Build Your Toolkit
Grass roots resources developed and tested in community that provide hope, encouragement and information to children, youth and adults through prevention, intervention and support concepts. Resources for professionals, parents, teachers, helping individuals and trusted adults. Modern day tools to foster healthy outcomes for those experiencing difficult and critical life challenges. Give them the tools…watch them flourish!
Build Your Toolkit
Grass roots resources developed and tested in community that provide hope, encouragement and information to children, youth and adults through prevention, intervention and support concepts. Resources for professionals, parents, teachers, helping individuals and trusted adults. Modern day tools to foster healthy outcomes for those experiencing difficult and critical life challenges. Give them the tools…watch them flourish!
Art, his Heart...and the Phlart?!
Art, his Heart...and the Phlart?!
Art falls victim to a Phlart; a power-stealing predator. Art starts to stuff his feelings, but he is unable to hide his hurting heart. As with all victims, Art becomes stuck in his circumstance. When Art meets a new friend, Tart, he finds the strength to disclose what is happening to him. With support, Art is able to start the healing process.
This important prevention tool presents an analogy of childhood sexual abuse using a male character. Carefully crafted to teach children what they need to know to stay safe, the author broaches the subject in a sensitive, nonthreatening way. Whether used in prevention or therapy, this is a MUST-READ for all children.
Recommended for one-on-one interaction with a professional and/or a trusted adult.
Defn: PHLART
A person who is older or bigger than me who tricks me into doing something that doesn’t feel right and makes me feel uncomfortable. A person who encourages me to do something I know isn’t right.
- A modern-day fairytale with real life deceit, danger and drama
- Education
- Prevention, intervention and support resource
- Therapeutic story for children
- Drama
- Growing up
Author Biography
Fawn Einarson
Illustrator Biography
Arthur Karakochuk
Art, his Heart...and the Phlart?!
Art falls victim to a Phlart; a power-stealing predator. Art starts to stuff his feelings, but he is unable to hide his hurting heart. As with all victims, Art becomes stuck in his circumstance. When Art meets a new friend, Tart, he finds the strength to disclose what is happening to him. With support, Art is able to start the healing process.
This important prevention tool presents an analogy of childhood sexual abuse using a male character. Carefully crafted to teach children what they need to know to stay safe, the author broaches the subject in a sensitive, nonthreatening way. Whether used in prevention or therapy, this is a MUST-READ for all children.
Recommended for one-on-one interaction with a professional and/or a trusted adult.
Defn: PHLART
A person who is older or bigger than me who tricks me into doing something that doesn’t feel right and makes me feel uncomfortable. A person who encourages me to do something I know isn’t right.
Art, his Heart…and the Phlart?!
Author: Fawn Einarson
Illustrator: Arthur Karakochuk
Publisher: Hear My Heart Books Inc.
Published: February, 2014
ISBN: 978-0-9877251-5-8
Price: $19.99 CDN
Size: 5.5” x 8.5”
Format: Full-colour children’s book, saddle-stitched, softcover, 32pp
EPUB: 978-0-9877251-8-9
EPUB Price: $10.99 CDN
Recommended for parents, caregivers and professionals working with children.
Category:
- A modern-day fairytale with real life deceit, danger and drama
- Education
- Prevention, intervention and support resource
- Therapeutic story for children
- Drama
- Growing up
TAG LINES:
#Not Me
Prevention dialogue—equip your child with the tools to stay safe.
#Healing is for Heroes
Boys are less likely to disclose sexual abuse compared to their female counterparts. The long-term effects of abuse, in adulthood, include increased risk of drug and alcohol addiction, increased risk of difficulty with the law, increased anger/violence tendencies and increased risk of mental illness; including depression and anxiety.
Despite our best efforts to keep our children safe, crimes against them happen daily. Prevention is key, knowledge and information is imperative.
Use this story as a platform to talk to children about power dynamics.
Children will learn to rely to their ‘little voice’ inside and to be aware of their surroundings and potential dangers, what to do if someone tries to steal their power and most importantly to talk and tell if something doesn’t feel right.
Given the right tool, we can help children start the healing process NOW, while they are still children. Healing is for Heroes.
Sheldon Kennedy and Theoren Fluery’s disclosures of abuse were plastered all over the media, when a story started to tumble about in Fawn’s imagination. A few years later, while interviewing authors in prison for the STR8UP graphic novel, it became apparent to Fawn that many of the incarcerated men she met where victims of abuse; including sexual abuse.
Fawn felt an urgency to get this story into production after seeing a CBC interview with a male survivor. Fawn was so moved by this man’s story and his willingness to allow a whole nation to look into his shattered soul, that she decided that night to take the idea to fruition. Fawn dedicates this story to him and the many male victims of childhood sexual abuse everywhere.
All of these brave and amazing men are the inspiration behind “Art, his Heart…and the Phlart?!”
Author Biography
Fawn Einarson
Illustrator Biography
Arthur Karakochuk
Sexual abuse statistics involving children are shocking. Research tells us that 60% of sexual assaults go unreported. Nondisclosure leads to increased risks of psychological, emotional, social, and physical problems often lasting into adulthood.
May 13, 2022
For Immediate Release
Winnipeg, Canada — A nearly three-fold increase in online child sexual exploitation and abuse reported today by Statistics Canada reinforces the urgent need for regulation of digital platforms and electronic service providers in Canada, says the Canadian Centre for Child Protection (C3P). The report titled, Online child sexual exploitation and abuse in Canada found that the number of incidents involving children harmed in digital spaces reported to Canadian police from 50 incidents per 100,000 population in 2014, when cybercrime data were first collected nationally, to 131 per 100,000 in 2020. Alarmingly, when online child sexual abuse material incidents are removed from the data, the online luring of children and adolescents accounted for more than three quarters (77%) of all other police-reported incidents. The study also notes the victims of these crimes also tend to be among the most under-reported to law enforcement.
July 26, 2017
For Immediate Release
Winnipeg, MB: The Canadian Centre for Child Protection (Canadian Centre) is calling attention to the alarming numbers in the Statistics Canada (StatCan) Police Reported Crime Statistics, 2016 released Monday that provide a lens into the scope of the problem of child sexual abuse in Canada. StatCan reported a 30% increase in sexual violations against children from 2015 to 2016 – ranging from hands-on offences to adults agreeing or arranging to commit a sexual offence against a child. The report also cited a 41% increase in child pornography incidents from the previous year, and a 233% increase since 2006.
