Resilience Hub Tools and Resources

NEW!

Thanks to support from the AAP, we were able to add resources and value to the materials we share through the Maine AAP Resilience Hub. Check out the newly created 'Embracing the Joy & Fostering Resilience, One Milestone at a Time' chart which can be shared with families. Charts for other ages are coming soon.

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