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| "Healing the Hurt, Restoring the Hope" |
| How to Guide Children and Teens through Times of Divorce, Death, and Crisis with the Rainbows Approach Softcover, 340 pages with 30 black and white illustrations / Published
by: SawRobin Press ISBN 1-4276-0742-7 |
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| "We're Doing It" |
| Divorce is a grown-up problem that brings about a lot of changes – but sometimes we can learn from others going through the same
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| "Feelings" |
| Everyone has feelings – it’s important to share and understand them. |
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| "About Death" |
| A sensitive portrayal of death as a part of life. |
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| "It Takes Time" |
| Bonding in stepfamilies needs everyone working together to make it happen – and that takes time. |
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| "Being A Family" |
| Family means sharing life together – no matter how many people are part of it – or how it came about. |
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| "In My Dreams, I do" |
This children’s book by Linda Saran, was inspired by the author’s mother who continues to nurture an intimate relationship with her grandchildren despite her battle with Lou Gehrig’s disease – an incurable, progressive motor neuron illness.
Share the bonding experience of reading about two sisters who escape the world of their grandmother’s physical limitations to the freedom of her dream realm where anything is possible. Together, the girls explore a place where bodies are limited only by the mind. This narrative gives testimony to the magical power of the imagination – a secret that most children and many adults instinctively possess. It has universal appeal to all navigating the road of life together. |
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| "Silver Linings 5-8 Edition" |
Silver Linings is a community support program for counselors, volunteers, churches, and relief organizations needing additional tools to assist youth experiencing emotional turmoil due to loss/change. Participants are able to share their feelings and thoughts about these changes with others their own age. Read More...
Ages 5-8 |
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| "Silver Linings 9-12 Edition" |
Silver Linings is a community support program for counselors, volunteers, churches, and relief organizations needing additional tools to assist youth experiencing emotional turmoil due to loss/change. Participants are able to share their feelings and thoughts about these changes with others their own age.
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| "Silver Linings Adolescent Edition" |
Silver Linings is a community support program for counselors, volunteers, churches, and relief organizations needing additional tools to assist youth experiencing emotional turmoil due to loss/change. Participants are able to share their feelings and thoughts about these changes with others their own age.
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Adolescent Edition |
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| "Ferdinand the Eagle Coloring Storybook" |
| Ferdinand the Eagle is a loveable character who learns about his world and how crisis situations can change ideas and our outlook of the future. This interactive reading and activity book has coloring book style artwork, including ways the children can share their own feelings and ideas as well as challenging maze/puzzles helps children focus on rebuilding and generating hope in difficult situations. Ideal for children ages 5-12 when used as a resource to help youngsters understand the inevitable changes we all experience in a crisis situation. |
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| "Park It Here" |
Durable game mat with whimsical illustrations of children along with descriptive “FEELINGS” words (words printed in English, Spanish and Canadian French). Children can play comfortably on the floor and “park it” on the game mat using the colorful beanbag to help them understand what feelings are and how to put them into their own vocabulary and experiences during their own personal grief experience. Game includes vinyl mat (16" x 42") and colorful beanbag.
Avaliable in English or Spanish
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| "Peaks & Pits" |
The Peaks and Pits Gameboard shows numbered spaces depicting "quality"
words, as well as PEAKS and PITS spaces. As the players move along the board, they affirm the good and unique qualities each person has, and problem solve situations that are now part of their everyday lives.
Five players between the ages of 9-11 work together to find solutions to
their personal loss. Game includes vinyl gameboard, playing pieces,
one deck of Peaks cards, one deck of Pits cards, and one die.
Avaliable in English or Spanish |
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| "A Way To Go" |
This game provides an opportunity for players to talk about various problems or crises that have occurred or that they anticipate may happen because of the changes in their families. Five players between the ages of 12-14 are encouraged to work toward and learn their own practical solutions. Game includes vinyl gameboard, playing pieces, one deck of A Way To Go cards, and one die.
Avaliable in English or Spanish |
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| "Feelings Toss" |
Feelings Toss is a board game of self-discovery enabling participants to examine deeply their own Primary and Secondary feelings attached to the changing events in their families. Each person makes and keeps a record of their own feelings surrounding their crisis/grief event. Game includes 4 color gameboard, pad of record sheets and one die. Appropriate for 6 players ages 12 through adult.
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| "Spectrum of Fears" |
| This game encourages partiicpants to identify, examine, and express their fears, worries, and disappointments. Discussion of what fears are depicted on the deck of cards, plus those the participants also draw on blank cards, leads to a fast-moving quest to be the first to grab the Spectrum of Fears token. Five players between the ages of 14-18 cab play this game that includes Spectrum of Fears deck of cards, 4 Fears tokens, and grease pencils for drawing/writing their own fears. |
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| "Mountain of Change" |
| Sturdy vinyl mat gameboard depicting a mountain of boulders (challenges) teens may face as they journey through any painful unexpected event.
Players attempt to overcome challenges while climbing to the mountain's summit. Each player can master their own obstacles by writing their solution on their assigned "gear" pad sheet and attaching it to the board. Five players between the ages of 16-18 can encounter and conquer their own challenges to reach the own strength summit. Game includes vinyl mat, 5 "gear" post-it pads and one die. |
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| "Keepsake Book of Memories" |
| If you are a parent, family member, friend, teacher or counselor seeking a way to guide a child through the process of grief, Rainbows can provide a helpful
tool for you and the child...A KEEPSAKE BOOK of Special Memories. By collecting photographs telling the history of the person who died, and doing varied hands-on activities this book enables children to express their feelings and to take an active role in their own healing. |
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| "Lost In the Middle CD & Companion Card" |
Parents of changing families today often do not know how to communicate to the children that their feelings are valued. Often, parents are not sure what to say to the child about their own divorce situation. The struggle continues when they try to tell the children that they will always remain an important part of their lives – no matter what happens regarding the divorce.
The CD and Companion Card, featuring the song entitled Lost In The Middle, are a compassionate, yet practical response to single parents who find themselves existing in emotional upheaval while still trying to care for their children. This unique combination of CD and Companion Card provides an opportunity to personalize its musical message by imparting a lasting sentiment to their child. |
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| "The Single Symphony" |
| If you are a single-parent or stepparent looking for information, guidance and a chance to create a strong, loving new family unit, Rainbows can provide what you need with this comprehensive, 58 page guide that covers loss issues due to death or divorce of a parent. This resource is ideal for agencies and organizations who assist grieving single parents and their families. Useful as a personal individual guide, it has also been utilized as a discussion tool in group settings. |
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| "I Need Sombody" |
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