Innovative Resources is proud to announce the release of a brand new edition of this iconic card set that has already found a home in the tool kits of thousands of human service workers.
Our new Bear cards have even more charm, express a greater range of emotions and lookeven more human! Perfect for social workers, [...]
By Rebecca Sng
Psychologists, Social Workers and Parents dealing with sibling jealousy will find this brightly illustrated book a great way to foster conversations with older children about newcomers to the family.
Published by Innovative Resources 2008. Author: Rebecca Sng softcover, 32 pages.
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Ideal for: Early Childhood/Preschool Teachers, Counsellors, Therapists, Primary Teachers, Social Workers and Parents.
Its never too soon to begin nurturing life skills and building self-esteem. These engaging, easy-to-use skill-building cards are aimed at 3 to 7-year-olds. The bright, quirky cartoons will inspire great conversations and an I can attitude in little people. Minimal text builds literacy [...]
Inspired by Choice Theory, Reality Therapy and incorporating strengths-based ideas, Cars R Us is a conversation-building tool ideal for exploring feelings, responses and articulating goals.
Perfect for anyone wanting to engage boys or men in important conversations. For those familiar with Glasser’s work this is a hands-on tool that includes all the [...]
By Geoff Barker and Michelle Lane Jenner
Anyone who spends time with young people can use Deep Speak to build rich conversations about some of life’s big questions–and some of the little quirky ones as well. This is an engaging and thought-provoking resource for educators, mental health workers, chaplains, youth workers and [...]
Teachers, Grief and Loss Counsellors, Social Workers, Parents and Psychologists: this novella for primary school-aged children is a sensitive yet frank story through which young readers will learn about dying and the rituals and feelings that accompany this inevitable time. Be inspired by Abby and her brother Zac who love their [...]
By Ben Furman
Primary and Pre-School Teachers, Early Childhood Workers, Psychologists and Parents: here are solution-focused approaches adapted especially for children. This radical book is based on the notion that practically all problems can be seen as skills that need to be developed. The book is buzzing with ideas, stories and suggestions to inspire adults and [...]
Need some really good company? Meet Australia’s favourite marsupial in every kind of mood.
A great bunch of 50 cartoon koala characters for talking about feelings. Each circle-shaped card brings us up close and personal with a very expressive koala face. Which koala are you today? The mad, glad or just plain [...]
Attention teachers, chaplains, social welfare coordinators and anyone wanting to build insight into the vital role friendship plays in the maintenance of good mental health.
This engaging resource is ideal for: identifying and developing positive social skills; naming the characteristics of real friendship; building positive communication and celebrating individuality and [...]
By Gena McLean
Many of us surround ourselves with sticky notes, scraps of paper, or lists of things we want to remind ourselves to do on a day-to-day basis. Note to Self is a set of 24 stunning cards created by local author, Gena McLean, and designed by Castlemaine artist, Robyn Spicer. [...]
For Teachers, Tutors, Mentors and Trainers. Sometimes Magic is a set of 32 thought-provoking cards designed to explore the fascinating variety of ways individuals learn. Sometimes, magic does happen when we understand what works for us and can articulate our needs more clearly.
Published by Innovative Resources 2001. 32 laminated, full-colour cards, [...]
Attention teachers, counsellors, youth workers and creative writing coordinators.
Here are 80 full-colour storytelling prompts for people of all ages. From classrooms to discussion groups; a family game to a therapeutic tool. Perfect for anyone who works with people who have a story to tell. Whatever the application, Storycatching provides opportunities [...]
Inspiring. Self-esteem boosting. Life-changing.
Used by thousands of family workers, teachers, counsellors, trainers and parents worldwide, welcome to a set of cards using both pictures and text to inspire insight and transformation. Grounded in the Strengths model these cards are capable of generating conversations about the hard stuff as well as [...]
Psychologists, social workers, teachers, student welfare coordinators, chaplains and counsellors: here is a product perfect for identifying, naming and celebrating inherent strengths, qualities and abilities. Using vibrant illustration and gentle humour, this clever but simple card set is a strengths-based resource designed specifically for primary school aged children with the intention of nurturing emotional intelligence [...]
By Wayne McCashen
A practical guide to the Strengths Approach for Social Workers, Psychologists, Counsellors and anyone who works with people. The Strengths Approach as a model shifts focus from power-over to power-with; from deficits to capacities; from expert-focussed to the-client-as-expert. Author, Wayne McCashen, clearly and comprehensively describes the ideas, values, beliefs, and frameworks that help [...]
Most of us spend a great deal of our lives being part of one team or another: at school, in the community, in clubs, in sport and at work.
‘Strengths in Teams’ is a set of 30 lavishly illustrated, full-colour cards depicting a zany and delightfully whacky circus. Except this circus looks very [...]
Talking Up Our Strengths is a set of 22 stunning photomontage cards that celebrate the strengths and resilience of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.
As well as being a visual feast, Talking Up Our Strengths is a catalyst for inspiring conversations and storytelling in schools, communities, groups, social work settings, board [...]
By Russell Deal
Teachers, Chaplains, School Counsellors, Welfare Officers and Social Workers, here is a book that every school library should not be without! The big architect wanted only perfect stones for the new wall. All the stones put their best faces forward. But there was one stone that didn’t seem to fit. He was the [...]
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