introducing the neurowhereabouts guide
The NeuroWhereAbouts Series — an award-winning collection of books developed by Dr. Crystal Collier, LPC-S, renowned therapist, educator, and prevention researcher.
the parent guide
The NeuroWhereAbouts Parent Guide helps parents understand how healthy brain development unfolds, how risky behaviors can derail progress, and what they can do to keep their child’s development on track. Available in English and Spanish, this guide gives families practical tools to reduce high-risk behaviors and build lifelong resilience.
the teen guide
Your Moves Matter brings research to life through the voices of Dr. Collier’s youth interns, who translate the latest science on high-risk behavior into relatable insights that inspire teens to protect their brains and make smarter choices.
the children's books
Know Your Neuro: Adventures of a Growing Brain turns complex science into a fun, illustrated journey that helps kids fall in love with their brains while building executive function skills.
Together, this series makes prevention science accessible to families—from elementary school through college—by putting developmentally appropriate, neuroscience-based tools right at their fingertips.
Inside the parent Guide
The NeuroWhereAbouts Guide includes tools, activities, contracts and scripted talks for 18 high-risk behavior topics, such as alcohol, marijuana, other illicit drugs, technology overuse, vaping and e-cigarettes, pornography, body image and eating issues, self-injury, suicide, dating violence, risky sexual behavior and more. The Guide gives parents the scientific basis for setting healthy boundaries and limits regarding the many risky behaviors faced by today’s youth, and what those limits should look like at each phase of brain development. This is the practical information parents, teachers and counselors need to be ‘Brain-Savvy’ — to know what prevention measures to take, and when — to help kids make healthy choices for life.
get the parent guide
Prevention Program
Prevention works if done consistently! Check out Dr. Collier’s free, plug-n-play prevention website, www.KnowYourNeuro.org, based on the research in The NeuroWhereAbouts Guide. Know Your Neuro puts brain-based, social-emotional, and prevention skills training right in the hands of schools and caregivers. Designed to be integrated into a school’s health or homeroom curriculum, Know Your Neuro videos and class activities can be easily integrated and tailored to fit the developmental needs of K-12 youth.
Know Your Neuro: adventures of a growing brain
Go on adventures with Neuro to teach children about their growing brain! In Book 1, parents, caregivers, teachers and kids will have fun and connect while learning what the brain does and how to keep it strong by growing skills. Each book after that includes a skills building adventure that makes for a fun and connecting learning experiences. K-2 series is developmentally appropriate for children age 4 to 8.
The Know Your Neuro series is designed to inspire children to grow executive function skills and protect their developing brain from high-risk behavior. Watch out for new adventures from Neuro!
developmentally appropriate executive skills building
In the Grades 3–5 series, Neuro embarks on exciting adventures that help children ages 7–11 strengthen their executive function skills. By third grade, most children have already been exposed to information about seven different high-risk behaviors through peers, parental modeling, and the media. This series uses developmentally appropriate stories and examples to build essential life skills—refusal strategies, boundary setting, decision-making, emotional literacy, and positive self-talk—empowering kids to make healthy choices as their brains grow.
Your Moves Matter: The Teen’s Playbook
for Smart Choices and Big Wins
Inside Your Moves Matter: The Playbook for Teens for Smart Choices and Big Wins, you’ll find real information and brain-based guidance on 18 important topics, including alcohol, vaping, cannabis, illicit drugs, screen-time overuse, video game addiction, body image, self-harm, suicide, relationships, gambling, and more. Written by youth for youth in middle and high school (ages 11-18), this guide explains the science behind why your choices matter—especially while your brain is still developing. With help from Dr. Crystal Collier, her youth interns break down how to build healthy boundaries in a way that’s clear, honest, and easy to understand. Packed with cool infographics and real talk, this guide puts powerful tools in your hands to help you stay strong, safe, and Brain-Smart—because every move you make matters.