The School-Age Care Map System™
A Therapist's Complete Guide to Learning, Friendships, Responsibility & Emotional Wellness
For Parents of Children Ages 6–11
Elementary-school children may look increasingly independent—but underneath, they're navigating a complicated new world of school performance, friendships, belonging, technology, responsibility and growing independence.
When homework becomes a battle, friendships fall apart, anxiety appears, screens take over or your child's confidence changes, it can be difficult to know what's normal, what's underneath the behavior and what to do next.
The School-Age Care Map System™ gives parents a structured framework for understanding the whole child before reacting to the problem.
Understand What's Underneath the Behavior
The School-Age System helps parents navigate issues including:
Homework Battles • Academic Resistance • Anxiety & Worry • Friendship Problems • Peer Conflict • Bullying • Lying • Screen Time • Low Self-Esteem • Attention Challenges • Sibling Conflict • School Transitions
Rather than treating each problem in isolation, the system helps parents ask:
What is this behavior communicating?
The School-Age guide specifically includes a Behavior Decoder for challenges such as homework, social difficulties, anxiety, screen problems and lying.
What's Included
The Complete School-Age Care Map System™
A comprehensive 91-page digital parenting guide covering:
The school-age brain
Development from first through fifth grade
Behavior and emotional regulation
Homework and academic support
Friendship and social challenges
Anxiety and worry
Technology
Confidence and self-esteem
Attention challenges
Daily after-school systems
Sleep and routines
School success
Parent-child connection
PLUS: 44-Page Printable Companion Workbook
The companion workbook contains 20 practical Care Map tools designed to be printed and used as situations arise.
Tools include:
School-Age Behavior Decoder • Sleep Protection Plan • Homework Support Plan • Friendship Concern Tracker • Bullying Assessment Map • Academic Self-Concept Check • Emotion Regulation Observation • Screen Time Agreement • Teacher Communication Log • School Transition Plan • Family Meeting Template • Relationship Repair Protocol • 30-Day School-Age System Plan
That's 135 pages of guidance + practical tools in one system.
$9.99
From “What Do I Do?” to “What Does My Child Need?”
The Care Map Method™ teaches parents to look at the complete situation before reacting.
For example, homework resistance may involve exhaustion, hunger, academic difficulty, executive-function demands or the homework environment—not simply unwillingness to cooperate. The School-Age System teaches parents to identify those contributors before choosing a response.
That's the difference between another parenting tip and having a parenting system.
Created by Tammy Gold, LCSW, MSW, CEC
Licensed therapist, certified coach, parenting and caregiving expert, published author and founder of the Care Map Method™.
School-Age Care Map System™ + Companion Workbook
Ages 6–11 | Instant Digital Download | $9.99
A Therapist's Complete Guide to Learning, Friendships, Responsibility & Emotional Wellness
For Parents of Children Ages 6–11
Elementary-school children may look increasingly independent—but underneath, they're navigating a complicated new world of school performance, friendships, belonging, technology, responsibility and growing independence.
When homework becomes a battle, friendships fall apart, anxiety appears, screens take over or your child's confidence changes, it can be difficult to know what's normal, what's underneath the behavior and what to do next.
The School-Age Care Map System™ gives parents a structured framework for understanding the whole child before reacting to the problem.
Understand What's Underneath the Behavior
The School-Age System helps parents navigate issues including:
Homework Battles • Academic Resistance • Anxiety & Worry • Friendship Problems • Peer Conflict • Bullying • Lying • Screen Time • Low Self-Esteem • Attention Challenges • Sibling Conflict • School Transitions
Rather than treating each problem in isolation, the system helps parents ask:
What is this behavior communicating?
The School-Age guide specifically includes a Behavior Decoder for challenges such as homework, social difficulties, anxiety, screen problems and lying.
What's Included
The Complete School-Age Care Map System™
A comprehensive 91-page digital parenting guide covering:
The school-age brain
Development from first through fifth grade
Behavior and emotional regulation
Homework and academic support
Friendship and social challenges
Anxiety and worry
Technology
Confidence and self-esteem
Attention challenges
Daily after-school systems
Sleep and routines
School success
Parent-child connection
PLUS: 44-Page Printable Companion Workbook
The companion workbook contains 20 practical Care Map tools designed to be printed and used as situations arise.
Tools include:
School-Age Behavior Decoder • Sleep Protection Plan • Homework Support Plan • Friendship Concern Tracker • Bullying Assessment Map • Academic Self-Concept Check • Emotion Regulation Observation • Screen Time Agreement • Teacher Communication Log • School Transition Plan • Family Meeting Template • Relationship Repair Protocol • 30-Day School-Age System Plan
That's 135 pages of guidance + practical tools in one system.
$9.99
From “What Do I Do?” to “What Does My Child Need?”
The Care Map Method™ teaches parents to look at the complete situation before reacting.
For example, homework resistance may involve exhaustion, hunger, academic difficulty, executive-function demands or the homework environment—not simply unwillingness to cooperate. The School-Age System teaches parents to identify those contributors before choosing a response.
That's the difference between another parenting tip and having a parenting system.
Created by Tammy Gold, LCSW, MSW, CEC
Licensed therapist, certified coach, parenting and caregiving expert, published author and founder of the Care Map Method™.
School-Age Care Map System™ + Companion Workbook
Ages 6–11 | Instant Digital Download | $9.99