Resources
Celebrating Diversity
Diversity and Society: Race, Ethnicity, and Gender
Diversity and Society provides a brief overview of inter-group relations in the U.S. In ten succinct chapters, Healey and Stepnick explain concepts and theories about dominant-minority relations; examine historical and contemporary immigration to the U.S.; and narrate the experiences of the largest racial and ethnic minorities
The ABCs of Diversity: Helping Kids (and Ourselves!) Embrace Our Differences
This book helps parents and teachers of children, youth, and young adults navigate conversations about differences so they can raise up individuals committed to respectful civic engagement. Such intercultural dialogues can support communities as they work for the mutual well-being of all.
Healing Trauma
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma, Bessel van der Kolk 'The Body keeps the Score', talks about how the role of trauma in psychiatric illness has changed over the past 20 years; what we have learned about the ways the brain is shaped by traumatic experiences; how traumatic stress is a response of the entire organism and how that knowledge needs be integrated into healing practices.
Anxiety & Depression
Get Out of My Head: Inspiration for Overthinkers in an Anxious World
Get Out of My Head is here to help, providing guidance and inspiration for anxious overthinkers of all sorts. This compact, illustrated book offers soothing techniques for understanding anxiety and moving through the traps of overthinking
Physical Disabilities
As I Am, A True Story of Adaptation to Physical Disability
In a single moment in time, four year old Garret Frey was transformed from an active and energetic four year old to a quadriplegic, ventilator-dependent boy who struggled to make sense of a world in disarray. For seven years, Garret worked with Clinical Psychologist Dr. Karen Pirnot as Garret learned that his mental powers could help compensate for the loss of body function.