Jacksonville, Florida, USA News4JAX
July 17, 2023 at 10:34 PM
“40 percent of kids say they have been contacted by somebody they don’t know,” said Justin D’Arienzo, a forensic psychologist. Newly released 2023 crime data suggests that every day, someone’s child is approached online by someone looking to lure them for sexual purposes. And unfortunately, most parents are not even aware of it happening. According to the latest data from multiple organizations that track online pedophilia cases and trends, an estimated 500,000 predators have become a daily threat to kids on the internet. The data revealed that the COVID-19 pandemic contributed to the rise in online luring cases. More than 80% of child sex crimes started on the internet. Data shows that 82% of online predators are men and only 15% know what their kids are doing online. Dr. D’Arienzo said the numbers don’t lie and parents must communicate with their kids about this threat.
- A modern-day fairytale with real life deceit, danger and drama
- Education
- Prevention, intervention and support resource
- Therapeutic story for children
- Drama
- Growing up
Author Biography
Fawn Einarson
Illustrator Biography
Arthur Karakochuk
Spots, Dots...and the Nots?!
Spots, Dots...and the Nots?!
A fresh approach to the issue of bullying that eliminates shame and blame!
This tale speaks to the struggle of the ‘Pink’ who is faced with intense repression from the red and white society. The Red Spots and White Dots both agree that Pink is a Not. When Pink rejects their label of a ‘Not’, Pink is able to convert the negative label into a positive self-image.
Finally, a resolution to the conflict of bullying!
By understanding our thoughts, feelings and actions and how collectively these things define us, we begin to assess and address our actions when we are RED (aggressive), WHITE (passive) and we aspire to BE PINK (assertive)!
This story promises to impact the audience, shift thinking toward the positive, and reinforce the importance of inclusion while honouring self and others!
Fawn combines storytelling, meaningful dialogue and creative activities, to talk to kids about the full circle of bullying without the typical labels of victim, bully and bystander. Kids have so much fun, they do not even realize they are strengthening their assertiveness skills, increasing literacy and building confidence.
Recommended for K-8 using age-appropriate engaging activities.
Author: Fawn Einarson
Illustrator: Arthur Karakochuk
Publisher: Hear My Heart Books Inc.
Published: March, 2012
Book ISBN: 978-0-9868750-5-2
Price: $19.99 CDN
Size: 5.5” x 8.5”
Format: Full-colour children’s book, saddle-stitched, softcover, 32pp
EPUB: 978-0-9877251-4-1
EPUB Price: $10.99 CDN
Category:
- Education
- 2SLGBTQI+
- Pink Day
- Anti-bullying
- Assertiveness concepts
TAG LINES:
A fresh approach to the issue of bullying that eliminates shame and blame!
Great resource for Anti-bullying events
Helpful tool for teachers to utilize for conflict resolution
- Teach kids about human rights,
- Reinforce that we are all who we are meant to be,
- Build dialogue around inclusion,
- Provide support to everyone in a bullying situation
- Encourage positive, respectful interactions, and
- Remind us that we all have a choice to exclude (which increases anger and unhappiness) or practice inclusion (where everyone can flourish and grow).
Author Biography
Fawn Einarson
Illustrator Biography
Arthur Karakochuk
- teaches kids about human rights,
- reinforces that we are all who we are meant to be,
- builds dialogue around inclusion,
- provides support to everyone in a bullying situation
- reinforces positive, respectful interactions, and
- reminds us that we all have a choice to exclude (which increases anger and unhappiness) or practice inclusion (where everyone can flourish and grow).
Spots, Dots...and the Nots?!
A fresh approach to the issue of bullying that eliminates shame and blame!
This tale speaks to the struggle of the ‘Pink’ who is faced with intense repression from the red and white society. The Red Spots and White Dots both agree that Pink is a Not. When Pink rejects their label of a ‘Not’, Pink is able to convert the negative label into a positive self-image.
Finally, a resolution to the conflict of bullying!
By understanding our thoughts, feelings and actions and how collectively these things define us, we begin to assess and address our actions when we are RED (aggressive), WHITE (passive) and we aspire to BE PINK (assertive)!
This story promises to impact the audience, shift thinking toward the positive, and reinforce the importance of inclusion while honouring self and others!
Fawn combines storytelling, meaningful dialogue and creative activities, to talk to kids about the full circle of bullying without the typical labels of victim, bully and bystander. Kids have so much fun, they do not even realize they are strengthening their assertiveness skills, increasing literacy and building confidence.
Recommended for K-8 using age-appropriate engaging activities.
Author: Fawn Einarson
Illustrator: Arthur Karakochuk
Publisher: Hear My Heart Books Inc.
Published: March, 2012
Book ISBN: 978-0-9868750-5-2
Price: $19.99 CDN
Size: 5.5” x 8.5”
Format: Full-colour children’s book, saddle-stitched, softcover, 32pp
EPUB: 978-0-9877251-4-1
EPUB Price: $10.99 CDN
Category:
- Education
- 2SLGBTQI+
- Pink Day
- Anti-bullying
- Assertiveness concepts
TAG LINES:
A fresh approach to the issue of bullying that eliminates shame and blame!
Great resource for Anti-bullying events
Helpful tool for teachers to utilize for conflict resolution
Fawn combines storytelling, meaningful dialogue and creative activities, to talk to kids about the full circle of bullying without the typical labels of victim, bully and bystander. This resource provides a powerful anti-bullying message and inspires empathy, hope, and encouragement to everyone involved in the conflict. Kids have so much fun, they do not even realize they are strengthening their assertiveness skills, developing inclusive behaviours, and building self-confidence.
- Teach kids about human rights,
- Reinforce that we are all who we are meant to be,
- Build dialogue around inclusion,
- Provide support to everyone in a bullying situation
- Encourage positive, respectful interactions, and
- Remind us that we all have a choice to exclude (which increases anger and unhappiness) or practice inclusion (where everyone can flourish and grow).
Author Biography
Fawn Einarson
Illustrator Biography
Arthur Karakochuk
This important story presents a real-life review of how bullying impacts society. When the RED Spots and WHITE Dots come together to exclude the Nots, they create more PINK Nots.
This analogy:
- teaches kids about human rights,
- reinforces that we are all who we are meant to be,
- builds dialogue around inclusion,
- provides support to everyone in a bullying situation
- reinforces positive, respectful interactions, and
- reminds us that we all have a choice to exclude (which increases anger and unhappiness) or practice inclusion (where everyone can flourish and grow).
