"Sit and Get" Won't Grow Dendrites: 20 Professional
Learning Strategies That Engage the Adult Brain
Marcia L. Tate
This indispensable resource draws
on the latest research in brain-based learning to provide strategies
that motivate adult learners and increase retention. Tate defines
each strategy, explains its theoretical framework, and provides
multiple professional learning activities.
101 Support Group Activities for Teenagers
Affected by Someone Else's Alcohol/Drug Use
Martin Fleming
Johnson Institute
Gives new and experienced support group leaders numerous tools
to help students boost self-esteem, identify defenses, reduce
shame, and learn about chemical dependency.
Teen- and school-focused activities can be easily modified for
younger students and for other settings, such as aftercare,
treatment, therapy, and youth groups.
180 Days of Character
Donna B. Forrest
This book provides an easy-to-use
way to teach children the basics of character education and
school-to-work concepts. One character building theme is presented
for each day of the school year, followed by a list of related
thoughts or suggestions for children to discuss. This resource
can be used in any grade level (K-12) and in any classroom setting
(i.e. regular, special education, etc.) to promote positive
character traits. It is also a useful tool for parents to use
with their children at home.
22 Keys To Creating A Meaningful Workplace
Tom Terez
At a time when workers are looking
for meaning in their jobs, this book sets the standard for defining
corporate culture When it comes to attracting, retaining, and
bringing out the very best in employees, the times have changed
dramatically. Employees want something more — a workplace
that engages not only their hands, but also their hearts and
minds. It may be our biggest organizational challenge of the
new decade: to create a professional culture greater than the
sum of its profits and losses. 22 Keys to Creating a Meaningful
Workplace is all about meeting that challenge. Business consultant
Tom Terez transforms hundreds of interviews and focus groups,
and his extensive in-the-trenches experience, into a step-by-step
guide that can be used by everyone — from the front line
employee to the mid-level manager to the CEO.
A 2nd Helping of Chicken Soup for the Soul:
101 More Stories to Open the Heart and Rekindle the Spirit
Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen
A collection
of inspirational writings follows themes of love, developing
a positive attitude, humor, and healthy relationships, and features
the works of such authors as Tony Robbins, Art Buchwald, Gloria
Steinem, and more. Simultaneous. 200,000 first printing.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families
Stephen R. Covey
"What is 'effectiveness' in a family?"
asks author Steven R. Covey. He promptly answers with four words:
"a beautiful family culture." Building this culture is the primary
theme of Covey's parenting guide, a manual based on concepts
introduced in his blockbuster, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective
People. Covey, a New-Age business guru and leadership authority,
has consulted with the world's top corporate and political leaders,
but closer to home he is the father of nine children. Here,
Covey reinterprets each of his now famous "habits" (Habit 1:
Be Proactive, Habit 4: Think Win-Win, Habit 6: Synergize) to
apply to parenting and family-life issues. Covey suggests writing
a family mission statement, implementing special family times
and "one-on-ones," holding regular family meetings, and making
the commitment to move from "me" to "we" as techniques to improve
family effectiveness. Covey is a brilliant storyteller. By weaving
the voices and anecdotes of his wife and children with his own
inspirational and informative stories, exercises, and parables,
he has created a book with something for all parents interested
in enhancing the strength and beauty of their own families.
—Ericka Lutz
About Bullying
Channing Bete
Provides readers with several techniques
(including humor and assertiveness) for dealing successfully
with bullies, tells where to find adult help, and explains why
some young people verbally and/or physically bully others. 16
pages, 5 1/2" x 8" 23 copies
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No
Good, Very Bad Day
Judith Viorst
The story is about Alexander and his
very bad day. Read about his best friend that deserted him,
and no dessert in his lunch bag and lima beans for dinner and
kissing on TV. Paperback.
Am I in Trouble?: Using Discipline to Teach
Young Children Responsibility
Richard L. Curwin, Allen N. Mendler
This
book describes ways that parents, teachers, and caregivers can
give children the support, encouragement, and problem-solving
skills they need. It is designed to help these adults work together
with children to create the best environment for a child's emotional,
physical, and intellectual well-being. The emphasis is on skills
for positive relationships with children. Real-life situations
are used to illustrate creative and sensitive responses to adult-child
issues. Key issues covered in the book include: (1) how good
discipline enhances children's self-esteem; (2) how to teach
discipline with dignity and respect; (3) how to teach young
children the natural and logical consequences of their actions;
(4) differentiating between consequences and punishment; (5)
setting effective limits and keeping them; and (6) how to solve
problems together. Other topics examined in individual chapters
are the purpose of rules, communicating, empowering, negotiating,
humor, the bottom line, family living, and common problems and
situations.
America : A Patriotic Primer
Lynne Cheney
Written by Lynne Cheney, author and
wife of Vice President Richard Cheney, to honor this "beautiful
land made more beautiful still by our commitment to freedom,"
America: A Patriotic Primer is a proud celebration of the individuals,
milestones, and principles of this nation. Each busy spread
features elaborately decorated letters of the alphabet, with
one or two kids draped over its bars and loops, along with the
highlighted concept or person: "N is for Native Americans, who
came here first," "T is for Tolerance." Surrounding every letter
is a veritable circus of entertaining and useful related information,
illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser (Alexander, Who's Not (Do
You Hear Me? I Mean It!) Going to Move). "J is for Jefferson,"
for example, is bordered with biographical details and quotations
from Thomas Jefferson, while mini images depict the third president's
famous home (Monticello), some of his inventions, and a description
of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom. This compelling
picture book will work best as a supplement for children who
are already immersed in basic American history at school. Teachers
and parents will enjoy exploring with their kids every inch
of the detailed, hand-drawn and illustrated U.S. map found in
"U is for United States," explaining and elaborating on the
historical lessons as appropriate. (All ages) —Emilie Coulter
Anger Management And Violence Prevention:
A Group Activities Manual For Middle And High School Students
Teresa M. Schmidt M.S.W. L.C.S.W. B.C.D.
Johnson
Institute
This book tells how to help teenagers deal with anger, using
an eleven-session support group model.
Teenagers will explore their feelings, receive guidelines for
the appropriate expression of feelings, and learn survival skills
for handling emotionally violent environments.
Anger Management for Youth: Stemming Aggression
and Violence
Leona L. Eggert
Anger Management for Youth was written
to assist grades 9 12 group leaders in teaching groups of adolescents
to learn anger-management techniques. The major sections of
this book include an introduction to Anger Management for Youth
for group leaders, Getting Started, Anger Management for Youth
modules, and monitoring and check-back tools. The introduction
provides a brief history of Anger Management for Youth, key
concepts about anger and anger management, and description of
the model. It also covers specific leader competencies for both
the group counseling and skills training approaches that are
integrated in Anger Management for Youth. The overall program
goals, objectives, and content of the modules are described
and diagrammed.
