THE BEARS

An image, especially a photograph, can have a unique ability to stimulate the imagination, memory and emotions. The 75 original, evocative photographs that make up Picture This offer opportunities for people of all ages to reflect on their experiences and communicate with others. Some of these full-colour images are poignant, some are heart-warming and others are tinged with humour. This highly interpretive tool can open up conversations, storytelling and creative writing about feelings, goals, and points of view.

CAT NO: 2900 AU$59.50

PICTURE THIS

For over two decades Strength Cards have played a vital self-esteem building role in the lives of countless adults, children and families. It is so simple, yet so powerful: Everyone has strengths and our strengths help us grow and thrive. That is why Strength Cards are an essential resource for thousands of family workers, teachers, counsellors, supervisors, mentors and parents worldwide.

CAT NO: 0100 AU$49.50

STRENGTH CARDS

Everyone has strengths. Sometimes they shine like blazing lights and sometimes we may wonder where our strengths have gone. But they are there—if we choose to call on them.

Choosing Strengths is a set of 36 cards and booklet developed in the rich traditions of Choice Theory and strengths-based practice. Each stunningly designed, full-colour card features the phrase ‘I can choose to be…’ and then identifies a strength that anyone can choose to practise and make their own.

CAT NO: 2400 AU$49.50

CHOOSING STRENGTHS

The absolute classic for talking about feelings with anyone, any age, in any language.

We live our whole lives in the company of our feelings and emotions—and yet it can be very hard to talk about them. From kindergartens to universities, from school classrooms to prisons, from family therapy to community development, from counselling to management, The Bears have brought conversations about feelings alive for over two decades

CAT NO: 0200 AU$49.50

Stunning, full-colour photographs to ignite storytelling, reminiscence and reflection.

The one indispensable resource for naming, celebrating and building strengths.

Making good choices—could there be any more valuable life skill?

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Do you work with children, young people or adults?Do you help families, teams, communities or schools to thrive?

Do you believe everyone has strengths, stories and hopes to build on?Are you looking for high-quality resources to bring these conversations alive?

St Luke’s Innovative Resources publishes an array of card sets to enrich conversations about feelings, strengths, choices, relationships, values and

goals. Here are just a few of the very best.

Counsellors, teachers, social workers, managers and anyone who wants to create positive change:

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Sometimes it is the tiny tweaks to a situation that make all the difference. A small tweak or a very simple next step can feel graspable, manageable, doable and even inviting. And a series of tiny tweaks can join forces to create big, life-changing patterns. Each of the 50 cards features a key word or ‘value’ (such as ‘Confidence’, ‘Finances’, ‘Purpose’, ‘Risks’ and ‘Trust’) and two questions to prompt conversation or reflection. Perfect for goal-setting, team-building and counselling.

LIFE TWEAKING Questions for coaching, mentoring and inviting change.

CAT NO: 4934 $49.50

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Cars ‘R’ Us is built around a fleet of very human-looking cars demonstrating a range of emotions in everyday situations. Bursting with personality and fun, these boisterous, quiet, shy, angry, happy, racy and just plain goofy car characters provide rich metaphors for describing our good days and bad days, our mistakes and successes…and the choices we can make. Inspired by Choice Theory, Reality Therapy and strengths-based ideas, Cars ‘R’ Us is a conversation-building tool for exploring our feelings and setting goals. Great for children or adults.

CAT NO: 4400 AU$59.50

CARS ‘R’ US OPTIMISM BOOSTERS TALKING UP OUR STRENGTHS

This elegant set of mini cards is perfect for opening up fresh ways of thinking. The cards create powerful windows into change by asking questions about goals, possibili-ties and strategies for optimistic action.It can be a challenge to stay optimistic, especially when things get tough. Problems can dominate our thoughts and bring us down. That’s when these little cards can really give us a boost into positive ways of thinking.

NEW REDUCED PRICE!CAT NO: 3750 AU$14.95

Discover a motoring metaphor with grunt! Questions for opening up new possibilities and fresh ways of thinking.

Celebrate the strengths and resilience of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures!

