusal, ADHD Overwhelm, and Defiance. Learn to tell the four storms apart in about ten seconds, then use the words built for each one. Includes 22 scripted moments sorted by storm, 17 phrase swaps, the Read the Storm and CALM Protocol wall posters, an age-by-age wall chart, and a two-week Meltdown Pattern Log with a storm-type column. Bonus: the complete pocket deck What to Say in the Hard Moments.

The School Advocacy Toolkit

What does The School Advocacy Toolkit cover?

Eight documents, in the order to use them, for walking into a 504 meeting knowing what to ask for. Includes guidance for parents and pages to prepare with your child. Includes the wording that starts the legal clock on a school evaluation.

The ADHD Clarity Toolkit for Parents

What does The ADHD Clarity Toolkit for Parents cover?

A parent guide to the different ways ADHD shows up, evaluation, treatment, school support, and daily home routines. Includes observation logs, school scripts, routine templates, and medication trackers.

The Child Sleep Toolkit

What does The Child Sleep Toolkit cover?

A five-part toolkit with an age-by-age guide to children's sleep, what tends to go wrong at each stage, and how sleep and mental health affect each other. Practical tools help you put the guidance into a nightly routine.

The Loneliness-to-Connection Toolkit

What does The Loneliness-to-Connection Toolkit cover?

A complete program for the child who seems fine but isn't quite fine. It pairs a clinical framework with a four-week guided workbook, a friendship-skills practice guide, and a printable extras pack.

Early-Warning Clinical Screener Toolkit

What does Early-Warning Clinical Screener Toolkit cover?

A parent guide to noticing patterns in attention, anxiety, mood, eating, and social withdrawal. Includes observation checklists, appointment preparation, a symptom log, and guidance on seeking an evaluation.

The Parent ADHD Toolkit

What does The Parent ADHD Toolkit cover?

A compiled 39-page Parent ADHD Toolkit in English and Spanish. Includes Daily Routine Builder, Behavior Charts, Emotion Cards, Homework Checklists, My Weekly Planner & Journal, and Weekly Symptom & Progress tools.

What to Say at the IEP Meeting

What does What to Say at the IEP Meeting cover?

Scripts, rights, and specific sentences for parents of children with disabilities heading into IEP meetings. It explains how the process works and how to ask for what your child needs.

ADHD in Girls: The Missed Signs

What does ADHD in Girls: The Missed Signs cover?

A parent guide to quiet ADHD, masking, misdiagnosis, and emotional regulation in girls. Covers school advocacy, tools for planning, focus and getting started, and conversations with teachers and clinicians.

Raising Calm Kids in an Anxious World

What does Raising Calm Kids in an Anxious World cover?

Practical tools for parents and caregivers, including daily routines, panic scripts, and exposure exercises. It explains what helps anxious children and why.

Setting Healthy Social Media Limits

What does Setting Healthy Social Media Limits cover?

A parent guide to age-specific social media limits, sleep, and family conversations. Includes scripts, a family media agreement, and tracking worksheets.

The ADHD Blindspot

What does The ADHD Blindspot cover?

A guide to the different ways ADHD shows up that can be overlooked or mistaken for anxiety, defiance, or other difficulties. Covers focus, emotional regulation, school accommodations, and treatment conversations.

The Door Stays Open

What does The Door Stays Open cover?

A child psychiatrist's guide to talking with teens about vaping, alcohol, cannabis, and pills. It offers words for hard conversations while keeping your relationship with your teen intact.

ADHD at Home: A Parent Toolkit

What does ADHD at Home: A Parent Toolkit cover?

A fillable workbook for routines, regulation, and tracking behavior with less friction. Print it or type directly into the pages on a tablet or computer.

ADHD Toolkit for Kids

What does ADHD Toolkit for Kids cover?

A workbook for children and teens with ADHD, with explanations of attention, organization, and emotions. Includes personal check-ins, trackers, planners, and activities for school and friendships.

Understanding Autism

What does Understanding Autism cover?

A warm, evidence-based guide for parents covering the research, genetics, and assessments behind autism. It also lists the questions worth asking along the way.

When Food Becomes the Enemy

What does When Food Becomes the Enemy cover?

A parent's guide to eating disorders in kids and teens. It covers the signs to watch for and how to get your child the right help.

When You're Scared for Your Child

What does When You're Scared for Your Child cover?

A parent's guide to suicide, self-harm, and keeping your child safe. It covers warning signs, how to talk with your child, safety planning, and treatment options.

How to Protect Your Child's Mental Health

What does How to Protect Your Child's Mental Health cover?

A guide to proactive mental health for every age, focused on early intervention and protective factors. It shows how to build resilience before problems start.

Is It ADHD, Anxiety, or Just Being a Kid?

What does Is It ADHD, Anxiety, or Just Being a Kid? cover?

A guide for parents trying to sort typical childhood behavior from signs of ADHD or anxiety. It helps you think through what you are seeing before an evaluation.

The Burned-Out Parent

What does The Burned-Out Parent cover?

A clinical guide to parent burnout, how your stress affects your child, and how to recover. Written for parents who are running on empty.

The Family Media Peace Treaty

What does The Family Media Peace Treaty cover?

Age-by-age screen limits, word-for-word scripts for common screen fights, and a Family Media Agreement you build together. Designed to make screen rules something the family agrees on rather than fights over.