Fawn combines storytelling, meaningful dialogue and creative activities, to talk to kids about the full circle of bullying. This resource provides a powerful anti-bullying message and inspires hope and encouragement to the victim, the bully and the bystander. Kids have so much fun, they donʼt even realize they are strengthening their assertiveness skills, increasing literacy and building confidence. By understanding our thoughts, feelings and actions and how collectively these things define us, we begin to assess and address our actions when we are RED (aggressive), WHITE (passive) and we aspire to BE PINK (assertive)! Be Pink! Be yourself…always!
Author: Fawn Einarson
Illustrator: Arthur Karakochuk
Publisher: Hear My Heart Books Inc.
Published: March, 2012
Book ISBN: 978-0-9868750-5-2
Price: $19.99 CDN
Size: 5.5” x 8.5”
Format: Full-colour children’s book, saddle-stitched, softcover, 32pp
EPUB: 978-0-9877251-4-1
EPUB Price: $10.99 CDN
Category:
- Education
- 2SLGBTQI+
- Pink Day
- Anti-bullying
- Assertiveness concepts
TAG LINES:
A fresh approach to the issue of bullying that eliminates shame and blame!
Great resource for Anti-bullying events
Helpful tool for teachers to utilize for conflict resolution
- Teach kids about human rights,
- Reinforce that we are all who we are meant to be,
- Build dialogue around inclusion,
- Provide support to everyone in a bullying situation
- Encourage positive, respectful interactions, and
- Remind us that we all have a choice to exclude (which increases anger and unhappiness) or practice inclusion (where everyone can flourish and grow).
Author Biography
Fawn Einarson
Illustrator Biography
Arthur Karakochuk
- teaches kids about human rights,
- reinforces that we are all who we are meant to be,
- builds dialogue around inclusion,
- provides support to everyone in a bullying situation
- reinforces positive, respectful interactions, and
- reminds us that we all have a choice to exclude (which increases anger and unhappiness) or practice inclusion (where everyone can flourish and grow).
Jay - Crisis Management Tools
Jay — Crisis Management Tools
“Jay” has been abandoned by his father. He lives in poverty with his mother and siblings and feels responsible for his two younger siblings. Confused by the lure of his father’s gang and angry that his father has gone to live with another family, Jay finds himself struggling with low self-esteem, worry, frustration, and feelings of abandonment. There is only one thing to do: develop a plan to win back his father.
RESOURCES for teachers, counsellors, social workers; or anyone who works with and counsels children.
Our professional focus group critiqued the resources and provided feedback and guidance. Together we have created resources that provide a best-practice approach to those who work with children.
Our concept of “assisted help” gives children a voice…a way to express themselves.
Slideboard Book
Slideboard books were specifically developed to allow for maximum engagement with any audience regardless of age, language, ethnic background, literacy level or circumstance. The flexibility of the resource supports:
- A reader or audience that struggles with low literacy skills.
- A unique way to introduce children to literacy, by having kids settle and focus on pictures while listening to the story.
- Different ways to read the story. Readers can adlib, use the word play or not or completely change the story line to respond to the needs of the listener.
- Children in creating their own stories by dissembling the book and displaying the boards around the room.
- Multiple language storytelling: those wishing to tell the story or a story in their own language.
- The reader with a guide for suggested interactive activities to engage the audience and reinforce learning.
- The unique needs of the audience; the reader decides how to deliver the story to their audience for maximum results.
My Story Activity Journal
The activity journal provides ample opportunities for kids to express emotions, celebrate who they are and have fun. By promoting dialogue, these activities provide a look into the child’s life; paving the way to support them in meaningful ways. Kids are so busy colouring, drawing, helping the characters, they don’t even realize they are building literacy skills, and their self-esteem. problem solving and improving their constructive and critical thinking skills. The “Suggestion for the Storyteller” outlines activities that are appropriate for groups, while those working one-on-one with children can utilize the My Story activity journal as a treasured gift for the child to keep. Interactive My Story journals are available for each ‘crisis management’ tool.
Independent Readers
Independent Readers are for older children (12 years and older). We recommend that a professional suggest the reader to those who may be at risk. Thank you for assisting children through difficult circumstances.
‘WARNING’ sensitive content including violence and neglect.
Recommended for professionals and trusted caregivers working with at-risk children.
Defn: Crisis Management Tools
Resources for children living in crisis and difficult life circumstances such as:
A teaching tool to guide kids to positive interventions such as increased dialogue with a professional, a family member or a trusted caregiver.
Kids require empowerment tools to help increase self-esteem, critical thinking, hope and understanding; especially those living in crisis. Practical activities such as the development of a safety plan, increased awareness of resources available to them and “assisted help” concepts will result in better outcomes in their future.
Art, his Heart…and the Phlart?!
Author: Fawn Einarson
Illustrator: Dorina Bohnet
Publisher: Hear My Heart Books Inc.
Jay Slideboard
Published: November, 2010
ISBN: 978-0-9811367-1-4
Price: $59.99 Cdn
Size: 8.5″ x 8.5″
Format: Full-colour Slideboard book, bolt-bound, softcover, 66pp
Jay Independent Reader
Published: May, 2012
ISBN: 978-0-9868750-4-5
Price: $39.99 Cdn
Size: 8.5″ x 8.5″
Format: Full-colour interactive storybook, perfect bound, softcover, 64pp
Jay My Story Journal
Published: November, 2010
ISBN: 978-0-9811367-9-0
Price: $10.00 Cdn
Size: 5.5″ x 8.5″
Format:Paperback, saddle stitched 46pp, Cover Full-colour, Inside B&W – 100% recycled 60lb
Recommended for parents, caregivers and professionals working with children.
Category:
- Therapeutic story
- Parent gang-affiliation
- Parentification
- Anger
- Violence in the community
TAG LINES:
You are loved.
Talk about it.
There is only one you…you are the best!
Recommendation:
The Jay story is recommended for professionals who work with at-risk children or youth, who are trained to handle potential disclosures. This is a modern-day fairytale with real life deceit, danger and dramatic themes including violence in the home.
If a professional is not able to be present, please talk to a professional counsellor for guidance before you read the story. If the listener’s behaviour suddenly changes while reading the story (they become upset, hyper, very quiet or they ask you to stop reading the story) take a break from reading and do an activity in the My Story journal. Tell a professional about the individual’s reaction to the story.
How do we tell children stories that portray these types of issues? In order to reach a kid in crisis, the story must be told in a straightforward, honest manner, but it also must address the social issue that is familiar to the child, in a nonthreatening, sensitive way.