Assertive Discipline: Positive Behavior Management
for Today's Classroom
Lee Canter and Marlene Canter
Assertive discipline is a structured,
systematic approach designed to assist educators in running
an organized, teacher-in-charge classroom environment. To no
one's surprise, Lee and Marlene Canter, when consulting for
school systems, found that many teachers were unable to manage
the undesirable behavior that occurred in their classrooms.
The Cantors, rightfully so, attributed this finding to a lack
of training in the area of behavior management. Based on their
investigation and the foundations of assertiveness training
and applied behavior analysis, they developed a common sense,
easy-to-learn approach to help teachers become the captains
of their classrooms and positively influence their students'
behavior. Today, it is the most widely used "canned" (prepared/packaged)
behavior management program in the world. Assertive discipline
has evolved since the mid 70's from a rather authoritarian approach
to one that is now more democratic and cooperative.
The Cantors believe that you, as the teacher, have the right
to determine what is best for your students, and to expect compliance.
No pupil should prevent you from teaching, or keep another student
from learning. Student compliance is imperative in creating
and maintaining an effective and efficient learning environment.
To accomplish this goal, teachers must react assertively, as
opposed to aggressively or non assertively.
The At-Risk Student In Our Schools
Stephen B. McCarney, Ed.D.
This Model for teaching appropriate
behavior places an emphasis on the student learning responsibility
for behavior. To do this, the student must see the relationship
of behavior to the consequence which follows. The student must
understand that it is his or her behavior which determines the
consequences and that it is he or she who makes the consequence
occur, not the teacher, the principal, or the school. This Model
offers teachers various ways to work specifically with students
who are "At-Risk" and at the same time maintain a structured
and positive environment for all students.
Backstage Pass for Trainers, Facilitators,
and Public Speakers: Your Guide to Successful Presentations
Ms. Susan J. Jones
A do-it-yourself speaking coach, mentor,
and image consultant rolled into one, this humorous book shows
how to get your point across and win your audience.
Battles, Hassles, Tantrums & Tears: Strategies
for Coping With Conflict and Making Peace at Home
Susan Beekman, Jeanne Holmes
Offering effective conflict-resolution
techniques for the home, a practical parents' guide presents
five strategy styles for coping with problems over chores, homework,
bickering, and other daily dilemmas. 35,000 first printing.
$20,000 ad/promo.
Bee Wize Grade 1
J. Michael Hargrave
Bee Wize consists of four lessons
that integrate with reading, health, guidance, science, writing
and support the Federal mandates for Safe and Drug Free Schools
and state mandates for character education. Bee Glue utilizes
learning strategies from CRISS, and consists of stories, 8 beliefs
that determine behavior, vocabulary, discussion stimulators,
creative compositions, facts and information, activities, and
teacher directions, reflections and insights.
Bee Wize Grade 2
J. Michael Hargrave
Bee Wize consists of four lessons
that integrate with reading, health, guidance, science, writing
and support the Federal mandates for Safe and Drug Free Schools
and state mandates for character education. Bee Glue utilizes
learning strategies from CRISS, and consists of stories, 8 beliefs
that determine behavior, vocabulary, discussion stimulators,
creative compositions, facts and information, activities, and
teacher directions, reflections and insights.
Bee Wize Grade 3
J. Michael Hargrave
Bee Wize consists of four lessons
that integrate with reading, health, guidance, science, writing
and support the Federal mandates for Safe and Drug Free Schools
and state mandates for character education. Bee Glue utilizes
learning strategies from CRISS, and consists of stories, 8 beliefs
that determine behavior, vocabulary, discussion stimulators,
creative compositions, facts and information, activities, and
teacher directions, reflections and insights.
Bee Wize Grade 4
J. Michael Hargrave
Bee Wize consists of four lessons
that integrate with reading, health, guidance, science, writing
and support the Federal mandates for Safe and Drug Free Schools
and state mandates for character education. Bee Glue utilizes
learning strategies from CRISS, and consists of stories, 8 beliefs
that determine behavior, vocabulary, discussion stimulators,
creative compositions, facts and information, activities, and
teacher directions, reflections and insights.
Bee Wize Grade 5
J. Michael Hargrave
Bee Wize consists of four lessons
that integrate with reading, health, guidance, science, writing
and support the Federal mandates for Safe and Drug Free Schools
and state mandates for character education. Bee Glue utilizes
learning strategies from CRISS, and consists of stories, 8 beliefs
that determine behavior, vocabulary, discussion stimulators,
creative compositions, facts and information, activities, and
teacher directions, reflections and insights.
Bee Your Best: A School Full of Characters
Betts H. Gatewood, Diane S. Senn, Susan
C. Bowman Let
"Character Ed," the friendly bee, help you and your school staff
to provide a highly motivational, comprehensive character education
for your elementary school.
Each month, Ed draws one of nine "Bee Words" from the "Honey
Pot." He helps children understand the word and how this term
is important to good character. Then, each concept is further
explored through "Buzz Words" and a wide variety of items, many
of which are reproducible. (Grades K-5)
The Best of Character II
Duane Hodgin
This sequel to the top-selling "Best
of Character" is a must for every K-12 educator who needs quick,
easy-to-use character quotes and activities. This book is loaded
with poems, inspirational readings, stories, quotes, bulletin
board ideas, songs, and raps. Grades K-12.
The Best of Character
Duane Hodgin, Ph.D.
A K-12 sourcebook of more than 500
quotes, activities, school-wide bulletin board ideas, and inspirational
song titles. You will find the quotes on character, the teaching
activities, and the bulletin board ideas to be practical and
easy to use or modify. These activities capitalize on daily
teachable moments in classrooms and schools.
Beyond Discipline: From Compliance to Community
Alfie Kohn
Just as memorizing someone else's
right answers fails to promote students' intellectual development,
so does complying with someone else's behavioral expectations
fail to help students develop socially or morally. Kohn contrasts
the idea of discipline, in which things are done to students
to control how they act, with an approach in which we work with
students to create caring communities where decisions are made
together. Packed with stories from real classrooms around the
country, seasoned with humor and grounded in a vision as practical
as it is optimistic, this book shows how students are most likely
to flourish in schools that have moved toward collaborative
problem solving and beyond discipline.
Beyond Rhetoric: A New American Agenda for
Children and Families
National Commission on Children
This
report presents the findings, conclusions and recommendations
of the National Commission on Children. The report is prefaced
by a statement by the commission chairman, Senator John D. Rockefeller,
and an executive summary. The first part of the report discusses
issues relating to the development of a national policy on children
and families. Chapters in this part concern: the high cost of
failure to provide for the needs of America's children; the
changing American family; child development; and principles
for taking action on behalf of children. The second part proposes
an agenda for the 1990s. Chapters in this part concern: ensuring
income security; improving children's health; increasing educational
achievement; supporting the transition to adulthood; strengthening
and supporting families; protecting vulnerable children and
their families; making policies and programs work; and creating
a moral climate for children. The third part discusses the process
of building the necessary commitment for the future of America's
children. A series of appendixes presents background tables
on the effects of income security policies, projections of program
costs, views of interested individuals, and additional related
materials. (BC)
The Big "R" Responsibility, Discipline Seminar
Workbook
Gene A. Bedley
Gene starts with "who left the milk
out ?" to bring his audience face to face with the difference
between responsibility and control. The seminar includes dozens
of practical ideas for teachers to use to implement a program
on personal responsibility in the classroom. Seminar includes
Self-Management Skills, Model for Change, Ethics vs Rules, Student
Code of Ethics, Classroom Management, W.B.R. Program, Goal Setting
Strategies, Daily Learning Pledge, 11 Rules to Relate, Classroom
Counseling Center, Accountability Partners, and Value Centered
Reference Points. You'll leave the seminar with a clear resolve
to promote responsibility the foundational value of all values.
