A teen workbook that runs itself.
Who Showed Up? helps students and young adults notice the patterns that make decisions for them (before those patterns turn into bigger problems). Illustrated, self-guided, and built on the STOP IT NOW® prevention methodology. No training required to use it.
Designed for ages 13 to 17. Relevant well beyond the teen years.
I made this for the kid who is sitting in your office right now.
Purchase orders accepted. W-9 and sole-source letter available on request.
A note from Dr. Shiela
I spent twenty years in rooms with young people who were not broken. They were adapted. Something in them learned to protect them, and sometimes that same protection kept showing up even when it wasn’t helping anymore. Nobody had ever handed them the words to notice the difference.
Who Showed Up? is those words, in a form a fifteen-year-old will actually pick up. Stories that feel like their school. Pages they can color when writing feels like too much. Space to notice what is happening without having to explain where it came from.
And one question they get to keep:
Not “Who am I?” but “What showed up?”
Because what shows up is not who you are.
Dr. Shiela A. Little, PhD, LMSW
You know this kid.
Most prevention curricula need a trained facilitator, a scheduled class period, and a budget line for a workshop.
Most schools have a counselor with 400 students and forty minutes.
How a packet moves
| Start Here | Breathes. Colors. Reads that nothing in the book has to be shared. |
|---|---|
| Meet [Name] | Meets a teen who feels like someone they know. |
| The Moment | Watches the pattern show up in a real situation. |
| What Everybody Saw vs. What They Didn't See | Sees the gap between the outside and the inside. |
| Who Showed Up? | Names the pattern. Learns what it protects and what it costs. |
| Color This | Slows down. Full-page coloring. |
| Your Turn | Reflects, privately. Checklists and short prompts, present tense only. |
| The Win | Sees one small, honest change. Not a fix. A choice. |
What's inside
One book. Nineteen patterns. One session at a time.
Who Showed Up? tells the stories of nineteen teens and nineteen patterns: Hustle, Delay, Earning, Repeating, Taking It Personal, and more. For each one, students read the story, see what everybody else saw versus what was really going on, color a page, and reflect privately. One pattern per session. Forty minutes. Done.
Advisory or homeroom.
One packet a week, no prep.
Counseling and small group.
Pick the pattern that fits the student in front of you.
Youth programs and church.
Wednesday night, one packet, one conversation.
Why it works (and why it's safe)
Prevention, not treatment. Awareness of a pattern before it hardens. Nothing clinical. Nothing diagnostic.
Regulation first. Every packet opens with breathing and coloring before any writing is asked for. Students settle before they reflect.
Patterns, not labels. “Hustle showed up,” never “you're a workaholic.” Students are never sorted, scored, or typed.
Self-guided. Written for a 15-year-old alone at a kitchen table. An adult in the room helps. An adult in the room is not required.
Built on a registered methodology. STOP IT NOW® is the prevention framework used to certify practitioners through Project H.O.P.E., a Saginaw County opioid-settlement-funded program.
Aligns with CASEL's five SEL competencies: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, responsible decision-making.
Bring it to your program
The Complete Workbook
All nineteen patterns, 200+ pages, full color.
$34.99 plus shipping
Order the WorkbookProgram Pack, 25 copies
$749.75 ($29.99 per copy)
Includes the Facilitator Quick Guide. Shipping included in the contiguous United States.
Order 25Program Pack, 100 copies
$2,499.00 ($24.99 per copy)
Includes the Facilitator Quick Guide. Shipping included in the contiguous United States.
Order 100Copies ship within 6 to 8 weeks. Need a different quantity, or paying by purchase order? Send your PO to info@shapingsolutions.org or use the quote form below and we'll invoice you.
STOP IT NOW® Practitioner training is available for staff who want to deliver the full program with fidelity. Request a quote.
For the person writing the grant
Each pattern packet maps to a recognized prevention protective factor (healthy relationships, stress regulation, belonging and help-seeking, self-efficacy) with a one-item pre/post indicator. Suitable for Title IV-A, opioid settlement, SAMHSA prevention set-aside, and community foundation youth funding. The evaluation crosswalk is available on request.
What this is not
Who Showed Up? is not therapy, counseling, assessment, or crisis intervention, and it does not replace any of them. Every packet carries a trusted-adult line and the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.
About the author.
Dr. Shiela A. Little, PhD, LMSW, is the founder of Shaping Solutions LLC and the creator of the STOP IT NOW® methodology. She has over twenty years of clinical experience and trains practitioners and coaches through Project H.O.P.E. in Saginaw, Michigan. Her adult book, The Nerve of You, is forthcoming.