The Free Resilience Toolkit

Why These Tools Matter

Foster and kinship families face unique challenges that require more than just good intentions—they require a roadmap for stability. This toolkit is designed for parent educators and agency leaders to bridge the gap between identifying trauma and building lasting resilience.

What’s Included in Your Download:

• The Expanded ACEs Insight Tool: Move beyond the standard 10 indicators. This 17-question screening includes social stressors like community violence and foster placement to provide a truer picture of a child’s experience.

• The Protective Factors Checklist: A practical guide to strengthening the 5 key pillars of family stability, mapped directly to the skills taught in Active Parenting’s evidence-based curricula.
• Actionable Strategies: Clear "Key Skill" takeaways that caregivers can implement immediately to improve emotional safety and behavior.

A 40-Year Legacy of Evaluated Success 

For over four decades, Active Parenting has provided programs that meet the highest standards of evidence-based parent education. Our curricula are recognized on national registries and are designed to help agencies reduce placement disruption, prevent burnout, and improve long-term outcomes for children in care. Supported by extensive independent evaluations, our approach provides the specific Protective Factors families need to move from "managing behavior" to building lasting resilience and stability.