A non-verbal, girl with autism and a chatty boy are partnered on a canoeing trip. To complete their journey across an urban lake, they must both learn how the other experiences the world.

Pixar’s SparkShorts offered animators a new way to tell stories in short format but with just as much emotional impact as a full length film.

Movie clips and short films can be used as age-appropriate visual aids to explore social emotional learning quickly and easily or teach important life themes. The shorts typically run 3 to 4 minutes long and have a beginning, middle, and end. Embedded in intriguing conflicts are figurative languages, hidden messages, and an ending resolution and most rely on non-verbal language. All of these clips can be found on Disney+ and many can also be found on Youtube.

What to do when your child is suicidal - a clinician’s guide for parents.

Making a self-care kit doesn’t have to be expensive. A self-care kit can help with regulating emotions between session and helps lay the foundation of a solid self-care routine. Having something on hand that can be easily accessed during not-so-great days can be tremendously helpful in reducing anxiety and depression symptoms. All items featured in this basket were found at Dollar Tree and the total basket cost (including the basket) was under $20.

Life lessons from “The Boy, The Mole, The Fox, and The Horse”. Exploring mindfulness, gratitude, and perseverance.

As Thomas S. Monson so beautifully stated, “If you want to give light to others you have to glow yourself”. The metaphor of putting your own mask on before helping another has been used often to highlight the importance of self-care, especially when one is attempting to meet the needs of family members, employers, children, friends, or society in general.