Teachers, counsellors, therapists, parents and caregivers can use this engaging novel and guidebook to help to promote resilience within children, families and communities that have experienced traumatic stress.
The novel encourages children to learn about everyday heroes and what helps them to succeed despite adversity. The accompanying guidebook provides practical advice and strategies for using the novel in classrooms, counselling, therapy and families to spark conversations around difficult topics of loss and trauma and to strengthen and renew emotionally supportive relationships for distressed children.
These two books provide a toolkit for helping children and caring adults understand the impact of traumatic stress and what can help them to recover and increase resilience after stressful experiences. Together, the novel and guidebook inspire hope for those who feel alone, fearful or ashamed after traumatic experiences and show how children, parents, and other caring adults can become stronger than the nightmares of the past.
This set includes:
This essential resource provides a resiliency-focused guide for promoting trauma-informed schools and child and family services to help children and families experiencing traumatic stress.
Preface
About the Author
Prologue
1. Tight Lips
2. Tick Tock Tick Tock Tick
3. Listen and Learn
4. The Three C’s
5. C Code
6. A New Friend
10. Grandma’s Apple Pie
11. Hot Water
12. Rats and Cats
13. Tough Times
14. Friends Forever
15. Grandma’s Double-Rich Dangerously Deep-Dark Chocolate Brownies
16. Broken Glass
17. Rescue
18. Triple Trouble
19. S O S
20. 200 Problems
21. All Alone
22. Grandma’s Lesson
23. New Banner
Epilogue Behind the Mask; Secrets of Real Life Heroes by Carrie Sanderson
Note from the Author
About the Author