The tools, services, and learning resources we use ourselves or recommend to the families, veterans, and professionals we serve. Some links on this page are affiliate links — we may earn a commission at no additional cost to you. We only recommend what we genuinely use or believe in.
Books for Families and Veterans
Our own research-cited guides — The 18 Toughest Moments Family Editions, the 120 Toughest Moments Veterans Family Edition, and the Family & Institution Bridge Manual — are available as digital editions at calmhomeproducts.com, with Amazon editions coming soon.
Learning and Career Development
For job-skill certificates, career changes, and professional development — including for family caregivers re-entering the workforce and veterans building civilian careers — we point people to structured online programs. (Recommended platform links coming soon.)
Building a Website or Small Business
We built both of our own websites — this one and our publishing store — on the same hosting platform, from domain to live store. When we recommend it, it’s because we run on it every day. (Link coming soon.)
Getting Professional Help On a Budget
For logo design, editing, video, and other one-off professional services, freelance marketplaces let small organizations get professional results at small-business prices. (Link coming soon.)
Self-Publishing Tools
We publish our own books, and the hardest part was never the writing — it was finding the readers. Publisher Rocket is the keyword and category research tool we use to see what parents and veterans are actually searching for before we pick a title, a subtitle, or a category. One-time purchase, no subscription. If you are writing your own book, start here: https://publisherrocket.cartknox.com/buy-rocket?aff=559 (affiliate link — we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you).
Reading at Home
Our Calm Home Reading List — thirteen books that actually helped, on the first year after a diagnosis, sensory struggles, meltdowns, IEPs, and caregiver burnout — lives on Bookshop.org, where every purchase also supports independent bookstores: https://bookshop.org/lists/calm-home-reading-list-autism-disabilities-special-needs-parenting. For families teaching reading at home, or filling the gap while waiting for school services, All About Reading is a step-by-step, hands-on program built for children who learn differently: https://www.allaboutlearningpress.net/go.php?id=3787&url=10052. Both are affiliate links — we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you.
Sensory Tools for Home
Many of the families we work with are also building a calmer home for a child with autism or sensory needs. Two shops we point them to: Mosaic Weighted Blankets for handmade weighted blankets and lap pads, and National Autism Resources for visual timers, fidgets, chewables, and other sensory tools. Both are affiliate links — we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you.
This page is updated as we adopt new tools worth recommending. Last updated September 25, 2026.