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Providing professionals with tools and training to strengthen youth’s
inner resources,
and mental wellbeing.
Welcome
At Well & Ready Kids, we believe that understanding what’s happening inside a child is essential to supporting what we see on the outside. Interoception - the internal sense of the body and inner states - plays a foundational role in how youth experience emotions, manage stress, and make sense of themselves and their relationships.
We equip clinicians, educators, and caregivers with the tools and training they need to support children’s interoceptive awareness, emotional insight, and self-control - - especially those impacted by trauma, adversity, or neurodivergence. Our tools don’t just measure behavior. They help professionals understand the internal experiences that shape how kids feel, think, and relate. That allows us to support developmental growth and mental health from the inside out.
What We Offer
Clinical Tools &
Assessments
The MAIA-Y Card Deck is visual, trauma-informed, clinical tool that gives youth a voice -while giving professionals powerful insight into interoception, body-awareness, and emotional development.
Professional Learning & Courses
We specialize in how trauma and adversity impact sensory processing patterns and emotional regulation, with a focus on how to apply trauma-informed strategies using embodied cognition and interoceptive-based practices.
Consultation &
Mentorship
We offer customized support for professionals seeking deeper integration of interoceptive and sensory based practices into their clinical or educational work.
Meet Dr. Terry Petrenchik
Founder, Occupational Therapist, Researcher, Educator
Terry is a clinician-researcher with over 25 years of experience supporting children and youth navigating trauma, adversity, and developmental differences. As the founder of Well & Ready Kids she brings together clinical insight, innovative tools, and a whole-child lens to help professionals support what’s happening inside - not just what’s visible on the outside. She believes every child has an inner world that deserves to be understood - not just managed.
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Her work spans foster care, residential treatment, early complex trauma, family homelessness, and pediatric occupational therapy. She is a published researcher and experienced educator who has trained hundreds of professionals in the US and Canada. She created the MAIA-Y Card Deck to fill a critical gap in the clinical assessment of interoceptive awareness in youth - especially those who struggle to explain how they feel. Through her writing, trainings, and clinical research she’s helping others strengthen children’s inner lives and internal resources. ​
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