Well & Ready Kids

03/12/2026

Based on therapists' requests - the MAIA-YCD is now available as a digital download. No waiting. No shipping. Available now: https://www.wellandreadykids.com/product-page/maiay-card-deck-print-pak-digital

03/11/2026

It's finally here! The Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness: Youth Card Deck (MAIA-YCD) manual grew out of clinical practice and research with hundreds of children and adolescents and dozens of therapists across the US, Canada, Australia and the UK. The common request has been for interpretation and intervention planning guidance. The MAIA-YCD manual was designed with that in mind. Now available as an e-pub at: https://www.wellandreadykids.com/product-page/maia-youth-card-deck-user-manual-digital

01/29/2026

More research findings to share with you!

01/29/2026

Coming Soon: MAIA-YCD User Manual. With over 100 pages, you’ll get a clear roadmap for dual scoring (linking interoceptive scores with comprehension ratings), clinical interpretation by score type, and practical guidance for creating interoceptive awareness (IA) profiles, tracking change over time, and translating results into collaborative goals.

Go to wellandreadykids.com to see what's inside.

01/29/2026

NEW: The MAIA-YCD now includes Comprehension-Based Scoring (CBS)! Why? Because sometimes, youth struggle to understand interoceptive related concepts. In these cases, "I don't know" is a valid answer to MAIA-YCD items. Until now, there has been no reliable method of capturing those responses while maintaining validity of dimension scale scores.

The new dual-scoring system combines the original scoring procedures and an added layer of comprehension ratings for each dimensions of interoceptive awareness assessed. Together, this system strengthens the interpretive power and clinical utility of MAIA-YCD scores by flagging comprehension issues.

Check out wellandreadykids.com to learn more.

12/08/2025

This is a fantastic translation of the neuroscience of emotion, sensory processes and perception into useable knowledge for non-scientists. Another gem from Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett, psychologist and cognitive neuroscientist.

When your heart is pounding hard in your chest, what does it mean, psychologically speaking? It depends. Join neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett to learn ho...

11/13/2025

Here are the findings of another study of interoceptive awareness in youth receiving psychotherapy for early complex trauma. This time I focused on the relationship between a felt sense of body trust and self-regulatory abilities. The results are what you'd expect: body trust predicts the skills we so often target in therapy. Upshot: building an internal sense of safety is more than psychological AND without an internalized sense of "body as trusted ally" skill building won't stick. Study link: https://lnkd.in/gSm8gTt9

11/10/2025

Sharing additional findings from our recent study of interoceptive based body-awareness in maltreated youth. Hoping to spur more developmentally-informed conversations about helping trauma-affected youth to heal.

11/07/2025

11/07/2025

Too often we expect trauma-affected youth to use skills they haven't yet developed. Its part of the chronological age - developmental stage gap we see so often in early complex trauma.

09/27/2025

Sharing our latest research article on interoceptive awareness and early childhood trauma. This study was years in the making, and I am so glad to finally be able to share our findings. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950193825001524?via%3Dihub

12/05/2024

Check out our our new video short on emotions and building interoceptive awareness and emotional literacy in children.

A general introduction to the nature of emotions, including the role of interoception, the mind-body connection, caregiving and past experience in shaping ou...