A free quick-reference card for pediatric primary care, therapy, and brief support visits. Includes four CBT-informed questions to help children name feelings, notice what their brain is saying, check the facts, and choose one helpful next step.
Use this in pediatric primary care, integrated behavioral health, school counseling, therapy, or parent coaching conversations when a child is anxious, sad, overwhelmed, avoidant, or stuck.
Want the full provider training? This free card is a preview of Sticky Brain Studio’s pediatric primary care course, which includes expanded scripts, decision trees, brief intervention tools, and practical guidance for ADHD, anxiety, and mood concerns.
A free quick-reference tool for helping children name feelings, check anxious thoughts, and choose one helpful next step in brief visits.
This card gives providers a simple four-question framework for helping children connect feelings, thoughts, and actions without needing a long therapy session.
Name the Feeling
A quick prompt to help children identify the emotion showing up.
Explore the Signal
A question that helps children notice what their brain is predicting or warning them about.
Check the Accuracy
A CBT-informed prompt for helping kids treat thoughts as hypotheses, not facts.
Choose a Response
A practical question that moves the child from distress into one small helpful action.
Anxiety and Depression Micro-Interventions
Includes brief reminders for exposure-lite and behavioral activation.
This card is a psychoeducational provider support tool and is not a substitute for mental health treatment, crisis care, diagnosis, or individualized clinical judgment.