By using colourful bird characters with charismatic and loopy personalities, I have created stories that successfully accomplish this. The characters have their own terminology for certain words such as tweetles (giggles), which makes the act of reading fun. By using word play and characters with a completely different anatomy the focus is on the feelings and reactions of the characters. The children can relate through those similarities. Bird terms like cawing (fighting) help soften verbiage to make the delivery less threatening and triggering.
When Fawn asked her multi-sector professional focus group members to identify the most pressing issues. They checked off all the issues, some of which included:
- Sexual, physical, emotional and psychological abuse
- Violence/fighting/gang affiliation
- Addictions and/or mental health issues
- Difficult life circumstances which encompass:
- Lack of support within the family unit
- Low self-esteem
- Abandonment from a parent
- Living in poverty
- Single parent, blended family and stepfamily issues
- Prejudice
- Adoption
- Losing culture/heritage and
- Moving into foster care.
Fawn’s defining moment…
I believe, and have seen, that if children are not heard they shut down, loose trust, give
up, get angry and lash out. They turn to addictions, self-contempt and/or other-centered.
contempt. They are left with a host of emotions and no way, or means, to cope. Children who had the same potential as any other, now become a burden on society.
Can we really make a difference? Absolutely!
Author Biography
Fawn Einarson
Fawn Einarson is committed to publishing leading-edge resources that address social issues that affect children, youth and adults. The focus of her work is to offer support, eliminate isolation of the victim and most importantly provide opportunities for disclosure and intervention. As an advocate for children, Fawn continues to push the boundaries of storytelling to support children during difficult times.
Fawn enjoys cycling, golfing, paddle boarding, hiking and exploring.
Illustrator Biography
Dorina Bohnet
Dorina graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. She has been drawing for as long as she can remember and is always amazed at how much emotion can be portrayed in images when telling a story. Her characters jump off the page and pull readers into the story with expressiveness, charism, and vibrancy. Dorina’s passion is evident in her attention to detail.
- An estimated 1.6 million children and youth in Canada have a mental health disorder
- Without timely investments, the lifetime cost of just one cohort of children with onset of anxiety and/or depression at the age of 10 is close to $1 trillion.
- Investments in children’s mental health today, with a focus on accessible and inclusive programming for vulnerable populations, can nurture minds and secure futures for Canadian children and youth and save $28 billion annually.
The Conference Board of Canada Report
Nurturing Minds for Secure Futures: Timely Access to Mental Healthcare Services for Children and Youth in Canada
Issue briefing | December 14, 2023
Jay - Crisis Management Tools
“Jay” has been abandoned by his father. He lives in poverty with his mother and siblings and feels responsible for his two younger siblings. Confused by the lure of his father’s gang and angry that his father has gone to live with another family, Jay finds himself struggling with low self-esteem, worry, frustration, and feelings of abandonment. There is only one thing to do: develop a plan to win back his father.
RESOURCES for teachers, counsellors, social workers; or anyone who works with and counsels children.
Our professional focus group critiqued the resources and provided feedback and guidance. Together we have created resources that provide a best-practice approach to those who work with children.
Our concept of “assisted help” gives children a voice…a way to express themselves.
Slideboard Book
Slideboard books were specifically developed to allow for maximum engagement with any audience regardless of age, language, ethnic background, literacy level or circumstance. The flexibility of the resource supports:
- A reader or audience that struggles with low literacy skills.
- A unique way to introduce children to literacy, by having kids settle and focus on pictures while listening to the story.
- Different ways to read the story. Readers can adlib, use the word play or not or completely change the story line to respond to the needs of the listener.
- Children in creating their own stories by dissembling the book and displaying the boards around the room.
- Multiple language storytelling: those wishing to tell the story or a story in their own language.
- The reader with a guide for suggested interactive activities to engage the audience and reinforce learning.
- The unique needs of the audience; the reader decides how to deliver the story to their audience for maximum results.
My Story Activity Journal
The activity journal provides ample opportunities for kids to express emotions, celebrate who they are and have fun. By promoting dialogue, these activities provide a look into the child’s life; paving the way to support them in meaningful ways. Kids are so busy colouring, drawing, helping the characters, they don’t even realize they are building literacy skills, and their self-esteem. problem solving and improving their constructive and critical thinking skills. The “Suggestion for the Storyteller” outlines activities that are appropriate for groups, while those working one-on-one with children can utilize the My Story activity journal as a treasured gift for the child to keep. Interactive My Story journals are available for each ‘crisis management’ tool.
Independent Readers
Independent Readers are for older children (12 years and older). We recommend that a professional suggest the reader to those who may be at risk. Thank you for assisting children through difficult circumstances.
‘WARNING’ sensitive content including violence and neglect.
Recommended for professionals and trusted caregivers working with at-risk children.
Defn: Crisis Management Tools
Resources for children living in crisis and difficult life circumstances such as:
A teaching tool to guide kids to positive interventions such as increased dialogue with a professional, a family member or a trusted caregiver.
Kids require empowerment tools to help increase self-esteem, critical thinking, hope and understanding; especially those living in crisis. Practical activities such as the development of a safety plan, increased awareness of resources available to them and “assisted help” concepts will result in better outcomes in their future.
Author: Fawn Einarson
Illustrator: Dorina Bohnet
Publisher: Hear My Heart Books Inc.
Jay Slideboard
Published: November, 2010
ISBN: 978-0-9811367-1-4
Price: $59.99 CDN
Size: 8.5″ x 8.5″
Format: Full-colour Slideboard book, bolt-bound, softcover, 66pp
Jay Independent Reader
Published: May, 2012
ISBN: 978-0-9868750-4-5
Price: $39.99 CDN
Size: 8.5″ x 8.5″
Format: Full-colour interactive storybook, perfect bound, softcover, 64pp
Jay My Story Journal
Published: November, 2010
ISBN: 978-0-9811367-9-0
Price: $10.00 CDN
Size: 5.5″ x 8.5″
Format: Paperback, saddle stitched 46pp, Cover Full-colour, Inside B&W – 100% recycled 60lb
Category:
- Therapeutic story
- Parent gang-affiliation
- Parentification
- Anger
- Violence in the community
TAG LINES:
You are loved.
Talk about it.
There is only one you…you are the best!
Recommendation:
The Jay story is recommended for professionals who work with at-risk children or youth, who are trained to handle potential disclosures. This is a modern-day fairytale with real life deceit, danger and dramatic themes including violence in the home.
