Celebrating 10 Years Supporting Families on the North Coast
Ten years ago, Evolve Youth Services welcomed its first families with the belief that each of us carries an extraordinary potential and a variety of abilities waiting to...
A Back to School Guide for Post-Adoptive Parents
For most families, the end of summer brings a mix of relief and chaos: school supply lists, new routines, earlier bedtimes. For families raising children who have...
5-Minute Regulation Break
Simple Steps for a 5-Minute Break MINUTE 1Land In Your Body
Sit or stand still. Feel your feet on the floor, drop your shoulders away from your ears, roll your...
How Nature Can Support Trauma Recovery in Youth
IN THIS POST:PHYSICAL SIDE OF PTSD | THE RESEARCH | OUR HOME LANDSCAPE | PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS | LOCAL SPOTS
For a young person living with post-traumatic stress, the...
Teaching Self-Compassion To Young People
There is a question that self-compassion educator Jamie Lynn Tatera asks young people at the start of every lesson. She describes two scenarios and asks the group to...
Good Relationships Are the Key to Healing Trauma
“Relationships are the very oxygen of human development.”
What if the most powerful mental health intervention in the world isn’t a pill, a therapy...
Flexibility: The Social-Emotional Skill That Helps Kids Adapt, Recover, and Grow
Life rarely goes exactly as planned. Expectations shift, and sometimes things simply do not work out the way we hoped. While we often focus on “grit,” the...