The Big "R" Responsibility, Who Left the
Milk Out?
Gene A. Bedley
Over 180,000 copies sold! One of Gene
Bedley's most popular and creative books for homes and schools.
The entire publication is packed with practical ideas on how
to cultivate and encourage personal responsibility.
The book is full of practical ideas and tools that give kids
the power to evaluate and improve themselves in personal responsibility.
Some of the tools include :
• Levels of Responsibility
• 20 Day Goal Cards
• Positive Mental Health Rules
• Self-Manager Contract
• Student-to-Student Recognition
• Rules for Learning
• Rules for Responsibility
• Code of Ethics
The Book of Psychotherapeutic Games: A Review
of the Most Popular Games Used in Psychotherapy
Lawrence E. Shapiro, Hennie M. Shore
The Book
of Psychotherapeutic Games is a unique review of the most popular
games used in psychotherapy. It will assist in the use of the
best psychotherapeutic games currently available as it details:
Background of Each Game; Who Should Use Each Game; General Purpose;
Therapeutic Purpose(s); Game Play; Therapeutic Benefits; Theoretical
Orientation; Features/Highlights; Game Options' Cross Reference/Comparison
Break It Up: A Teacher's Guide to Managing
Student Aggression
Arnold P. Goldstaine
Offers step-by-step procedures for
establishing a team approach to safely handle student disruptiveness
and aggression. The book includes a comprehensive fight management
system based on reports of 1,000 episodes of student aggression
and its management.
Bully Busters: A Teacher's Manual for Helping
Bullies, Victims, and Bystanders
Dawn Newman-Carlson, Arthur M. Horne,
Christi L. Bartolomucci, Dawn A. Newman
Emphasizes both control and prevention
of bullying behavior. Organized into seven modules * Increasing
Awareness of Bullying * Recognizing the Bully * Recognizing
the Victim * Taking Charge: Interventions for Bullying Behavior
* Assisting Victims: Interventions and Recommendations * The
Role of Prevention * Relaxation and Coping Skills. Each module
includes a teacher information component and several classroom
activities intended to increase student participation in efforts
to reduce and prevent bullying, as well as to strengthen the
teacher/student relationship.
Bully Busters: A Teacher's Manual for Helping
Bullies, Victims, and Bystanders : Grades K-5
Arthur M. Horne, Christi L. Bartolomucci,
Dawn Newman-Carlson Emphasizes
both control and prevention of bullying behavior. Organized
into seven modules * Increasing Awareness of Bullying * Recognizing
the Bully * Recognizing the Victim * Taking Charge: Interventions
for Bullying Behavior * Assisting Victims: Interventions and
Recommendations * The Role of Prevention * Relaxation and Coping
Skills. Each module includes a teacher information component
and several classroom activities intended to increase student
participation in efforts to reduce and prevent bullying, as
well as to strengthen the teacher/student relationship.
Bully-Free Issue#1-25
Channing Bete
Prepares preteens to be part of the
solution to this pervasive problem. Readers build skills that
include critical thinking about why bullying happens and how
it affects students' sense of self and safety. This workbook
also helps them develop nonviolent strategies for resolving
conflict, protect themselves and others, and speak out against
intimidation. Includes a family activity page that gives children
the opportunity to learn more about this issue and promotes
family discussion. 12 pages, 8 1/2" x 11". Ages 9-11
Bully-Free Issue#26-49
Channing Bete
Prepares preteens to be part of the
solution to this pervasive problem. Readers build skills that
include critical thinking about why bullying happens and how
it affects students' sense of self and safety. This workbook
also helps them develop nonviolent strategies for resolving
conflict, protect themselves and others, and speak out against
intimidation. Includes a family activity page that gives children
the opportunity to learn more about this issue and promotes
family discussion. 12 pages, 8 1/2" x 11". Ages 9-11
Bully-proofing your school: A comprehensive
approach for middle schools
Marla Bonds
This resource offers valuable information
about developmental issues unique to middle school students
and describes how those issues affect the bully-victim dynamic.
Learn how to create a positive climate in which students support
one another, distinguish “bullying” from “disagreements,” and
avoid power struggles during discipline.
Bully-proofing your school: A comprehensive
approach for middle schools - Book
Marla Bonds
Bullying in Schools: What You Need to Know
- Copy 1
Paul Langan
This book gives students and teachers
an excellent guide for handling a bully.
Bullying in Schools: What You Need to Know
- Copy 2
Paul Langan
This book gives students and teachers
an excellent guide for handling a bully.
Bullying Prevention Handbook: A Guide for
Principals, Teachers, and Counselors
John H. Hoover, Ronald Oliver
This handbook provides a comprehensive
tool for understanding, preventing, and reducing the day-to-day
teasing and harassment referred to as bullying. Effective teaching
and counseling models include:
-A comprehensive, step-by-step bullying intervention model that
can be implemented school-, agency-, or community-wide,
-Specific strategies that teachers, administrators, and counselors
can use when working with bullies and their scapegoats,
-Assessment and evaluation tools for anti-bullying efforts,
-Ways to improve the families of bullies and scapegoats.
By My Brother's Side
Tiki Barber, Ronde Barber
Tiki and Ronde were each other's best
friends. Together from the start, these twins might not have
been the strongest or the tallest, but they were fast and worked
hard at what they loved. And they loved sports, especially football.
Then one day Tiki badly hurt his knee in a biking accident,
and he was sure he'd never be able to play again. Their mother
had always told them, "You are each other's best friends. Stick
together, believe in yourselves, and you can do anything." They
kept her words in their hearts and never gave up.
Based on the childhood of National Football League superstars
Ronde and Tiki Barber, this inspiring book about the values
of family, hard work, and determination is the story of what
it takes to be a champion.
CH.A.D.D. educators manual: An in-depth look
at attention deficit disorders from an educational perspective
: a project of the CH.A.D.D. National Education Committee
Mary Cahill Fowler
Highlights of the Manual: Educational
Manifesttions and Perspective; Developmental Manifistations;
Core Features; Factors that Compromise Learning; Current Theoretical
Perspectives; School-Based Identification and Assessment Protocols;
Intervention: Principles and Practices; Behavior Management
and Modification; Classroom Organization and Management; Problem-solving
Approaches for Designing Interventions; University Affiliated
Model Programs; Applying IDEA and Section 504 to students with
ADD
The Character & Career Connection
Amy R. Murray
Todays employers are looking for students
who not only have high grades in school, but who also possess
good character. This book helps students explore careers and
shows how different traits are needed more in certain careers
than others. Includes mini posters, parent tips, and reproducible
activity sheets. Grades K-5.
