Organization Support

• HOPE ® (Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences):
  

  Dr. Sege and his team at Tuft's Medical Center have resources and trainings to help your organization become HOPE-informed. 

• Resilience University
  

  Not sure where to start? Try HOPE-informed Building Block Worksheets

Community Resources

• Catholic Charities Maine
  

  Broad range of support and services for refugees, children and adults with mental and behavioral health concerns, families experiencing food insecurity and more.

• Child Care Choices
  

  Provides families with a searchable database for childcare choices as well as resources about what to look for in a good childcare setting.

• Child Development Services: Early Intervention Services
  
• Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Unit
  

  Dedicated to responding with community interventions when children are exposed to lead.

• Cradle Me: Connection to Supporting Services and Resources
  

  Available to all pregnant and/or parenting individuals and families in Maine, including public health nursing, early intervention services, substances use recovery support and help with WIC.

• Crisis and Counseling Centers
  

  Crisis support 24/7 as well as resources for parents and families with mental health needs.

• Early Childhood Consultation Partnership (ECCP)
  

  A research-based program with experienced mental health consultants who work with families and childcare or daycare providers to support children with behavioral health needs (ages 0-8years).

• G.E.A.R. Parent Network
  

  A family support network for parents whose children have behavioral issues.

• Help Me Grow Maine
  

  Coordinating services and referrals for children with developmental or behavioral concerns (referral form on the website provider can fill out in the exam room, requires parental/guardian consent).

• Maine Autism Society
  

  Supports and community for families of children with Autism

• Maine Families
  

  Statewide network of community partners serving the needs of pregnant people and parents with newborns (home visits).

• Maine Housing (Maine State Housing Authority)
  

  Created to address problems of unsafe, unsuitable, overcrowded, and unaffordable housing.

• McKinney Vento
  

  Support for children in families experiencing homelessness including the ability to assign a non-parent adult as a surrogate "IEP Parent" who can support the child in school if the parents are not able to participate. More FAQs are answered here. 

• OBH Housing Support
  

  Multiple resources for families experiencing housing insecurity and behavioral or mental health issues.

• SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program)
  

  Supplemental monthly benefit to help families purchase nutritious food.

• TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families)
  

  Supplemental cash assistance to help families become self-sufficient.

• WIC (Women, Infants and Children)
  

  Supplemental formula and foods for women and children as well as caregivers of children under the age of 5 years. 

Relational Health Support

• AAP "Special Time"
  

  Suggestions on how to implement for parents.

• ABA (Applied Behavior Analysis)
  

  Standard approach to behavior issues for children with Autism.

• ARC (Attachment Regulation Competency)
  

  An intervention with training workshops and online resources to support families affected by complex trauma; one favorite tool is 5 minute activities for parents to connect with their kids. You can visit their main website.

• DIRFloortime (Developmental, Individual-differences, and Relationship-based model)
  

  An alternative to ABA for neurodivergent kids.

• NICER Parenting & SUNBEAM
  

  Trauma-informed parenting tools.

• PATTeR: Pediatric Approach to Trauma, Treatment, and Resilience
  

  Parenting support, videos, and education resources for providers.

• PCIT (Parent Child Interaction Therapy)
  

  A type of parenting coaching/therapy where the counselor can see the parent interact with the child and offer tips.

• SEEK (Safe Environment for Every Kid)
  

  Helps PCPs address psychosocial issues including parental depression and substance use; "aims to strengthen families, support parents and parenting, and thereby promote children's health, development, well-being and safety - and help prevent child abuse and neglect;" using materials requires a 3 year license agreement, CME is available.

• SPARKS
  

  Free videos for each WIC supporting early relational health from birth to age 5 years.

• Triple P (Positive Parenting Program)
  

  Highly studied, >35 years, psychologist in Australia.

Emotional Growth Tools

• AAP Common Elements Approach
  

  Examples of brief interventions providers can offer when presented with mental or behavioral health concerns.  Also see the Common Factors Approach.

• AAP Handouts
  

  For parents and children to help manage mental health symptoms (i.e. anxiety, depression/sadness, impulsivity, time-in)

• Breathing Exercises
  

  5 Big Deep Breaths, 4:7:8 breathing with a mantra, Box Breathing

• COPE (Creating Opportunities for Personal Empowerment)
  

  Program training for medical providers to offer modularized CBT to teens and young adults.

• Emotional Intelligence for Providers
  

  "Self-awareness, self-regulation, empathy, and social skills - work together to enhance healthcare professionals' ability to connect with patients, collaborate with colleagues, and deliver patient-centered care."

• Family Feeling Chart
  

  Support families in promoting discussions about feelings in order to help feel supported by each other as they go through hard times, this facilitates 2 of the 7 PCEs! Family Feeling Chart Instructions

• Fire Truck Brain
  

  Understanding your nervous system.

• Meditation
  

  Living Kindness, Walking, Glitter Jar

• Mindfulness
  

  Sensory grounding (5-4-3-2-1), toes-to-nose

• PDSA Cycles
  

  Integrating self-care ("10 things I can do when I feel yucky" list or "Stress-Reduction Plan") using a "Back-the-Bus-Up" approach to determine the root cause behind challenging behaviors and help parents/caregivers respond to the underlying need or feeling.

• Self-care Super Powers Chart(s)
  

  Support families in celebrating small changes such as recognizing emotions & adopting healthy coping skills for difficult emotions and feelings.

AAP Trauma-Informed Care Resources

• A Provider's Guide to Incorporating Trauma-Informed Care into Practice for Youth
  
• Childhood Trauma & Resilience: A Practical Guide
  
• National Center for Relational Health and Trauma-Informed Care
  
• Responding to Trauma Infographic
  
• Supporting Children Who Have Experienced Trauma
  
• TIC Resources for Clinicians
  

Family Resources

• 5 Minute Connection Activity
  
• Big Behaviors Got You Down? Take Care of Your Own Nervous System First
  
• Breathing Exercises
  
• Collection of Family Resources
  
• Fire Truck Brain
  
• Mindfulness Exercises
  
• Meditation Exercises
  

PDF Downloadable/Printable Resource Charts

• 5 Ways to Help a Stressed Child PNG and PDF
  
  • PNG
  • PDF
• 6 Steps to Coregulate When Trauma is Affecting the Whole Family
  
• Back the Bus Up - A Parenting Problem-Solving Approach Print
  
• "Firetruck Brain" Print
  
• "NICER" Parenting - Big behaviors are a bid for connection & a cry for help. We can help kids with a meaningful response.
  
• Resilience University: PDSA Cycles
  
• Stress Reduction Plan - Blank Chart
  
• The Three R's - Ways to support your child's resilience
  

Feelings Charts - Blank Printables

• Family Feelings Chart
  
• Feelings Sticker Chart - Blank
  
• Feelings Sticker Chart - Bored
  
• Feelings Sticker Chart - Overwhelmed
  
• Feelings Sticker Chart - Sad
  
• Feelings Sticker Chart - Worried
  
• Feelings Sticker Chart - "What I Can Do"
  
• My Self-Care Super Powers! Multiple Feelings Sticker Chart
  
• My Self-Care Super Powers! Anger Sticker Chart