Clinical resources for families and clinicians. Bilingual. Evidence- based a. Built by a clinician who couldn't find them.
Clinical resources for families and clinicians. Bilingual. Evidence- based a. Built by a clinician who couldn't find them.
Nurting cubs is for Parents who want evidence-informed ideas for spending meaningful time with their children — especially parents of neurodivergent kids who have been told their child is "difficult to engage" without being given concrete tools to engage them.
Clinicians, RBTs, SLPs, OTs, and early intervention providers who know the theory but want fast, naturalistic activity ideas they can use in real homes with real families. Especially clinicians who work with Spanish-speaking families and have struggled to find culturally adapted materials.
Families without access to therapy — because of cost, waitlists, language barriers, or geography. The free resources here are designed to give you something real to work with while you wait, search, or advocate for more.-being of each inividual and family.
I'm Michelle Mauricci-Karns, a clinician, researcher, and faculty member. I've spent years building therapeutic resources for the families I serve — including the cultural adaptation of PCIT-T into Spanish for an organization working with LatinX families.
I built these materials because I needed them and they didn't exist. Spanish-language clinical resources for families are nearly nonexistent. Naturalistic intervention guides written for parents who feel overwhelmed, exhausted, or like they don't know where to start are rare. Calming corner guides that don't accidentally turn into time-out instructions are even rarer.
I'm currently preparing for heart surgery and going on medical leave. Rather than letting these materials sit in private clinical files during recovery, I'm releasing them publicly. This site is the home for that work.
If the resources help you, please use them. If you can support the project so that more materials can be released and translated, the Ko-fi page is below. If you can't donate, sharing with one parent or one colleague who needs this is also support! This offers a clinician-in-your-pocket and intervention instructional bridge, linking evidence-based content with real-world application.
Support us: https://ko-fi.com/nurturingcubs
For Medical research and Educational Material for Higher Education please check out my digital store and website: www.goldenscience.gumroad.com
https://goldenscience.c37.airoapp.ai
Available now (free):
Coming during recovery (Summer 2026):
Nurturing Cubs is a one-clinician project funded by support from people who believe these resources should exist and be free where they can be.
Your support during medical leave directly funds: bilingual video production, free resource hosting, the upcoming clinician web tool, and basic income coverage so this work continues instead of getting shelved during recovery. facebook.com/nurturingcubs
Any amount matters, sharing matters <3.
More About me:
I'm a clinician-researcher and faculty member with 15+ years of experience working with pediatric and marginalized populations. I am also a single mother of a 5 year old neuropsicy child which continues to build my lived experience knowledge. My clinical and research work focuses on Resilience, trauma and culturally relevant adaptations of interventions. I developed the Spanish cultural adaptation of PCIT-Toddler and PCIT-PRIDE for Oregon Community Programs. I'm also the creator of Golden Science and I've published in child/adolescent psychiatry and presented at the National Prevention Science Society Conference.
I care about evidence-based practice, cultural responsiveness, and access. Most of all, I care about giving families and clinicians tools that actually work in real homes and real sessions.