Character Building and Reading Mastery
Sally Keener, Harold Kellog
This timely book has the following
activities:
One page reading passage on the life and accomplishments of
a contemporary public figure of high interest to 5th-9th grade
students and appropriate as a positive example.
Reading comprehension questions targeting a specified reading
skill objective, preceded by an explanation of the skill tested
with tips for effective evaluation of the answer choices.
Self-directed processing activity to fully analyze and understand
the reading skill.
Character education activity that applies the information
on the public figure to identify, analyze, evaluate and synthesize
attributes of positive behavior.
A creative activity to further reinforce understanding of
the specificities and meaning of the concepts of character-respect,
responsibility, honesty, effort, kindness and trustworthiness.
Enrichment and extensions/follow-up activities which outline
ideas for further exploration on related topics as class assignments
or as take-home projects.
Grades 5-8
Character Counts: Making the Right Moves
Maureen Duran
Character Counts teaches young people
numerous character traits including commitment, honesty, compatibility,
odesty, confidence, patience, courage, perseverance courtesy,
respect, determination, responsibility, fairness, self-discipline,
forgiveness, humility, trustworthiness, kindness, and truthfulness.
Many lifestyle issues are discussed including alcohol and other
drug use, premature sex, violence, cheating, etc. Refusal and
cessation skills are emphasized. Because young people may have
a difficult time realizing how thier decisions affect their
future, the manual includes numerous activities that illustrate
the positive or negative future effects and consequences of
their decisions.
Character Education Stories
Edited
Each of these 32 stories or poems
address one or more character traits. Each lesson is designed
to happen in a 30-40 minute time frame. Written by a variety
of authors, each story has discussion questions and follow-up
activities. Grades 1-5.
Character Education-Activity for K to 6
Mclaughlin Peyser
Each year more children come to school
unprepared to relate appropriately to others and to contribute
to a positive school climate. These children seem to have more
problems and less ability to cope with the structural environment
of the school. Educators tend to agree that many children lack
the character traits necessary for healthy, positive growth
and development. Many factors contribute to this situation.
Family mobility separates people from their extended families;
children spend a limited amount of time with their parents or
other influential family members; and children often view inappropriately
portrayed behaviors on television and in the movies. Schools
have identified character education as part of the solution.
This book offers character education activities for the classroom
than can be integrated into the school day. It presents 52 activities
that can be included in social studies, health, and language
arts lessons. The activities are designed for counselors, social
workers, and other student services personnel to use when working
with individuals, small groups, and classroom guidance. Activities
focus on responsibility, good citizenship, compassion, cooperation,
and character formation.
Character Lessons for Life: 52 Weekly Proven
Character Development Lessons
Gene Bedley
Contents include: What Matters Most,
Personal Time Line, 3 Questions that Determine Priorities, Creating
Ethical Communities, Personal Code of Ethics, 11 Rules to Relate,
Ethic Forum Issues, Advantages of Throwing Away the Shovel,
Power of Practiced Suggestions, Respect Test, Speaker/Listener
Pair & Share, Respect in a Relationship, Weekly Respect
Ideas, Responsible Person Attributes, Rules for Responsible
Students, Personal Responsibility Code of Ethics, 30 Character
Campaign Posters, Respect Programs, Broken Windows, Assumptions,
Power of the Heart Signals, Life's 5 Major Tests, plus many
more of Life's Greatest Character Lessons.
Character Matters: How to Help Our Children
Develop Good Judgment, Integrity, and Other Essential Virtues
Thomas Lickona
Don't Let Our Kids Flunk Life
The novelist Walker Percy once observed, "Some people get all
As but flunk life." Succeeding in life takes character. In Character
Matters, award-winning psychologist-educator Thomas Lickona
offers more than 100 practical strategies that parents and schools
have used to help kids build strong personal character as the
foundation for a purposeful, productive, and fulfilling life.
Lickona shows how irresponsible and destructive behavior can
invariably be traced to the absence of good character and its
10 essential qualities: wisdom, justice, fortitude, self-control,
love, a positive attitude, hard work, integrity, gratitude,
and humility. He lays out a blueprint for building these core
virtues through a partnership shared by families, schools, and
communities. Chapters include:
14 strategies that help kids succeed academically while building
characterMore than a dozen character-building discipline strategies20
ways to prevent peer cruelty and promote kindness10 ways to
talk to teens about sex, love, and character
The culmination of a lifetime's work in character education,
this landmark book gives us the tools we need to raise respectful
and responsible children, create safe and effective schools,
and build the caring and decent society in which we all want
to live.
Character Under Construction: Character Building
Actvities & Reproducibles for Grades K-6
Donna B. Forrest
Unfortunately, we can no longer assume
that children will understand and honor the concepts of responsibility,
respect, courage, kindness, and other positive charcter traits.
This book offers a wonderfully unique approach to help students
to better comprehend and practice these traits which are fundamental
for success in school and throughout life. It offers one-of-a-kind
detailed lesson plans (some of which include bulletin board
ideas), parent letters, children's literature ideas, and reproducibles.
It also features daily character-building statements that can
be used throughout the school year. This book works great in
conjunction with Donna's other book, 180 Days of Character.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: 101 Stories to
Open the Heart and Rekindle the Spirit
Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen
It's
like homemade chicken soup that warms the chill and heals the
ill. This collection of 101 stories is based on the belief that
true testimonies of goodness and loving transformations can
nourish us to the bone and heal the cynicism in our hearts.
Indeed, most every story seeps in deeply. It's hard not to shed
a tear of gratitude, feeling thrilled to have been touched and
soothed so easily. Some of the authors are famous, such as Dan
Millman, who writes an exquisite vignette on "Courage," and
Gloria Steinem, who writes of "The Royal Knights of Harlem."
Many, however, have a short, simple story to tell about an event,
a person, an everyday miracle that exemplifies the best of the
human spirit. —Gail Hudson
The Children's Book of Heroes
William J. Bennett
William Bennett and Michael Hague,
the team that brought us the national bestseller The Children's
Book of Virtues, have once again collaborated to create The
Children's Book of Heroes, a beautifully illustrated celebration
of heroic deeds, both real and fictional, that will delight
and inspire millions of young children and their parents.
"We all need a hero or two to help us stand fast and think right,"
says William J. Bennett, author of The Book of Virtues, the
#1 bestseller that millions of American families turn to for
moral inspiration. With excerpts chosen for young children,
this new treasury presents splendid tales of the valor and indomitable
spirit that are a lasting testament to our cherished values.
Jackie Robinson stands fast on the playing field — and
his strength of character inspires a nation. David slays Goliath
— and his faith and bravery give hope to underdogs everywhere.
A little boy goes in search of an angel — and finds one
who guards him day and night: his own mother. From Abraham Lincoln
and Mother Teresa to warriors on the battlefield, real moms
and dads, and even young girls and boys, here are worthy and
heroic figures all kids can look up to and emulate.
