Parent Handouts
Mental Health Support
Download ready to go worksheets, flash cards, and classroom activities for your students to use to practice developmental skills and promote mental wellness.
Co-Regulation Strategies
What is co-regulation and why is it important? This handout answers these questions in addition to outlining applicable strategies for parents to co-regulate their children at home.
Related Family Care Hub Resources:
- Supporting Big Emotions (self-paced course)
- Self Care for Caregivers (self-paced course)
Anxiety Information Brochure
Printable brochure about anxiety in children and adolescents. Includes general information, signs & symptoms, tips to help and where to get more information.
Related Family Care Hub Resources:
- Childhood Anxiety (audio)
- Coping with Anxiety (self-paced course for middle & high school students)
Monthly Wellness Calendar
Twelve monthly wellness calendars featuring daily challenges to promote mental wellness and overall development. Perfect for families.
Related Family Care Hub Resources:
- Balloon Breathing (video)
- Color Breathing (video)
- Self Care Essentials for Teens (self-paced course)
Depression Information
General information about depression in adolescents and children. Signs & symptoms, tips to help and where to get more information.
Related Family Care Hub Resources:
- Breaking Free from Negative Thoughts (course)
- How to Ask Someone If They're Considering Suicide (video)
- Checking in with Your Children & Teens (video)
National Hotlines & Textlines
Printable list of national mental health hotlines and text-lines.
Related Family Care Hub Resources:
- How to Ask Someone If They're Considering Suicide (video)
- Checking in with Your Children & Teens (video)
Special Education & Developmental Support
Designed to increase knowledge and understanding of their child's development and the special education process.
IEP Parent Planner
For parents to support preparation for and participation in IEP meetings. Contains an IEP terminology "cheat sheet," questionnaires for families
Related Family Care Hub Resources:
- A Parent's Role on an IEP Team (article)
- A Parent's Guide to IEPs (audio)
- Special Education Processes (audio)
Dyslexia
General information about dyslexia, signs & symptoms, tips to help
Related Family Care Hub Resources:
- Phonological Awareness Packet (downloadable)
- Quick Tips to Support Your Child's Reading (video)
Speech Sound Disorder
Speech sound disorders information including general definitions, signs & symptoms, tips to help
Related Family Care Hub Resources:
- Why Does My Child's Speech Sound Like That? (audio)
- 10 Ways to Help Your Child's Speech & Language (audio)
Autism
Information about autism spectrum disorder (ASD) including general information, signs & symptoms, and tips to support.
Related Family Care Hub Resources:
- Understanding Autism (article)
- How to Support Nonverbal Autism (audio)
- Gestalt Language Processing (article)
- Supporting Big Emotions (self paced course)
Apraxia of Speech
Information about Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS), signs & symptoms, and tips to help.
Related Family Care Hub Resources:
- Phonological Awareness Packet (download)
- Why Does My Child's Speech Sound Like That? (audio)
- 10 Ways to Help Your Child's Speech & Language (audio)
ADHD
ADHD information including general definitions, signs & symptoms, and tips to help.
Related Family Care Hub Resources:
- How is ADHD Related to Sleep? (audio)
- How to Promote Executive Functioning at Home (article)
- Executive Functions for Independence (audio)
Language Impairment
Information about Specific Language Impairment (SLI) including general information, signs & symptoms, and tips to support.
Related Family Care Hub Resources:
- Speech & Language Through Board Games (video)
- #1 Tip for Language Development (video)
- Building Language Skills Through Play (video)
Stuttering
Information about Stuttering, signs & symptoms, and tips to help.
Related Family Care Hub Resources:
- How to Support Children Who Stutter (audio)
- 10 Ways to Help Your Child's Speech & Language (audio)