Talking Up Our Strengths is a set of 22 evocative, photomontage cards that celebrate the strengths and values of Abo-riginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures. These family snap-style photos show people being ‘strong in culture’. They are designed to foster recognition of what Aboriginal people have done—and continue to do—to nuture pride, identity and resilience.

CAT NO: 4825 AU$42.50

A visual feast and catalyst for conversations and storytelling. A must for anyone who works in human services.

RESOURCES FOR COUNSELLORS

DEEP SPEAKQuestions for opening up dynamic conversations with young people.

Deep Speak is an engaging and thought-provoking resource for educators, mental health workers, chaplains, youth workers and anyone employed in juvenile justice. Deep Speak is a set of 120 question cards, each one pertinent to the issues that absorb young people as they deal with relationships, identity, emotions, beliefs and values.

CAT NO: 4200 AU$59.50

FUNKY FISH FEELINGSFabulous fish for exploring feelings and other things below the surface.

Funky Fish Feelings will find many creative uses in the hands of teachers, counsellors and human service workers, and the cards are ideal for icebreakers, storytelling, family sculpting exercises and therapeutic conversations.

These are fish with attitude, and some might bear an uncanny resemblance to people you know! Which one are you today? The flummoxed flounder? The cranky crab? What about the despondent dolphin or the shy shark?

CAT NO: 2850 AU$49.50

A great way to break the ice or take conversations deeper.

RESOURCES FOR SOCIAL WORKERS

RESOURCES FOR SCHOOLS

St Luke’s Innovative Resources62 Collins Street, KANGAROO FLAT Victoria 3555 Australia

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The 80 Walking the Boundaries cards pose just some of the questions that practitioners have to negotiate every day where there is rarely an absolute right or wrong answer, for example:

• Would you ever buy something from a client? • Would you ever loan them money?

Walking the Boundaries has been designed by social workers for all human service practitioners. It is particularly relevant for orienting new staff, for supervision and for team-building.

CAT NO: 4805 $49.50

WALKING THE BOUNDARIES Exploring everyday ethical decision-making in human service practice.

Circles technology is a much-loved approach to group facilitation that is used in school classrooms, dispute resolution, mediation, juvenile justice, reconciliation processes and restorative justice practice.

These 42 cards identify the values or ground rules that build cultures of respect into Circles work. Based on Sue Roffey’s RAPIDS acronym, Strengths in Circles is built around 7 themes:

Respect, Agency, Positivity, Inclusion, Democracy and Safety.

Use these cards to build co-operation and respect in your classroom.

CAT NO: 4932 $49.50

STRENGTHS IN CIRCLES Building groups that flourish and fly.

A VISION FOR SUPERVISIONStrengths-based questions for reflective conversations.

CAT NO: 4927 $64.50

STRENGTH CARDS FOR KIDSAll children flourish when their strengths are recognised and celebrated.

Strength Cards for Kids is a set of 40 cards or stickers designed for children with practical, positive, affirming statements and fun-loving, cartoon-style graphics. So why do adults like them so much? Maybe it’s because they remind us that the most powerful way to solve a problem is to start with what we already do well. These cards are ideal for developing inner strengths and building values and capacities. Teachers love to use these for ‘Strengths of the Week’ or ‘About Me’ projects. A wonderful tool for turning problems into strengths.

CAT NO: 0400 AU$49.50

CAN-DO DINOSAURSHelp children learn and grow by focussing on what they can do.

Can-Do Dinosaurs is designed to help adults introduce children to the critical skills needed for safety, self-reflection, resilience and interrelationships. Featuring a herd of 28 dinosaurs direct from the Jurassic era, this resource carries a timeless and invaluable message for children—that they can learn and grow by focussing on what they can do, rather than on what they can’t. The cards are ideal for helping children overcome fears, develop confidence, build friendships and make good decisions.

CAT NO: 2200 AU$49.50

MATES TRAITSPrevent bullying by focussing on what makes a good friend.