The Children's Book of Heroes is a celebration of the endurance,
sacrifice, courage, and compassion that characterize truly heroic
deeds.
The Children's Book of Virtues
William J. Bennett
The perfect companion to William J.
Bennett's number-one bestseller; The Book of Virtues, The Children's
Book of Virtues is the ideal storybook for parents and children
to enjoy together:
With selections from The Book of Virtues, from Aesop and Robert
Frost to George Washington's life as well as Native American
and African folklore, The Children's Book of Virtues brings
together timeless stories and poems from around the world.
The stories have been chosen especially for a young audience
to help parents introduce to their children the essentials of
good character: Courage, Perseverance, Responsibility, Work,
Self-discipline, Compassion, Faith, Honesty, Loyalty, and Friendship.
Lavishly illustrated by the well-known artist Michael Hague,
these wonderful stories and the virtues they illustrate come
to life on these pages.
The Children's Book of Virtues is an enduring treasury of literature
and art that will help lead young minds toward what is noble
and gentle and fine.
Choices and Consequences: What to Do When
a Teenager Uses Alcohol/Drugs
Dick Schaefer
Circles of Learning: Cooperation in the Classroom
David W. Johnson, Roger T. Johnson, Edythe
Johnson Holubec Cooperative
learning processes have been rediscovered and are being used
throughout the country on every level. The basic elements of
cooperative goal structure are positive interdependence, individual
accountability, face-to-face interaction, and cooperative skills.
The teacher's role in structuring cooperative learning situations
involves clearly specifying lesson objectives, placing students
in productive learning groups and providing appropriate materials,
clearly explaining the cooperative goal structure, monitoring
students, and evaluating performance. For cooperative learning
groups to be productive, students must be able to engage in
the needed collaborative skills. Cooperative skills and academic
skills can be taught simultaneously. The implementation of cooperative
learning needs to be coupled with the implementation of collaborative
professional support groups among educators. Both the success
of implementation efforts and the quality of life within most
schools depend on teachers and other staff members cooperating
with each other. Support for the program takes as careful structuring
and monitoring as does cooperative learning.
Collaborative problem solving: A step-by-step
guide to creating educational solutions
Elizabeth Ann Knackendoffel
Team or group approaches have long
been a valued part of the special service professions and have
become increasingly popular structures for addressing highly
diverse issues in schools. The term collaborative teaming seems
to embody this concept of working together. Knackendoffel, Robinson,
Deshler,
and Schumaker (1992) described collaborative teaming as an ongoing
process whereby educators with different areas of expertise
work together voluntarily to create solutions to problems that
are impeding students' success, as well as to carefully monitor
and refine those solutions. In short, the major goal of collaborative
teaming is to improve services to students whose needs are not
being met satisfactorily when professionals act alone rather
than in concert with others.
The most productive collaborative relationships are characterized
by mutual trust, respect, and open communication. Central to
these relationships are the following beliefs:
1. All participants in the collaborative relationship must have
equal status.
2. All educators can learn better ways to teach all students.
3. Educators should be involved continuously in creating and
delivering instructional innovations.
4. Education improves when educators work together rather than
in isolation. Effective collaborative relationships involve
people who see themselves on the same side, working toward positive
outcomes for students.
The Complete Guide to Service Learning: Proven,
Practical Ways to Engage Students in Civic Responsibility,
Academic Curriculum, & Social Action
Cathryn Berger Kaye
his book presents service learning—its
importance, elements, steps, and challenges—within a curricular
context. It features chapters on a variety of topics complete
with inspiring quotations, background information, activities,
real-life examples, and ideas that have worked for other teachers.
Special "Bookshelf" sections highlight and describe nearly 300
books that offer teachable moments about service learning, responsibility,
caring, and helping—as well as ways to encourage discussion
and make the lesson last. Recommended for K-12 teachers and
administrators, college and university faculty, youth group
leaders, government agencies and nonprofits, after-school programs,
and youth. Includes more than 20 reproducible handout masters.
Chapters include: AIDS Education and Awareness, Animals in Danger,
Community Safety, Elders, The Environment, Gardening, Hunger
and Homelessness, Immigrants, Literacy, Social Change, and Special
Needs and Disabilities.
Complete Student Assistance Program Handbook:
Techniques and Materials for Alcohol/Drug Prevention and Intervention
in Grades 7-12
Barbara Sprague Newsam
A comprehensive, nuts-and-bolts guide
to the implementation and daily operation of a broad range of
student assistance programming in grades 7-12. Includes 3 complete
group curricula and sample policies, letters, assessment forms,
informational handouts, and more. Emphasizes practical techniques
for working effectively with students, teachers, parents, administrators,
the school board and the community.
Conflict Management Training Activities:
Promoting Cooperative Learning & Conflict Resolution in
Middle & High Schools
Don L. Sorenson
When your middle and high school students
learn effective conflict management skills, your classroom will
become a more peaceful and productive environment. Academic
achievement can be improved when students work together cooperatively
on certain tasks. For cooperative learning to be effective,
students need to become skillful in communicating, trusting,
working together, and managing conflicts. Print materials needed
to implement the activities are read-to-use and reproducible.
These activities can be used for classroom guidance or as training
activities for a conflict management or mediation program.
Connecting Character to Conduct: Helping
Students Do the Right Things
Roberta Richin, Richard Banyon, Francine
Banyon, Marc Stein, Rita Stein
The decisions today=s students make
ripple outward to their immediate family and school community;
some affecting society in the form of academic underachievement
and school violence. How can we help students make the right
decisions and do the right things?
Test preparation and academic rigor alone cannot help our students
learn well. Metal detectors and surveillance equipment alone
cannot keep schools safe. Learning and safety, however, are
inextricably connected to the fundamentals of character and
conduct. When we help students make the connection between character
and conduct, we begin to offer them a safe environment conducive
to learning.
In Connecting Character to Conduct: Helping Students Do the
Right Things, the authors illustrate how to connect character,
conduct, and your school=s curriculum. By adopting the principles
of respect, impulse control, compassion, and equity, the school
communityCincluding bus drivers, cafeteria workers, students,
parents, teachers, and principalsCcan promote safety and learning
inside and beyond the school walls. These guiding principles
are not an add-on to an already full curriculum. Through their
connection to moral development, language arts, systems, citizenship,
and discipline, they are already part of a standards-driven
curriculum and instructional program.
The authors, with expertise as classroom teachers, administrators,
counselors, and psychologists, show you how students at all
grade levels succeed and can learn to do the right things. Our
students depend on us to help them learn and stay safe. Their
future, and ours, depends on how well we succeed.
Counseling Toward Solutions: A Practical
Solution-Focused Program for Working With Students, Teachers
and Parents
Linda Metcalf
Step by step, Counseling Toward Solutions
shows how to help individual students begin their own change
process by noticing when a problem does not occur rather than
focusing on the problem or what caused it. This approach— called
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy— is often used by private counselors
and therapists and is now being applied in the schools with
great success.
