The Family Reset & Trustwork Series

These programs aren’t just books. They’re systems—and every system needs a blueprint.

Both the Family Reset Facilitator Manual and the Trustwork Guide the Room Manual serve as the backbone of implementation. 

They are:

• Trauma-informed (without requiring a therapy license)
   
• Faith-compatible (but not dependent on religious content)
   
• Scripted, flexible, and easy to run, even for first-time group leaders
   
• Field-tested in homes, churches, schools, and shelters
   

They provide more than structure, they provide confidence, fidelity, and growth. When used together with the books, these manuals turn reading into transformation, and learning into healing.

A spiritually grounded SEL system for emotional healing across generations.

The Family Reset Series is a trauma-informed, spiritually grounded, three-book curriculum designed to help families heal together across generations. Authored by Aaron B. Kershaw and published by BuildingBlocs Literacy, this series meets families where they are—emotionally, spiritually, and developmentally.

Each book is written for a unique age group: Before It Spills for parents, Real Talk for teens, and Little Talks for children ages 7–11. Each chapter aligns thematically, allowing the entire family to journey through emotional growth together—even when reading separately.

But what truly anchors the Family Reset framework is the Facilitator & Group Leader Manual—a companion guide that turns this series into a repeatable 8-week experience.

It includes:

• Weekly lesson breakdowns
   
• Age-adjusted pacing suggestions
   
• Family-centered discussion prompts
   
• Faith-based and secular activity options
   
• Reproducible tools like co-read activities, family pledges, journaling exercises, and reset rituals
   

A trauma-informed healing system for children, teens, and caregivers navigating foster and kinship care.

The Trustwork Series is a trauma-responsive emotional healing system that meets the realities of foster care, kinship placements, and system-impacted families. Authored by Aaron B. Kershaw and published by BuildingBlocs Literacy, it includes three developmentally aligned books: Say It Small (ages 6–10), Say It Anyway (ages 10–18), and Steady in the Storm (caregivers and adults).

Each book walks its audience through the same emotional journey—grief, fear, identity, regulation, and repair—using age-appropriate metaphors like “cups,” “bubbles,” “truth threads,” and “fix-it words.”

At the core of the Trustwork system is Guide the Room—the professional implementation manual. This isn’t just a supplement. It’s a comprehensive delivery system for trauma-informed education and healing. 

The guide includes:

• Full 8-week rollout instructions
   
• Scripted session plans for group or dyad work
   
• Co-regulation exercises, nervous system tools, and emotional mapping templates
   
• Role-based recommendations for facilitators, mentors, caseworkers, and parents
   
• Built-in trauma literacy guidance for non-clinical staff