RESOURCES TO USE WITH YOUTH
THE 5 WHY’S TOOL
Same problem, over and over? This tool asks "why?" five times to dig past the surface and find the actual root cause because the real fix usually isn't where you started looking.
SETTING BOUNDARIES
Boundaries show where one thing ends and another begins. Use the side-by-side T-table to name yours alongside someone else, with a back-page guide to the six types and the rigid/healthy/porous scale.
EXPLORING MY WORRY
When worry is taking up all the brain space, this 6-box worksheet helps you break it down; likelihood, worst case, best case, most likely, and decide on what to actually do next.
PLANNING FOR ADVOCACY
Heading into a meeting where you need to advocate for someone? This worksheet walks you through DEAR MAN and GIVE, two frameworks for planning what to say and staying grounded while you say it.
EXPLORING VALUES
Your values are the unspoken rules guiding how you live. Sort the cards (or work the list) to surface what actually matters most to you, then reflect on how those values shape your goals.
MY MOOD MAP
Ever had someone try to help and only make it worse? This map gets ahead of that; chart what each emotional state looks like for you, what helps you, and how others can show up.
SAFE USE SUPPORT PLAN
A foldable zine you build alongside someone who's using; what they're using, what's risky, the harm reduction tools they have and ones to try, and how you'll check in. Their goals, their pace, their safety.
LEVELING UP TOOL
A multi-page workbook for mapping out who you want to grow into across four areas (skills, environment, agency, contribution) and five areas of authenticity. Ends with a start/stop/continue plan you can act on.
THOUGHTS SUS-O-METER
When your brain throws you a funky thought, put it on trial. Lay out the evidence for and against, then check the sus-o-meter to see if it's sus, kinda sus, or not-sus.
THE 24 HOUR CLOCK
Color in your day, hour by hour, by how it actually felt, good, neutral, not great. A pizza-slice map of your moods, useful for spotting patterns or sketching out an ideal day.
CRISIS & SAFETY PLANNING
A foldable safety plan you fill out before a crisis hits; your warning signs, your baseline, your contacts, what actually helps. Build it now so it's ready when you need it most.
CHECK OUT MY SKILLS
A self-check across communication, focus, social reading, and emotional regulation skills. Rate where you're strong, where you're vibin', and where you're still getting the hang of it; then use your strengths to grow the rest.
SPHERES OF INFLUENCE
What can you actually change? This three-page tool sorts goals and obstacles into what you control, what you influence, and what's out of reach, so you can plan around the part you can move.
SENSORY SELF CARE
Map your sensory world. What you love, what activates you, across taste, touch, sight, smell, sound. Plus a "what helps" space for the calming strategies and tools to reach for when you're overwhelmed.
VIBE CHECK TOOL
A two-sided worksheet for peer and YSS to check in on how things are going. Eight parallel questions, then a start/stop/continue summary you build together. Designed to spark honest conversation, not grade it.
SELF CARE CHECK IN
A three-step self-care deep dive: rate your satisfaction across eight life dimensions, sort current and new practices for each, then map your coping strategies into helpful vs. harmful. The full picture, in writing.