If a professional is not able to be present, please talk to a professional counsellor for guidance before you read the story. If the listener’s behaviour suddenly changes while reading the story (they become upset, hyper, very quiet or they ask you to stop reading the story) take a break from reading and do an activity in the My Story journal. Tell a professional about the individual’s reaction to the story.
How do we tell children stories that portray these types of issues? In order to reach a kid in crisis, the story must be told in a straightforward, honest manner, but it also must address the social issue that is familiar to the child, in a nonthreatening, sensitive way.
By using colourful bird characters with charismatic and loopy personalities, I have created stories that successfully accomplish this. The characters have their own terminology for certain words such as tweetles (giggles), which makes the act of reading fun. By using word play and characters with a completely different anatomy the focus is on the feelings and reactions of the characters. The children can relate through those similarities. Bird terms like cawing (fighting) help soften verbiage to make the delivery less threatening and triggering.
When Fawn asked her multi-sector professional focus group members to identify the most pressing issues. They checked off all the issues, some of which included:
- Sexual, physical, emotional and psychological abuse
- Violence/fighting/gang affiliation
- Addictions and/or mental health issues
- Difficult life circumstances which encompass:
- Lack of support within the family unit
- Low self-esteem
- Abandonment from a parent
- Living in poverty
- Single parent, blended family and stepfamily issues
- Prejudice
- Adoption
- Losing culture/heritage and
- Moving into foster care.
Fawn’s defining moment…
I believe, and have seen, that if children are not heard they shut down, loose trust, give up, get angry and lash out. They turn to addictions, self-contempt and/or other-centered. They are left with a host of emotions and no way, or means, to cope. Children who had the same potential as any other, now become a burden on society.
Can we really make a difference? Absolutely!
Author Biography
Fawn Einarson
Fawn Einarson is committed to publishing leading-edge resources that address social issues that affect children, youth and adults. The focus of her work is to offer support, eliminate isolation of the victim and most importantly provide opportunities for disclosure and intervention. As an advocate for children, Fawn continues to push the boundaries of storytelling to support children during difficult times.
Fawn enjoys cycling, golfing, paddle boarding, hiking and exploring.
Illustrator Biography
Dorina Bohnet
Dorina graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. She has been drawing for as long as she can remember and is always amazed at how much emotion can be portrayed in images when telling a story. Her characters jump off the page and pull readers into the story with expressiveness, charism, and vibrancy. Dorina’s passion is evident in her attention to detail.
- An estimated 1.6 million children and youth in Canada have a mental health disorder
- Without timely investments, the lifetime cost of just one cohort of children with onset of anxiety and/or depression at the age of 10 is close to $1 trillion.
- Investments in children’s mental health today, with a focus on accessible and inclusive programming for vulnerable populations, can nurture minds and secure futures for Canadian children and youth and save $28 billion annually.
The Conference Board of Canada Report
Nurturing Minds for Secure Futures: Timely Access to Mental Healthcare Services
for Children and Youth in Canada
Issue briefing | December 14, 2023
Author: Fawn Einarson
Illustrator: Dorina Bohnet
Publisher: Hear My Heart Books Inc.
Jay Slideboard
Published: November, 2010
ISBN: 978-0-9811367-1-4
Price: $59.99 CDN
Size: 8.5″ x 8.5″
Format: Full-colour Slideboard book, bolt-bound, softcover, 66pp
Jay Independent Reader
Published: May, 2012
ISBN: 978-0-9868750-4-5
Price: $39.99 CDN
Size: 8.5″ x 8.5″
Format: Full-colour interactive storybook, perfect bound, softcover, 64pp
Jay My Story Journal
Published: November, 2010
ISBN: 978-0-9811367-9-0
Price: $10.00 CDN
Size: 5.5″ x 8.5″
Format: Paperback, saddle stitched 46pp, Cover Full-colour, Inside B&W – 100% recycled 60lb
Category:
- Therapeutic story
- Parent gang-affiliation
- Parentification
- Anger
- Violence in the community
Tag Lines:
You are loved.
Talk about it.
There is only one you…you are the best!
Recommendation:
The Jay story is recommended for professionals who work with at-risk children or youth, who are trained to handle potential disclosures. This is a modern-day fairytale with real life deceit, danger and dramatic themes including violence in the home.
If a professional is not able to be present, please talk to a professional counsellor for guidance before you read the story. If the listener’s behaviour suddenly changes while reading the story (they become upset, hyper, very quiet or they ask you to stop reading the story) take a break from reading and do an activity in the My Story journal. Tell a professional about the individual’s reaction to the story.
How do we tell children stories that portray these types of issues? In order to reach a kid in crisis, the story must be told in a straightforward, honest manner, but it also must address the social issue that is familiar to the child, in a nonthreatening, sensitive way.
By using colourful bird characters with charismatic and loopy personalities, I have created stories that successfully accomplish this. The characters have their own terminology for certain words such as tweetles (giggles), which makes the act of reading fun. By using word play and characters with a completely different anatomy the focus is on the feelings and reactions of the characters. The children can relate through those similarities. Bird terms like cawing (fighting) help soften verbiage to make the delivery less threatening and triggering.
When Fawn asked her multi-sector professional focus group members to identify the most pressing issues. They checked off all the issues, some of which included:
- Sexual, physical, emotional and psychological abuse
- Violence/fighting/gang affiliation
- Addictions and/or mental health issues
- Difficult life circumstances which encompass:
- Lack of support within the family unit
- Low self-esteem
- Abandonment from a parent
- Living in poverty
- Single parent, blended family and stepfamily issues
- Prejudice
- Adoption
- Losing culture/heritage and
- Moving into foster care.
Fawn’s defining moment…
I believe, and have seen, that if children are not heard they shut down, loose trust, give
up, get angry and lash out. They turn to addictions, self-contempt and/or other-centered.
contempt. They are left with a host of emotions and no way, or means, to cope. Children who had the same potential as any other, now become a burden on society.
Can we really make a difference? Absolutely!
Author Biography
Fawn Einarson
Fawn Einarson is committed to publishing leading-edge resources that address social issues that affect children, youth and adults. The focus of her work is to offer support, eliminate isolation of the victim and most importantly provide opportunities for disclosure and intervention. As an advocate for children, Fawn continues to push the boundaries of storytelling to support children during difficult times.
Fawn enjoys cycling, golfing, paddle boarding, hiking and exploring.
