Our new Mental Health page provides tools for mental health professionals, educators, and parents – and a special new resource for teens and young adults.
On this page, you will find a joyful video with Licensed Clinical Social Worker John Luna-Sparks, where he describes how incorporating Kidpower safety lessons into therapy has helped his clients, including this inspiring success story:
I saw a client in their teens who had been sexually harassed. They were so traumatized that they did not want to go back to school. They were not sleeping, they were losing their hair, they were having nightmares. We reached a point in therapy where so many things got better, but two things remained: ongoing nightmares and a fear of going back to school. So, I brought in Kidpower skills. We did Kidpower practices for two sessions, and they started going back to school. And, they had no more nightmares!
You’ll also find a powerful article describing the connections between Kidpower and preventing and addressing toxic stress, trauma, and adverse childhood experiences, Hope and Healing with Kidpower, by Jan Isaacs Henry, M.A, a former psychotherapist who specialized in the treatment of trauma and abuse. Jan is also the executive director and co-founder of Kidpower of Colorado.
And, we are excited to share our new mobile-friendly Take Charge of Your Mental Health module and printable downloads with QR codes to post in your lobby, office, class, cafeteria, community room. Designed for young adults with generous funding from the AEO Foundation, it’s useful for teens and adults of all ages!
We look forward to your feedback about our new Mental Health resources – please email safety@kidpower.org with your suggestions and questions.
Find print & posts downloads to share skills with adults & teens
Our new Mental Health page provides tools for mental health professionals, educators, and parents – and a special new resource for teens and young adult.
On this page, you will find a joyful video with Licensed Clinical Social Worker John Luna-Sparks, where he describes how how incorporating Kidpower safety lessons into therapy has helped his clients, including this inspiring success story:
I saw a client in their teens who had been sexually harassed. They were so traumatized that they did not want to go back to school. They were not sleeping, they were losing their hair, they were having nightmares. We reached a point in therapy where so many things got better, but two things remained: ongoing nightmares and a fear of going back to school. So, I brought in Kidpower skills. We did Kidpower practices for two sessions, and they started going back to school. And, they had no more nightmares!
Find print & posts downloads to share skills with adults & teens
You’ll also find a powerful article describing the connections between Kidpower and preventing and addressing toxic stress, trauma, and adverse childhood experiences, Hope and Healing with Kidpower, by Jan Isaacs Henry, M.A, a former psychotherapist who specialized in the treatment of trauma and abuse. Jan is also the executive director and co-founder of Kidpower of Colorado.
And, we are excited to share our new mobile-friendly Take Charge of Your Mental Health module and printable downloads with QR codes to post in your lobby, office, class, cafeteria, community room. Designed for young adults with generous funding from the AEO Foundation, it’s useful for teens and adults of all ages!
We look forward to your feedback about our new Mental Health resources – please email safety@kidpower.org with your suggestions and questions.
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Irene van der Zande, Kidpower Founder and Executive Director
Kidpower Founder and Executive Irene van der Zande is a master at teaching safety through stories and practices and at inspiring others to do the same. Her child protection and personal safety expertise has been featured by USA Today, CNN, Today Moms, the LA Times, and The Wall Street Journal. Publications include: cartoon-illustrated Kidpower Safety Comics and Kidpower Teaching Books curriculum; Bullying: What Adults Need to Know and Do to Keep Kids Safe; the Relationship Safety Skills Handbook for Teens and Adults; Earliest Teachable Moment: Personal Safety for Babies, Toddlers, and Preschoolers; The Kidpower Book for Caring Adults: Personal Safety, Self-Protection, Confidence, and Advocacy for Young People, and the Amazon Best Seller Doing Right by Our Kids: Protecting Child Safety at All Levels.