FOR SCHOOLS, ORGANIZATIONS & HELPING PROFESSIONALS

Support the people who support children and families.

Mindy offers practical presentations, author visits, resources, and collaboration that help children, caregivers, and staff better understand behavior, stress, personality, and communication.

Led by Mindy Green, MSW—former school social worker, parent educator, author, and speaker.

A SHARED MISSION

Supporting children also means supporting the adults around them.

You may be supporting children who shut down, react intensely, or struggle with transitions. Staff may need shared language, while caregivers need ideas they can realistically use at home. Mindy turns brain science, regulation, and personality insights into practical conversations and tools for your setting.

Understanding does not remove accountability. It helps adults support dignity, responsibility, connection, and growth.

WHO THIS PAGE IS FOR

Many roles. One commitment

to children and families.

For schools and the wider community of people supporting families.

Schools, educators, school social workers, counselors, and student-support teams

Boys & Girls Clubs, after-school programs, and youth organizations

Libraries, community centers, nonprofits, and family-resource programs

Social workers, therapists, parent educators, coaches, and other helping professionals

The Stretchy Brain Framework™

Four elements that help us understand and respond.

A shared language for looking beyond the reaction while keeping expectations clear.

Brain Science

Understand how stress affects thinking and behavior.

Regulation

Practice ways to pause, reset, and recover.

Personality

Recognize different communication and emotional needs.

Connection

Support dignity, responsibility, and skill-building.

WAYS tO wORK tOGETHER

Begin with what fits your

people and your setting.

Choose a children’s program, parent presentation, staff conversation, resource, or collaboration.

Programs for Children

Stories and activities that make big ideas approachable.

Interactive elementary read-alouds can include Bubble Breath, conversation about frustration and perseverance, a simple activity, and author Q&A.

Ask about a children’s program →

Support for Parents & Caregivers

Practical education for everyday family life.

Presentations explore topics such as stress, personality, communication, routines, focus, resilience, and what may be happening beneath behavior.

Explore parent education →

Staff & Professional Learning

Useful insight for the adults supporting children and families.

Current topics include nervous-system awareness, personality-informed communication, regulation, repair, family communication, and healthy expectations.

DISCUSS A PRESENTATION →

Community Collaboration

A thoughtful partner for family- and youth-centered work.

Mindy welcomes mission-aligned conversations about conferences, family events, book-centered programs, parent engagement, and resource partnerships.

Start a collaboration conversation →

Mindy sharing Sammy’s Super Stretchy Shoelaces and hands-on Stretchy Brain activities at a community family event.

Books & practical resources

Tangible tools for real conversations.

Current materials support read-alouds, family engagement, routines, regulation, personality, communication, and youth programming.

Sammy’s Super Stretchy Shoelaces

Useful for: Elementary read-alouds, counseling conversations, libraries, family events, and youth programs

Sammy’s Super Stretchy World Activity Book

Useful for: Breathing, movement, feelings, friendship, calming tools, confidence, and reflection

Understanding Your Child’s Personality

Useful for: Parent education, helping-professional conversations, and more productive family communication

Ready, Set, School

Useful for: Back-to-school routines, mornings, transitions, homework, focus, and expectations

BROWSE BOOKS & RESOURCES

New tools are being created with real settings in mind.

Stretchy Brain Activity Cards are planned for the fall. Additional counselor and educator resources are also in development, with details to be shared as they are finalized.

Complete counselor guides, standards-connected lesson resources, and a comprehensive schoolwide curriculum are not currently available.

A few helpful details

Before we

work together.

What kinds of organizations can contact you?

Schools, Boys & Girls Clubs, libraries, youth programs, nonprofits, family-resource organizations, conferences, and helping professionals are welcome to inquire.

What age groups do you serve?

Many current books and child-centered activities are designed for elementary-aged children. Parent, caregiver, and professional presentations can also address the school-age years through the teens when the topic fits.

Can a presentation be adapted for our audience?

Mindy considers your audience, goals, time, and setting, then determines whether a current topic or resource is a good fit.

Does this replace clinical or school-based services?

No. This work provides education, discussion, skill-building, and family-engagement support—not clinical treatment, supervision, or a replacement for existing services.

Begin with a conversation

Tell Mindy about the people you support and what you hope to create.

Share your audience, setting, goal, preferred format, and the kind of support you are considering.