Illustrator Biography
Dorina Bohnet
Dorina graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. She has been drawing for as long as she can remember and is always amazed at how much emotion can be portrayed in images when telling a story. Her characters jump off the page and pull readers into the story with expressiveness, charism, and vibrancy. Dorina’s passion is evident in her attention to detail.
- An estimated 1.6 million children and youth in Canada have a mental health disorder
- Without timely investments, the lifetime cost of just one cohort of children with onset of anxiety and/or depression at the age of 10 is close to $1 trillion.
- Investments in children’s mental health today, with a focus on accessible and inclusive programming for vulnerable populations, can nurture minds and secure futures for Canadian children and youth and save $28 billion annually.
The Conference Board of Canada Report
Nurturing Minds for Secure Futures: Timely Access to Mental Healthcare Services
for Children and Youth in Canada
Issue briefing | December 14, 2023
Angie - Crisis Management Tools
Angie — Crisis Management Tools
“Angie” lives with her mom who struggles with alcoholism. Her younger sister has moved into foster care. Angie has been sexually touched by one of mom’s friends. When Angie tells her mom, she isn’t believed. What can she do? How can Angie continue to love and protect her mom and keep herself safe? Who can she turn to for help?
RESOURCES for teachers, counsellors, social workers; or anyone who works with and counsels children.
Our professional focus group critiqued the resources and provided feedback and guidance. Together we have created resources that provide a best-practice approach to those who work with children.
Our concept of “assisted help” gives children a voice…a way to express themselves.
Slideboard Book
Slideboard books were specifically developed to allow for maximum engagement with any audience regardless of age, language, ethnic background, literacy level or circumstance. The flexibility of the resource supports:
- A reader or audience that struggles with low literacy skills.
- A unique way to introduce children to literacy, by having kids settle and focus on pictures while listening to the story.
- Different ways to read the story. Readers can adlib, use the word play or not or completely change the story line to respond to the needs of the listener.
- Children in creating their own stories by dissembling the book and displaying the boards around the room.
- Multiple language storytelling: those wishing to tell the story or a story in their own language.
- The reader with a guide for suggested interactive activities to engage the audience and reinforce learning.
- The unique needs of the audience; the reader decides how to deliver the story to their audience for maximum results.
My Story Activity Journal
The activity journal provides ample opportunities for kids to express emotions, celebrate who they are and have fun. By promoting dialogue, these activities provide a look into the child’s life; paving the way to support them in meaningful ways. Kids are so busy colouring, drawing, helping the characters, they don’t even realize they are building literacy skills, and their self-esteem. problem solving and improving their constructive and critical thinking skills. The “Suggestion for the Storyteller” outlines activities that are appropriate for groups, while those working one-on-one with children can utilize the My Story activity journal as a treasured gift for the child to keep. Interactive My Story journals are available for each ‘crisis management’ tool.
Independent Readers
Independent Readers are for older children (12 years and older). We recommend that a professional suggest the reader to those who may be at risk. Thank you for assisting children through difficult circumstances.
‘WARNING’ sensitive content including sexual abuse and neglect.
Defn: Crisis Management Tools
Resources for children living in crisis and difficult life circumstances such as:
A teaching tool to guide kids to positive interventions such as increased dialogue with a professional, a family member or a trusted caregiver.
Kids require empowerment tools to help increase self-esteem, critical thinking, hope and understanding; especially those living in crisis. Practical activities such as the development of a safety plan, increased awareness of resources available to them and “assisted help” concepts will result in better outcomes in their future.
Author: Fawn Einarson
Illustrator: Dorina Bohnet
Publisher: Hear My Heart Books Inc.
Angie Slideboard
Published: November, 2010
Book ISBN: 978-0-9868750-3-8
Price: $59.99 CDN
Size: 8.5″ x 8.5″
Format: Full-colour Slideboard book, bolt-bound, softcover, 84pp
Angie Independent Reader
Published: April, 2012
Book ISBN: 978-0-9811367-5-2
Price: $39.99 CDN
Size: 8.5″ x 8.5″
Format: Full-colour interactive storybook, perfect bound, softcover, 82pp
Angie My Story Journal
Published: April, 2012
Book ISBN: 978-0-9868750-8-3
Price: $10.00 CDN
Size: 5.5″ x 8.5″
Format: Paperback, saddle stitched 36pp, Cover full-colour, Inside B&W – 100% recycled 60lb
Category:
- Therapeutic story
- Parent addiction
- Child moving to Foster Care
- Violation of privacy
- Inappropriate touching
- At-risk characters
TAG LINES:
You are not alone! It’s okay tell!
Ask for help when you don’t know what to do.
You are very special.
Recommendation:
The Angie story is recommended for one-on-one interaction with a professional who is trained to handle potential disclosures. This is a modern-day fairytale with real life deceit, danger and dramatic themes including sexual abuse.
If a professional is not able to be present, please talk to a professional counsellor for guidance before you read the story to a child or youth. If the child’s behaviour suddenly changes while reading the story (they become upset, hyper, very quiet or they ask you to stop reading the story) take a break from reading and do an activity in the My Story journal. Tell a professional about the child’s reaction to the story.
How do we tell children stories that portray these types of issues? In order to reach a kid in crisis, the story must be told in a straightforward, honest manner, but it also must address the social issue that is familiar to the child, in a nonthreatening, sensitive way.
By using colourful bird characters with charismatic and loopy personalities, I have created stories that successfully accomplish this. The characters have their own terminology for certain words such as tweetles (giggles), which makes the act of reading fun. By using word play and characters with a completely different anatomy the focus is on the feelings and reactions of the characters. The children can relate through those similarities. Bird terms like cawing (fighting) help soften verbiage to make the delivery less threatening and triggering.
When Fawn asked her multi-sector professional focus group members to identify the most pressing issues. They checked off all the issues, some of which included:
- Sexual, physical, emotional and psychological abuse
- Violence/fighting/gang affiliation
- Addictions and/or mental health issues
- Difficult life circumstances which encompass:
- Lack of support within the family unit
- Low self-esteem
- Abandonment from a parent
- Living in poverty
- Single parent, blended family and stepfamily issues
- Prejudice
- Adoption
- Losing culture/heritage and
- Moving into foster care.
Fawn’s defining moment…
I believe, and have seen, that if children are not heard they shut down, loose trust, give
up, get angry and lash out. They turn to addictions, self-contempt and/or other-centered. They are left with a host of emotions and no way, or means, to cope. Children who had the same potential as any other, now become a burden on society.
Can we really make a difference? Absolutely!
