Reset Starts Now. A Facilitator's Guide to Leading the Family Reset Series with Heart, Safety, and Skill - Aaron B Kershaw;Billye J Jones

The Family Reset Series is more than a curriculum; it's a movement toward healing, safety, and transformation for families navigating emotional and generational stress. Designed for use in schools, churches, counseling centers, and community organizations, this facilitator guide equips leaders with the tools, structure, and support needed to run impactful group sessions that rebuild trust and emotional safety from the inside out.

This guide is for certified facilitators licensed in the Family Reset or Trustwork Series. It includes session outlines, pacing tools, discussion prompts, co-regulation strategies, and guidance on handling sensitive conversations. Whether you're working with caregivers, teens, or children, Reset Starts Now helps you lead restorative circles with emotional intelligence, cultural humility, and consistent fidelity to the model.

Inside the Guide:

Step-by-step facilitation structure for each week of the Family Reset Series

Alignment with youth-facing curriculum through the Parallel Path Method

The Safe Bubble technique and Trustwork¿ Circles framework

Trauma-informed pacing strategies and facilitator wellness checkpoints

Custom prompts, storytelling tools, and the Fix-It Words¿ communication model

Guidance on managing group energy, disclosures, and resistance

Optional integration with faith-based, kinship, and foster family applications

Tips for hosting community circles, virtual sessions, and cross-generational groups

Who It's For:

Licensed facilitators leading BrightPath¿ programs

Youth mentors, school counselors, and social workers

Church group leaders and family support specialists

Foster care agencies and kinship programs

Anyone certified in Trustwork or Family Reset looking to deepen their impact

Why It Works:

This guide is built on the BRIGHTPath¿ Social Emotional Learning Framework and developed through direct field testing with hundreds of families across diverse communities. It centers compassion without compromising structure, ensuring facilitators are both prepared and protected. The content is aligned with CASEL standards, trauma-informed practice, and multi-tiered systems of support.

Licensing and Use

A BrightPath¿ Facilitator Certification is required to deliver this program. Organizations may purchase facilitator licenses through www.BuildingBlocs.org or explore ministry and school implementation packages through www.TheBrightPathAcademy.com.