Creating the Peaceable School: A Comprehensive
Program for Teaching Conflict Resolution
Richard J. Bodine, Donna K. Crawford,
Fred Schrumpf An
increasing number of schools are implementing conflict resolution
programs to teach youth the skills needed to resolve differences
without violence. The authors of the "Creating a Peaceable School"
program envision a peaceable school where the following five
qualities identified by Kreidler (1984) are present: cooperation,
communication, tolerance, positive emotional expression, and
conflict resolution. The "Creating a Peaceable School" program
is organized around six skill areas. The program contains a
number of activities and strategies to be used in whole class
discussions, learning center work, and class meetings to help
students develop a knowledge base and acquire the skills critical
to peaceful conflict resolution.
While the classroom teacher is the key player in providing the
learning opportunities required to create a peaceable environment
in the school and in modeling the behaviors expected of a peacemaker,
every adult in the school environment-principal, subject specialist,
counselor, social worker, psychologist, secretary, supervisor,
and so on-is a potential teacher of the concepts and behaviors
of peace. The authors contend that the broadest goals of the
"Creating a Peaceable School" program are realized when the
program is applied consistently on a school-wide basis, building
on knowledge and skills each year as students progress from
grade level to grade level.
Creative Conflict Resolution
William J. Kreidler
Over 20 conflict resolution techniques
with examples and more than 200 class-tested activities and
games offer constructive responses to your students' problem
behavior. Includes hints for resolving your own conflicts with
associates.
Creative Partnerships for Prevention: Using
the Arts and Humanities to Build Resiliency in Youth
National Endowment for the Arts
Providing
information on the important role that the arts and humanities
can play in prevention efforts, this document offers several
activities that draw upon the arts and humanities to increase
young people's resiliency. Resiliency refers to children's ability
to successfully adapt and develop in healthy ways, despite exposure
to risk and adversity. Building resiliency is not something
that adults do to or for youth. Rather, it is the process of
providing a caring environment, creating opportunities for young
people to contribute to their communities, offering positive
alternatives for free time, and helping young people make a
successful and healthy transition into adulthood. The arts and
humanities activities provided in this guide are designed to
provide readers with ideas for creating their own innovative
learning and skill-building activities that strengthen students'
protective factors and help reduce the likelihood that they
will become involved with drugs or alcohol. These activities
are for teachers, youth-workers, parents, artists and others
who interact with young people both in school and during the
non-school hours over an extended period of time. Specifically,
the activities incorporate creative activities (murals, journal
writing, film and video projects, storytelling, dramatic presentations,
dances, and recitals) with other efforts involving school community
programs. The book includes guidelines for developing creative
school community partnerships, as well as general information
on the positive effects of creative activities on child and
adolescent development.
Critical Issues: Readings for Thinking &
Writing
Ann Redpath, David Heath
Critical Issues: Readings for Thinking
& Writing - It's primary purpose is to get students reading
and writing about topics that matter to them, reflecting on
what they have written, supporting their ideas, and then writing
some more. Topics include: HIV/AIDS; Alcohol and other Drugs;
Divorce; Self-Esteem; Suicide and Depression; Teenage Pregnancy
Critical Thinking That Empowers Us to Choose
Non-Violent Life Skills
Julia A. Davis
Critical Thinking That Empowers Us
To Choose Non-Violent Life Skills is a supplementary text for
students in grades 6-9 that is being used in health, social
studeies, and language arts classes as well as advisory periods,
life-skills courses, and exploratory courses in schools throughout
the country. This text is based on interviews with incarcerated
children who have committed acts of violence. In these interviews,
our goal was to isolate the thinking patterns of the violent
offenders and make suggestions for addressing these thinking
patterns in the school curriculum.
Critters with Character Lesson Plans - Grades
5-6
NAHEE
Critters with Character Lesson Plans™
Sets
Today more than ever, teachers and other educators are looked
upon to help shape not only good students but also good citizens.
Research indicates that Americans rank “teaching children values
and discipline” highest among issues important to school reform.
What better way of teaching children the fundamentals of good
character than with one of their all-time favorite topics: animals!
Critters with Character contains 30 teacher-reviewed, ready-to-use
lesson plans. Whole-class games, activities, and worksheets
reinforce core values—kindness, compassion, citizenship, fairness,
respect, responsibility, and integrity—with special emphasis
on proper pet care, respecting wildlife and natural habitats,
and safety around dogs. Perfect for classroom teachers and humane
educators.
Critters with Character Lesson Plans - K-2
NAHEE
Critters with Character Lesson Plans™
Sets
Today more than ever, teachers and other educators are looked
upon to help shape not only good students but also good citizens.
Research indicates that Americans rank “teaching children values
and discipline” highest among issues important to school reform.
What better way of teaching children the fundamentals of good
character than with one of their all-time favorite topics: animals!
Critters with Character contains 30 teacher-reviewed, ready-to-use
lesson plans. Whole-class games, activities, and worksheets
reinforce core values—kindness, compassion, citizenship, fairness,
respect, responsibility, and integrity—with special emphasis
on proper pet care, respecting wildlife and natural habitats,
and safety around dogs. Perfect for classroom teachers and humane
educators.
Critters with Character Lesson Plans - Middle
School
NAHEE
Critters with Character Lesson Plans™
Sets
Today more than ever, teachers and other educators are looked
upon to help shape not only good students but also good citizens.
Research indicates that Americans rank “teaching children values
and discipline” highest among issues important to school reform.
What better way of teaching children the fundamentals of good
character than with one of their all-time favorite topics: animals!
Critters with Character contains 30 teacher-reviewed, ready-to-use
lesson plans. Whole-class games, activities, and worksheets
reinforce core values—kindness, compassion, citizenship, fairness,
respect, responsibility, and integrity—with special emphasis
on proper pet care, respecting wildlife and natural habitats,
and safety around dogs. Perfect for classroom teachers and humane
educators.
CRU for Violence Prevention: Mediation Training:
Life Skills for the Secondary Classroom
CRU
Peer Mediator Training Manuals
CRU for Middle School Peer Mediators / CRU for High School Peer
Mediators
These manuals were developed by experienced mediators who have
trained students and faculty in hundreds of schools since 1987.
The manuals, each over 200 pages., show you how to teach the
sophisticated process of sit-down mediation. Sections on how
to set up the program in your school as well as all student
handouts and program evaluations are included. In addition,
the manual includes:
• Mediation structure and process
• Communication skills
• Cultural diversity and conflict
• Mediation techniques
• Over 40 student role plays
• Trainer's rolling role plays
• Difficult situations
• Being your own mediator
Cyberbullying and Cyberthreats: Responding
to the Challenge of Online Social Aggression, Threats, and
Distress - Copy 1
Nancy E. Willard, Karen Steiner
Online
communications can be cruel and vicious. They take place 24/7.
Damaging text and images can be widely disseminated and impossible
to fully remove. There are emerging reports of youth suicide,
violence, and abduction related to cyberbullying and cyberthreats.