Author Biography
Fawn Einarson
Fawn Einarson is committed to publishing leading-edge resources that address social issues that affect children, youth and adults. The focus of her work is to offer support, eliminate isolation of the victim and most importantly provide opportunities for disclosure and intervention. As an advocate for children, Fawn continues to push the boundaries of storytelling to support children during difficult times.
Fawn enjoys cycling, golfing, paddle boarding, hiking and exploring.
Illustrator Biography
Dorina Bohnet
Dorina graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. She has been drawing for as long as she can remember and is always amazed at how much emotion can be portrayed in images when telling a story. Her characters jump off the page and pull readers into the story with expressiveness, charism, and vibrancy. Dorina’s passion is evident in her attention to detail.
- An estimated 1.6 million children and youth in Canada are estimated to have a mental health disorder
- Without timely investments, the lifetime cost of just one cohort of children with onset of anxiety and/or depression at the age of 10 is close to $1 trillion.
- Investments in children’s mental health today, with a focus on accessible and inclusive programming for vulnerable populations, can nurture minds and secure futures for Canadian children and youth and save $28 billion annually.
The Conference Board of Canada Report
Nurturing Minds for Secure Futures: Timely Access to Mental Healthcare Services
for Children and Youth in Canada
Issue briefing | December 14, 2023
Angie — Crisis Management Tools
“Angie” lives with her mom who struggles with alcoholism. Her younger sister has moved into foster care. Angie has been sexually touched by one of mom’s friends. When Angie tells her mom, she isn’t believed. What can she do? How can Angie continue to love and protect her mom and keep herself safe? Who can she turn to for help?
RESOURCES for teachers, counsellors, social workers; or anyone who works with and counsels children.
Our professional focus group critiqued the resources and provided feedback and guidance. Together we have created resources that provide a best-practice approach to those who work with children.
Our concept of “assisted help” gives children a voice…a way to express themselves.
Slideboard Book
Slideboard books were specifically developed to allow for maximum engagement with any audience regardless of age, language, ethnic background, literacy level or circumstance. The flexibility of the resource supports:
- A reader or audience that struggles with low literacy skills.
- A unique way to introduce children to literacy, by having kids settle and focus on pictures while listening to the story.
- Different ways to read the story. Readers can adlib, use the word play or not or completely change the story line to respond to the needs of the listener.
- Children in creating their own stories by dissembling the book and displaying the boards around the room.
- Multiple language storytelling: those wishing to tell the story or a story in their own language.
- The reader with a guide for suggested interactive activities to engage the audience and reinforce learning.
- The unique needs of the audience; the reader decides how to deliver the story to their audience for maximum results.
My Story Activity Journal
The activity journal provides ample opportunities for kids to express emotions, celebrate who they are and have fun. By promoting dialogue, these activities provide a look into the child’s life; paving the way to support them in meaningful ways. Kids are so busy colouring, drawing, helping the characters, they don’t even realize they are building literacy skills, and their self-esteem. problem solving and improving their constructive and critical thinking skills. The “Suggestion for the Storyteller” outlines activities that are appropriate for groups, while those working one-on-one with children can utilize the My Story activity journal as a treasured gift for the child to keep. Interactive My Story journals are available for each ‘crisis management’ tool.
Independent Readers
Independent Readers are for older children (12 years and older). We recommend that a professional suggest the reader to those who may be at risk. Thank you for assisting children through difficult circumstances.
‘WARNING’ sensitive content including sexual abuse and neglect.
Defn: Crisis Management Tools
Resources for children living in crisis and difficult life circumstances such as:
A teaching tool to guide kids to positive interventions such as increased dialogue with a professional, a family member or a trusted caregiver.
Kids require empowerment tools to help increase self-esteem, critical thinking, hope and understanding; especially those living in crisis. Practical activities such as the development of a safety plan, increased awareness of resources available to them and “assisted help” concepts will result in better outcomes in their future.
Author: Fawn Einarson
Illustrator: Dorina Bohnet
Publisher: Hear My Heart Books Inc.
Angie Slideboard
Published: November, 2010
Book ISBN: 978-0-9868750-3-8
Price: $59.99 CDN
Size: 8.5″ x 8.5″
Format: Full-colour Slideboard book, bolt-bound, softcover, 84pp
Angie Independent Reader
Published: April, 2012
Book ISBN: 978-0-9811367-5-2
Price: $39.99 CDN
Size: 8.5″ x 8.5″
Format: Full-colour interactive storybook, perfect bound, softcover, 82pp
Angie My Story Journal
Published: April, 2012
Book ISBN: 978-0-9868750-8-3
Price: $10.00 CDN
Size: 5.5″ x 8.5″
Format: Paperback, saddle stitched 36pp, Cover full-colour, Inside B&W – 100% recycled 60lb
Category:
- Therapeutic story
- Parent addiction
- Child moving to Foster Care
- Violation of privacy
- Inappropriate touching
- At-risk characters
TAG LINES:
You are not alone! It’s okay tell!
Ask for help when you don’t know what to do.
You are very special.
Recommendation:
The Angie story is recommended for one-on-one interaction with a professional who is trained to handle potential disclosures. This is a modern-day fairytale with real life deceit, danger and dramatic themes including sexual abuse.
If a professional is not able to be present, please talk to a professional counsellor for guidance before you read the story to a child or youth. If the child’s behaviour suddenly changes while reading the story (they become upset, hyper, very quiet or they ask you to stop reading the story) take a break from reading and do an activity in the My Story journal. Tell a professional about the child’s reaction to the story.
How do we tell children stories that portray these types of issues? In order to reach a kid in crisis, the story must be told in a straightforward, honest manner, but it also must address the social issue that is familiar to the child, in a nonthreatening, sensitive way.
By using colourful bird characters with charismatic and loopy personalities, I have created stories that successfully accomplish this. The characters have their own terminology for certain words such as tweetles (giggles), which makes the act of reading fun. By using word play and characters with a completely different anatomy the focus is on the feelings and reactions of the characters. The children can relate through those similarities. Bird terms like cawing (fighting) help soften verbiage to make the delivery less threatening and triggering.
When Fawn asked her multi-sector professional focus group members to identify the most pressing issues. They checked off all the issues, some of which included:
- Sexual, physical, emotional and psychological abuse
- Violence/fighting/gang affiliation
- Addictions and/or mental health issues
- Difficult life circumstances which encompass:
- Lack of support within the family unit
- Low self-esteem
- Abandonment from a parent
- Living in poverty
- Single parent, blended family and stepfamily issues
- Prejudice
- Adoption
- Losing culture/heritage and
- Moving into foster care.