Mates Traits is a set of 32 colourful, light-hearted cards plus a bonus colouring book that describe some of the characteristics of real friendship. Using a delightful cartoon cast of Australian birds and animals, Mates Traits attempts to unlock the strengths, attributes and understandings that go into friendship-making. Mates Traits can be used by people of all ages to open up conversations about relationships, social skills, communication, personalities and interests. It is also a unique resource for preventing bullying and overcoming the effects of bullying on children’s social confidence.

CAT NO: 1012 AU$49.50

RESOURCES FOR TEAM LEADERS

Supervision plays a pivotal role in the professional development of social workers, psychologists, counsellors, managers, health practitioners, life coaches and other human service professionals. A Vision for Supervision provides a tool for supervision and consists of 40 cards arranged in 5 colour-coded suits.

There are 40 key topics such as ‘Hopes and plans’, ‘Present situation’, ‘What worked?’ and ‘Noticing success’, along with 160 strengths-based, reflective questions for building your supervision conversations from start to finish.

Now with a bonus colouring book

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St Luke’s Innovative Resources62 Collins Street, KANGAROO FLAT

Victoria 3555 Australia

Ph: (03) 5446 0500 Fax: (03) 5447 2099Email: info@innovativeresources.org

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Innovative Resources is a not-for-profit publisher and bookseller; all sales support the children,

youth, family, and community services provided by Anglicare Victoria.

POSITIVE PARENTING CARDS Storytelling with parents, foster parents and future parents.

A wonderful tool for opening up conversations and storytelling with parents about their experiences, struggles, ideas, and hopes for their children and for themselves as parents.

Each card features an original line drawing, accompanied by a sentence starter to get the conversation rolling.

This set of 40 cards will be at home around the kitchen table, in meetings, in parenting workshops, out-of-home care reviews and in any family skill-building event, no matter how diverse the make-up and style of families may be.

CAT NO: 4926 $49.50

PAPERWORKS Tools for thinking, talking, writing

NEW RESOURCE!These versatile paper tools can open doors to conversations and reflection—super fast! Each master features a delightful line illustration that is easily recognised and interpreted by adults, young people and children alike. A versatile set of 12 visual metaphors, each with three questions on the back.

Also available as a

downloadable pdf

CAT NO: P1000 $27.50

BABY STRENGTHS Understanding baby behaviours, nurturing healthy bonds.

Bonding or ‘secure attachment’ between a baby and mother or primary caregiver is an essential ingredient in every baby’s development. Recognising the strengths in your baby’s behaviour is central to creating healthy bonds.

Baby Strengths can be used to build dynamic conversations with: mothers, fathers and grandparents, childcare and family workers, parenting educators, health professionals …and anyone who cares for babies and parents.

CAT NO: 2950 $39.50

STONES...HAVE FEELINGS TOO! Meet a pile of quirky, engaging, afraid, shy, joyful and just plain outrageous ‘stone’ characters!Sometimes we simply do not have words for our feelings. Sometimes we struggle to interpret the feelings of others. But no matter what our age, the ability to navigate our feelings is at the heart of emotional wellbeing. Meet a pile of 52 quirky, happy, sad, afraid, shy and just plain outrageous ‘stone’ characters who wear their feelings all over their not-so-stony faces. On the back of each card there are three possible ‘feelings’ words that can be used to help build our feelings vocabulary.

CAT NO: 3900 AU$49.50

TRAINING AND WORKSHOPS

We offer a range of training packages, at ‘Our Place’ or ‘Yours’. Please see our current Training Calendar for the ‘Our Place’ events scheduled for this year.Any of our training packages can be delivered at ‘Your Place’, with format by negotiation with you. Contact us to discuss the training needs of your organisation.

Email: info@innovativeresources.orgPh: (03) 5446 0500Website: www.innovativeresources.org/training

UPCOMING TRAINING

The Literary Therapist (2 days)Dates: 12th and 13th September 2016Venue: Buda Historic Homestead, CastlemaineFacilitators: Karen Masman-Bedford and Andrew ShirresCost: $385.00 including GST

Strengths Approach to Practice (2 days)Dates: 8th and 9th November 2016Venue: IR Training Room, 62 Collins Street, Kangaroo Flat, BendigoFacilitator: Andrew ShirresCost: $425.00 including GST

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