A Trauma-Informed Toolkit for Emotional Regulation and Connection at Home
Designed by a licensed therapist and school counselor, the HRH Family Reset & Connect Conversation Cards offer a gentle yet powerful way for families to navigate stress, trauma responses, and emotional overload—together. Built around our therapist-developed Stress Animal model (Tiger, Turtle, Cheetah, Deer, and Hummingbird), this resource helps children and caregivers identify, understand, and respond to stress in a developmentally safe and shame-free way.
 
Perfect for foster families, trauma-impacted homes, neurodiverse learners, and helpers navigating compassion fatigue or burnout, this flexible guide transforms emotional regulation into a shared, accessible language that meets you exactly where you are—no prep required.
 
What’s Inside:
10 front-and-back printable conversation cards (ideal for a 10-week rhythm)
Three HRH Family Norms to replace dysfunction with connection:
❌ Don’t Feel → ✅ Emotions are safe
❌ Don’t Talk → ✅ We talk about hard things
❌ Don’t Trust → ✅ We build safe relationships
Stress Animal cheat sheets with coaching language and regulation tips
Tools for building a Calm Down Corner, co-regulation plans, and shared emotional vocabulary
Printable and device-ready—use at the kitchen table, on a car ride, or during bedtime wind-down
 
Why Families and Caregivers Love It:
Created specifically for burnout-impacted helpers, including teachers, healthcare workers, and social workers
No therapy license needed—just a willingness to show up with presence and care
Works across ages and roles: from littles to teens, parents to professionals
Helps families shift from reacting to responding—one conversation at a time
Reinforces emotional safety, relational repair, and healthy family culture
Used in our “Drop by Drop” disaster donation program as our “Calm in the Storm” kit
 
What You’ll Practice Together:
Identify and coach through fight, flight, freeze, and fawn responses using the Stress Animal model
Learn the difference between dysregulation and defiance
Build shared routines that promote emotional regulation, communication, and repair
Co-create a sustainable rhythm of emotional connection, even during tough seasons
 
Practical Benefits:
Use in foster care, blended households, or post-crisis recovery
Complements professional therapy, school-based SEL, and special education plans
Aligned with trauma-informed, neurodiversity-affirming, and family-centered best practices
Pairs seamlessly with the HRH Classroom Reset & Connect Cards for cross-setting consistency
 
Download Includes:
25-page digital guide
10 printable front-and-back conversation cards
3 family norms posters
Calm Down Corner planning tools
Full toolkit for relational reset and mental wellness at home
 
💧 Drop by Drop Impact
Our Calm in the Storm Kit
This resource is also used in our rapid-response program supporting families after natural disasters, trauma, or loss. With zero prep needed and a mobile-friendly format, families can begin regulating together within minutes.