Here are some great books for kids and for families caring for kids
Social & Emotional Health in Early Childhood: Building Bridges Between Services & Systems (Systems of Care for Children's Mental Health) (Systems of Care for Children's Mental Health) Deborah F., Ph.D. Perry, Roxane K. Kaufmann, and Jane Knitzer
The Educator's Guide to Mental Health Issues in the Classroom Frank M., Ph.D. Kline and Larry B. Silver
Here you Are, Mayke Beckmann Briggs
Too Loud, Too Bright, Too Fast, Too Tight: What to Do If You Are Sensory Defensive in an Overstimulating World Sharon Heller
Feelings to Share from A to Z (My Favorites)
Todd Snow (Author), Peggy Snow (Author), Pamela Espeland (Editor), Carrie Hartman (Illustrator)
David and the Worry Beast: Helping Children Cope with Anxiety
Anne Marie Guanci (Author), Caroline Attia (Illustrator)
Brotherly Feelings: Me, My Emotions, and My Brother with Asperger's Syndrome by Sam Frender, Robin Schiffmiller, and Dennis Dittrich
Hurty Feelings, Helen Lester
What to Do When You're Scared and Worried: A Guide for Kids James J. Crist
How to Take the Grrrr Out of Anger Elizabeth Verdick
What to Do When You Worry Too Much: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Anxiety (What to Do Guides for Kids) (Paperback) Dawn Huebner
One Great Kid!
All of our kids have talents, gifts, potential, and challenges as they grow into adults. Our community has a pivotal role in helping our children and youth discover and develop skills, abilities, and character traits that will ensure success in school, in relationships, in the community, and in life.
An expanding group of community partners are working together to build a community-based system of care – a system that recognizes that mental health is important in the life of every child and builds on the individual strengths that every child and every family has.
We would like to periodically recognize one great kid from our community. If you know of a child or youth up to age 21 who deserves recognition for a special talent, achievement, or just for being a great kid, please send a brief email telling us why to: communication@showmekids.org and thanks for sharing your story of One Great Kid!
·A Strength-based Philosophy
- Every child and family has strengths, talents, things that they do well.
- Show-Me Kids partners believe that we should focus on these strengths rather than focusing on problems.
What does that mean for people who are providing services to a child or youth?
Service-providers, professionals, and natural supports who are using a strength-based philosophy will try to discover, appreciate, and build on things that a child and family do well.
- No service plan or service-provider should focus only on things that a child or family does not do well.
If you would like to submit an example of strengths-based services, please send a brief email to communication@showmekids.org.