In this book,the author provides school counselors, administrators,
teachers and parents with cutting-edge information on how to
prevent and respond to cyberbullying and cyberthreats. It covers
challenging issues that occur as students embrace the Internet
and other digital technologies such as: *Sending offensive,
harassing messages *dissing someone or spreading nasty rumors
online *Disclosing someone's intimate personal information *Breaking
into someone's e-mail account and sending damaging messages
under that person's name *Excluding someone from an online group
*Using the Internet to intimidate The book includes detailed
guidelines for managing in-school use of the Internet and personal
devices, including cell phones. Appendices contain reproducible
assessment and program forms, as well as parent and student
handouts.
Cyberbullying and Cyberthreats: Responding
to the Challenge of Online Social Aggression, Threats, and
Distress - Copy 2
Nancy E. Willard, Karen Steiner
Online
communications can be cruel and vicious. They take place 24/7.
Damaging text and images can be widely disseminated and impossible
to fully remove. There are emerging reports of youth suicide,
violence, and abduction related to cyberbullying and cyberthreats.
In this book,the author provides school counselors, administrators,
teachers and parents with cutting-edge information on how to
prevent and respond to cyberbullying and cyberthreats. It covers
challenging issues that occur as students embrace the Internet
and other digital technologies such as: *Sending offensive,
harassing messages *dissing someone or spreading nasty rumors
online *Disclosing someone's intimate personal information *Breaking
into someone's e-mail account and sending damaging messages
under that person's name *Excluding someone from an online group
*Using the Internet to intimidate The book includes detailed
guidelines for managing in-school use of the Internet and personal
devices, including cell phones. Appendices contain reproducible
assessment and program forms, as well as parent and student
handouts.
Cyberbullying and Cyberthreats: Responding
to the Challenge of Online Social Aggression, Threats, and
Distress - Copy 3
Nancy E. Willard, Karen Steiner
Online
communications can be cruel and vicious. They take place 24/7.
Damaging text and images can be widely disseminated and impossible
to fully remove. There are emerging reports of youth suicide,
violence, and abduction related to cyberbullying and cyberthreats.
In this book,the author provides school counselors, administrators,
teachers and parents with cutting-edge information on how to
prevent and respond to cyberbullying and cyberthreats. It covers
challenging issues that occur as students embrace the Internet
and other digital technologies such as: *Sending offensive,
harassing messages *dissing someone or spreading nasty rumors
online *Disclosing someone's intimate personal information *Breaking
into someone's e-mail account and sending damaging messages
under that person's name *Excluding someone from an online group
*Using the Internet to intimidate The book includes detailed
guidelines for managing in-school use of the Internet and personal
devices, including cell phones. Appendices contain reproducible
assessment and program forms, as well as parent and student
handouts.
Daily Character Education Activities: Grade
Level-2-3
Becky Daniel-White
What does it mean to be a good citizen?
Why do I have to share? How can I stand up for something all
by myself? Help your students understand the answers to these
question and more through brief, daily instruction and reinforcement.
Guide your students from young learners to more effective citizens.
This resource contains: daily lessons; literature selections;
interactive role plays; discussion questions; reproducible activities.
Daily Character Education Activities: Grade
Level-kindergarden-1
Becky Daniel-White
What does it mean to be a good citizen?
Why do I have to share? How can I stand up for something all
by myself? Help your students understand the answers to these
question and more through brief, daily instruction and reinforcement.
Guide your students from young learners to more effective citizens.
This resource contains: daily lessons; literature selections;
interactive role plays; discussion questions; reproducible activities.
Death from Child Abuse... and No One Heard
Eve Krupinski, Dana Weikel
Part I of the book is the powerful
true story of a young Florida girl's death from abuse at the
hands of her mother's boyfriend, with the acquiescence of the
mother. It is an intimate picture of this tragedy, largely told
from the perspective of the child.
Part II was extensively updated and revised in 2002. It is a
comprehensive but concise guide to understanding and confronting
child abuse and neglect, domestic violence, and dating violence.
It has concrete advice for parents and young people on building
healthy relationships.
Readers are often deeply moved and motivated by this book. It
enjoys a great popularity with young people and is highly valued
by many educators and professional trainers.
The Definitive Middle School Guide: A Handbook
for Success
Imogene Forte, Sandra Schurr, Jan Keeling
With
the help of this series, each and every student will be given
the tools that will lead to a lifetime of academic success.
Building upon a foundation of good study habits and tips for
learning, content area-skills are taught and reviewed. This
series is a handy reference for homework assignments, test preparation,
and basic skills review. 240 pages
Developing Character For Classroom Success
Charlie Abourjilie, Ginny Turner
Popular
teacher, coach, and the former Coordinator of North Carolina's
State Character Education Initiative, Charlie Abourjilie knows
how tough it is to teach character at the secondary level. He
also knows it can be done—and proves it every day. Using
Charlie's model and ideas, you can experience similar success.
Developing Character in Students
Dr Philip Fitch Vincent
As popular today as ever! Our best-selling
primer—now in its 2nd edition! Used by Dr. Vincent in his workshops,
this is the seminal character education primer that has led
the way for thousands of teachers and school districts across
the country! This guide emphasizes five specific elements:
• Rules & Procedures Cooperative Learning
• Teaching for Thinking Quality Literature
• Service Learning
Softcover, 6x9, 174 pages
Different Like Me: A Book for Teens Who Worry
About Their Parent's Use of Alcohol/Drugs
Evelyn Leite, Pamela Espeland
Written specifically for teen, this
book looks at life with parents who abuse alcohol and/or other
drugs. The authors begin by explaining just what chemical dependence
is and its effects. They make it clear that people who abuse
alcohol or other drugs have the disease of chemical dependence;
that it's not a teen's fault that his or her parens are sick;
and that feelings of guilt, confusion, and fear are common in
this situation. Practical suggestions, sound advice,and solid
resources let teens know that they are not alone and point the
way to feeling better about their families and themselves.
Discipline in the Secondary Classroom: A
Problem-by-Problem Survival Guide
Randall S. Sprick
Proven solutions to 42 common school
behavior problems and practical techniques for motivating and
managing teens, including how to control talking back or swearing...incomplete
assignments...fighting...cheating... smoking or drug use...violence
or property destruction...failure to follow directions...and
more.
Discipline Strategies & Solutions
Gene Bedley
National Educator of the Year. Gene
Bedley has trained thousands of educators over the years through
his popular National Seminars on Discipline and the Difficult
Child, The Big "R" Responsibility, The Respect Factor, Character
Centered Classrooms, the 5 P's of Raising Responsible Kids,
and Values in Action! He is known for his practical and powerful
ideas that are all classroom proven and tested.
Discipline Survival Kit for the Secondary
Teacher
Julia G. Thompson
This practical, hands-on resource
is packed with tested tips, techniques, tools, and activities
such as "27 Power-Packed Time-Management Tips for Students,"
"Monitoring On the Run: 20 Quick Techniques," "Missing Work
Reminder List," and "50 Sponge Activities to Keep Students Engaged
in Learning All Period Long." Includes over 50 ready-to-use-or-adapt
forms, checklists and letters.
