A trauma-focused mental health program that will teach your child life-long strategies to support their mental health.
What You'll Learn
For the parents:
Trauma-informed somatic work
Mental health first aid
Emotional literacy - noticing, naming, normalising
Self-care strategies
Brain functions and nervous system regulation
Coping strategies and navigating intrusive thoughts
And so much more.
Topics Covered:
Session 01Neuroscience for Kids
Your child will learn the major parts of the brain and how each part is responsible for their mental health, including the fight/flight/freeze response and how the 3 major parts of the brain speak to each other.
Session 02Somatic Work
Your child will learn about body awareness, the body-brain connection and how to tune in to what their body is saying. We will begin to practice some gentle breathing exercises and start noticing how their brain and their body is communicating.
For the kids:
Help your brain become STILL and STRONG
What to do when your body is about to explode!
Learn how to help your friend if they’re having a hard time
Self-discovery so you know the things that make you feel like YOU
Learn about how your body is speaking to you
Set up a mental health emergency kit
Having sticky thoughts? Let’s be friends with your brain so they lose their stick!
Feel worried? Learn about what your brain AND body is trying to tell you.
Create a regulation station
And so much more…
Session 03Emotional Literacy
This session your child will begin to identify, notice and name the full range of human emotions. We’ll open up the conversation around what it feels like when certain emotions are stored in the body and how to begin to process them.
Session 04Self-Regulation & Coping Strategies
Your child will learn about what it means to be regulation - and that it’s not always staying calm! We’ll look at drainers and rechargers and some positive coping strategies.
Session 05Mental Health First Aid
This session your child will create a mental health first aid kit while also learning how to support friends who are struggling with their mental health.
Session 06Self-care Strategies
Your child will learn about self-care strategies and come up with their own self-care plan. We will also discuss how to identify when you need some self-care time and what that looks like for them.
Video lessons for each session
Lesson handouts
Hands on activity plan
Journal prompts/Discussion prompts
What’s included:
What parents and kids are saying……
“TOTALLY RECOMMENDED! Bethany is an incredible human being and a wonderful and experienced therapist.
My child loved her! She is very caring.”
— Parent“This is honestly the best program I have ever seen offered to the homeschooling world….absolutely fantastic.”
— Parent“My child said ‘Beth should make the next session sooner’.
He adored the first session.”
— Parent and Child“She is loving her Thursdays. She didn’t stop talking about today, safe to say she really enjoyed herself.”
— Parent You have the power to lead your child better than anyone - including any therapist, expert, or teacher.
-Beth, Trauma Therapist + Mentor
This program is a curriculum designed for you AND your child to do together. It will build on the attachment system, connection-based parenting and allow open conversations between you and your child when it comes to their mental health.
Examples of activities to integrate the lessons…
At the completion of Still & Strong, your child will have a deep understanding of how to support their mental health through self-regulation, nervous system functioning and self-care practices.
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After purchasing the curriculum, you will be invited to create a free account to access our online community. Inside there, you will be given access to the Still & Strong curriculum for 12 months.
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This program is designed for you to do WITH your child. Still & Strong is focused on attachment, connection and trauma-focused mental health resources. You have the power to lead your child and you are the best person for the job!
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I have yet to have a child who hasn’t enjoyed doing the activities - however some children may defend against learning about emotions or their body. If this is your child, take this slow and don’t put pressure on your child to complete the activities Make it optional for them and gently incorporate it into you life by normalising, naming and using language that supports mental health.
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The curriculum is in video format with written instructions along with printable handouts, examples and photos as needed.
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You and your child will have access to Still & Strong for 12 months.
A trauma-focused mental health program that will teach your 8 to 12 year old child life-long strategies to support their mental health. Includes coping strategies, nervous system functioning and self-care practices. Plus so much more.