The Big Brain & Body Regulation Toolbox for Kids & Teens: 117 Neuroscience-Informed Interventions for Anxiety, Mood Management, Executive Function, Co - Paperback

by Jen L. Wilke-Deaton (Author)

A comprehensive toolbox that taps into how the developing brain learns best: experientially.

Written by expert clinician Jen Wilke-Deaton, The Big Brain & Body Regulation Toolbox is an in-depth resource that integrates evidence-based therapies like CBT, DBT, and ACT with brain-friendly elements such as movement, multisensory input, rhythm, and repetition to help children find relief in tough moments while rewiring the brain for lasting change.

Inside, you'll find a practical, scaffolded set of interventions that help kids with:

• Anxiety, worry, rumination, and panic
• Depression, anger, irritability, mood swings, self-harm, and suicidal ideation
• Executive functioning, impulse control, organization, and task completion
• ADHD, autism, and neurodivergence
• Underdeveloped social skills, cognitive flexibility, and social cue interpretation
• Defiance, oppositional behavior, low self-esteem, and feeling misunderstood

No matter the symptoms or presenting problem, regulation is at the heart of working with kids who are struggling. While many traditional interventions offer short-term relief, they often lack the structure and depth necessary for lasting change. This book allows you to deliver those long-term solutions--right when your clients need them most.

Author Biography

Jen L. Wilke-Deaton, MA, LPA, has more than twenty-seven years of experience providing therapy, consultation, and psychological testing for kids, teens, and families across multiple settings, including inpatient treatment, outpatient clinics, schools, and the judicial system. She currently works in a private practice in central Kentucky, specializing in crisis management, ADHD, child abuse, PTSD, DBT, behavioral disorders, anxiety, autism, and attachment. She is the author of Creative Parenting Skills, Parenting Better Children, Awareness in Focus (audio CD), Awareness in Focus by Kids for Kids (audio CD), and The Mandala Workbook.