The How-To Cards are practical guides outlining skills and characteristics of the animal designed to help caregivers, educators, and healthcare professionals actively use each Supportive Little Buddy’s coping skills and animal traits in real-time situations.

They provide structured prompts and clear language to reinforce regulation strategies.

Each card translates the buddy’s animal-inspired strengths into actionable skills. Instead of abstract instructions like “calm down,” the cards offer concrete guidance for practicing breathing, grounding, courage, or pause during moments of stress.

They connect language, skill, and action by being a role model.

The cards are designed for:

• Parents and caregivers

• Educators and school support teams

• Therapists and healthcare professionals

They help adults guide regulation consistently across environments.

Yes. Each Supportive Little Buddy includes a name tag for personalization, helping build familiarity and connection. In medical or school settings, the buddy can also be used to model upcoming steps — giving caregivers and professionals a simple, reassuring way to explain what will happen next.

Each Supportive Little Buddy is intentionally designed to support regulation in real-world environments. Every buddy includes:

• Gentle, balanced weight for steady deep-pressure grounding

• Sensory-considered textures suitable for diverse needs

• Metal- and magnet-free construction for clinical compatibility

• Durable plush construction for everyday use

• A subtle stitched element that glows in the dark, offering a small grounding focal point during low-light or nighttime situations.

Each buddy also embodies animal-inspired coping skills grounded in psychology and nervous system science, encouraging real-time emotional regulation and resilience.

Designed by our founder — a mother of a neurodivergent child — every buddy considers both neurotypical and neurodiverse needs.

No. The buddies can be used independently.

The cards simply provide structured language and skill reinforcement, especially helpful for professionals or caregivers introducing regulation strategies for the first time.

Yes. The How-To Cards are appropriate for classrooms, therapy offices, clinics, and hospital environments. They are designed to complement existing regulation frameworks rather than replace them.

Yes. The coping prompts are grounded in psychology and nervous system regulation principles, translated into accessible language that is easy to apply in real-life moments.