Fawn’s defining moment…
I believe, and have seen, that if children are not heard they shut down, loose trust, give
up, get angry and lash out. They turn to addictions, self-contempt and/or other-centered. They are left with a host of emotions and no way, or means, to cope. Children who had the same potential as any other, now become a burden on society.
Can we really make a difference? Absolutely!
Author Biography
Fawn Einarson
Fawn Einarson is committed to publishing leading-edge resources that address social issues that affect children, youth and adults. The focus of her work is to offer support, eliminate isolation of the victim and most importantly provide opportunities for disclosure and intervention. As an advocate for children, Fawn continues to push the boundaries of storytelling to support children during difficult times.
Fawn enjoys cycling, golfing, paddle boarding, hiking and exploring.
Illustrator Biography
Dorina Bohnet
Dorina graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. She has been drawing for as long as she can remember and is always amazed at how much emotion can be portrayed in images when telling a story. Her characters jump off the page and pull readers into the story with expressiveness, charism, and vibrancy. Dorina’s passion is evident in her attention to detail.
- An estimated 1.6 million children and youth in Canada are estimated to have a mental health disorder
- Without timely investments, the lifetime cost of just one cohort of children with onset of anxiety and/or depression at the age of 10 is close to $1 trillion.
- Investments in children’s mental health today, with a focus on accessible and inclusive programming for vulnerable populations, can nurture minds and secure futures for Canadian children and youth and save $28 billion annually.
The Conference Board of Canada Report
Nurturing Minds for Secure Futures: Timely Access to Mental Healthcare Services
for Children and Youth in Canada
Issue briefing | December 14, 2023
Author: Fawn Einarson
Illustrator: Dorina Bohnet
Publisher: Hear My Heart Books Inc.
Angie Slideboard
Published: November, 2010
ISBN: 978-0-9868750-3-8
Price: $59.99 CDN
Size: 8.5″ x 8.5″
Format: Full-colour Slideboard book, bolt-bound, softcover, 66pp
Angie Independent Reader
Published: April, 2012
ISBN: 978-0-9811367-5-2
Price: $39.99 CDN
Size: 8.5″ x 8.5″
Format: Full-colour interactive storybook, perfect bound, softcover, 64pp
Angie My Story Journal
Published: April, 2012
ISBN: 978-0-9868750-8-3
Price: $10.00 CDN
Size: 5.5″ x 8.5″
Format: Paperback, saddle stitched 36pp, Cover Full-colour, Inside B&W – 100% recycled 60lb
Category:
- Therapeutic story
- Parent addiction
- Child moving to Foster Care
- Violation of privacy
- Inappropriate touching
- At-risk characters
Tag Lines:
You are not alone! It’s okay tell!
Ask for help when you don’t know what to do.
You are very special.
Recommendation:
The Angie story is recommended for one-on-one interaction with a professional who is trained to handle potential disclosures. This is a modern-day fairytale with real life deceit, danger and dramatic themes including sexual abuse.
If a professional is not able to be present, please talk to a professional counsellor for guidance before you read the story to a child or youth. If the child’s behaviour suddenly changes while reading the story (they become upset, hyper, very quiet or they ask you to stop reading the story) take a break from reading and do an activity in the My Story journal. Tell a professional about the child’s reaction to the story.
How do we tell children stories that portray these types of issues? In order to reach a kid in crisis, the story must be told in a straightforward, honest manner, but it also must address the social issue that is familiar to the child, in a nonthreatening, sensitive way.
By using colourful bird characters with charismatic and loopy personalities, I have created stories that successfully accomplish this. The characters have their own terminology for certain words such as tweetles (giggles), which makes the act of reading fun. By using word play and characters with a completely different anatomy the focus is on the feelings and reactions of the characters. The children can relate through those similarities. Bird terms like cawing (fighting) help soften verbiage to make the delivery less threatening and triggering.
When Fawn asked her multi-sector professional focus group members to identify the most pressing issues. They checked off all the issues, some of which included:
- Sexual, physical, emotional and psychological abuse
- Violence/fighting/gang affiliation
- Addictions and/or mental health issues
- Difficult life circumstances which encompass:
- Lack of support within the family unit
- Low self-esteem
- Abandonment from a parent
- Living in poverty
- Single parent, blended family and stepfamily issues
- Prejudice
- Adoption
- Losing culture/heritage and
- Moving into foster care.
Fawn’s defining moment…
I believe, and have seen, that if children are not heard they shut down, loose trust, give
up, get angry and lash out. They turn to addictions, self-contempt and/or other-centered.
contempt. They are left with a host of emotions and no way, or means, to cope. Children who had the same potential as any other, now become a burden on society.
Can we really make a difference? Absolutely!
Author Biography
Fawn Einarson
Fawn Einarson is committed to publishing leading-edge resources that address social issues that affect children, youth and adults. The focus of her work is to offer support, eliminate isolation of the victim and most importantly provide opportunities for disclosure and intervention. As an advocate for children, Fawn continues to push the boundaries of storytelling to support children during difficult times.
Fawn enjoys cycling, golfing, paddle boarding, hiking and exploring.
Illustrator Biography
Dorina Bohnet
Dorina graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. She has been drawing for as long as she can remember and is always amazed at how much emotion can be portrayed in images when telling a story. Her characters jump off the page and pull readers into the story with expressiveness, charism, and vibrancy. Dorina’s passion is evident in her attention to detail.
- An estimated 1.6 million children and youth in Canada have a mental health disorder
- Without timely investments, the lifetime cost of just one cohort of children with onset of anxiety and/or depression at the age of 10 is close to $1 trillion.
- Investments in children’s mental health today, with a focus on accessible and inclusive programming for vulnerable populations, can nurture minds and secure futures for Canadian children and youth and save $28 billion annually.
The Conference Board of Canada Report
Nurturing Minds for Secure Futures: Timely Access to Mental Healthcare Services
for Children and Youth in Canada
Issue briefing | December 14, 2023
Testimonials
Testimonials
- The book's insights have opened the door for important conversations to happen, allowing me to foster a positive and inclusive learning environment.
- By incorporating these important messages into my teaching approach, I've observed a significant reduction in disruptive behaviors, allowing for a more focused and conducive learning environment.
- Additionally, the book's guidance has equipped me with the tools to support students who struggle with emotional regulation, provide all students with a voice and ensure everyone thrives academically and socially.