Discover the possibilities...Leading Your
Own Life
Sacramento County Office of Education
A Character
Development Curriculum developed through a collaborative effort
of the Educational Programs Department, Special Education Department,
Training, Development & Research Department of the Sacramento
County Office of Education. This book is about you—it is
about your character, about the things that are i mportant to
you. It is based on a book by Stephen R. Covey called The 7
Habits of Highly Effective People. You will learn about communicating,
listening, being responsible, planning, organizing, getting
along with others, and taking time to take care of yourself.
Discovering Gifts in Middle School: Learning
in a Caring Culture Called Tribes
Jeanne Gibbs
This new book motivates and supports
middle level schools to make the full range of young adolescents
developmental growth and learning needs the over-riding focus
of the whole school community. The author presents a lively
synthesis of a wealth of research studies and effective practices,
which underlie the Tribes Learning Community developmental approach.
The major emphasis on middle level schools becoming responsive
to the contextual basis of adolescent development leads not
only to greater achievement and success for students but a new
spirit, energy and the discovery of gifts throughout the whole
school community. The book contains 440 pages, 140 active learning
strategies, an extensive bibliography, resource section and
index. 2001.
Don't Pop Your Cork on Mondays!: The Children's
Anti-Stress Book - Copy 1
Adolph Moser
The Emotional Impact Series...
In this very informative and highly entertaining handbook for
children, Dr. Adolph Moser offers practical approaches and effective
techniques to help young people deal with stress.
Don't Pop Your Cork on Mondays!: The Children's
Anti-Stress Book - Copy 2
Adolph Moser
The Emotional Impact Series...
In this very informative and highly entertaining handbook for
children, Dr. Adolph Moser offers practical approaches and effective
techniques to help young people deal with stress.
Drug Danger: In the Body
Rainbow
Drugs in the Schools: Preventing Substance
Abuse
Center for Civic Education
Students examine the problem of drug
and alcohol abuse in a hypothetical middle school, in their
communities, and in the nation. This program can be used to
fulfill state drug education program requirements and those
of the Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities Act.
Educating for Character: How Our Schools
Can Teach Respect and Responsibility
Thomas Lickona
Dr. Lickona's twelve-point program
offers practical strategies designed to create a working coalition
of parents, teachers, and communities in the interest of building
character into the lives of young people today.
Educating Hearts and Minds: A Comprehensive
Character Education Framework
Dr. Edward F. DeRoche, Dr. Mary M. Williams
This
book provides a comprehensive framework to help teachers, administrators
and parents organize character education programmes.
Elementary Perspectives 1: Teaching Concepts
of Peace and Conflict
William J. Kreidler
This ESR classic is designed to help
educators teach students in grades K-5 to think about peace,
justice, and conflict in new ways with more than 80 activities.
Written by an experienced teacher and tested in classrooms across
the country, Elementary Perspectives is a flexible curriculum
designed to help students become caring and socially responsible
citizens.
Elephant in the Living Room: The Children's
Book
Marion H. Typpo, Jill M. Hastings
An illustrated
story to help children understand and cope with the problem
of alcoholism or other drug addiction in the family.
Encyclopedia of School Humor: Icebreakers,
Classics, Stories, Puns & Roasts for All Occasions
P. Susan Mamchak, Steven R. Mamchak
Provides
anecdotes and jokes for teachers, school administrators, and
other speakers on educational subjects.
Establishing a Peers for Peace Bully Free
Club
This
student-centered booklet is designed to empower bystanders and
others as they work to make their school bully free. 67 pp.,
8 ½” x 11”, club advisors.
Esteem Builders: A Self-Esteem Curriculum
for Improving Student Achievement, Behavior & School-Home
Climate
Michele Borba
A curriculum for enhancing student
self-esteem in grades kindergarten through 12 is presented in
this guide. An introduction discusses the background and research-based
data as to why esteem building is essential for today's students.
Chapter 1 explains the building blocks of self-esteem: security,
self-hood, affiliation, mission, and competence. Chapter 2 presents
a detailed plan of daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly activities
that are grade level specified and cross-referenced to all major
curriculum areas. Chapter 3 presents activities and strategies
to build the student's feelings of trust, safety, and security.
Chapter 4 presents activities and strategies to build the student's
feelings of individuality and acquisition of self-knowledge.
Chapter 5 presents activities and strategies to increase the
student's feelings of belonging as well as to enhance social
skills. Chapter 6 presents activities and strategies to help
the student gain a sense of purpose. The chapter covers goal-setting,
measuring past performance, and decision-making skills. Chapter
7 presents activities and strategies to help the student recognize
successes and internalize feelings of accomplishment. Chapter
8 presents activities in which students work as cooperative
teams to build each of the five feelings within themselves and
others. Chapter 9 presents daily language development assignments
and topics. Chapter 10 presents activities done on a school-wide
basis to increase each of the five self-esteem components. This
chapter presents spirit and climate energizers as well as activities
for principals. Two appendixes contain a self-esteem bibliography
and student self-esteem assessment charts and prescriptive plan.
Etiquette Lessons: Girls & Boys at the
Table Children and Youth Ages 5-12 Teens at the Table Young
Adults Ages 13-19
Teresa Kathryn Grisinger Reilly
The book,
Etiquette Lessons is a collection of the good manners parents
want their children to know. Girls & Boys at the Table &
Teens at the Table Part I and II are easy to use instructional
programs containing a series of 45 minute classes in table manners,
social behavior etiquette and Introduction to Ballroom Dance.
These two courses are designed for groups of children and young
people ages five through twelve and thirteen through nineteen.
Each program includes detailed lesson plans to help educators
guide students through lessons such as how to use napkins and
eating utensils to how to dress for dinner. Each lesson is presented
with a light snack and beverage. Convenient instructions allow
you to order Etiquette Achievement Certificates and Student
Keepsake Booklets for presentation to program graduates.
In addition to basic table manners, teens learn tips on grooming,
how to eat different foods, make introductions, write social
correspondence, the art of conversation and Cotillion Dance
Floor Etiquette. Each lesson ends with a quiz to help evaluate
and insure program effectiveness.
All receive social skills that will last a lifetime.
Our experience with Mrs. Reillys Etiquette Course was magnificent.Ms.
L., Mrs. N., Mrs. K., a Montessori School
Wait until you see this program, this is brilliant!Mrs. S.D.,
Publisher
Ours is the practical and natural approach to etiquette training.
Young people study these lessons gaining confidence and skill
together. They soon begin to conform to the roles of ladies
and gentlemen at the table. We strive to prepare our students
to dine capably and independently. We review and reinforce good
manners taught at home adding nuances of fine dining etiquette.
This system of dining and social behavior creates opportunities
for each graduates best traits to shine through.Teresa Kathryn
Grisinger Reilly
Everyday Heroes Copy 1
Beth Johnson
This book is part of the Townsend
Library, a collection of high-interest paperbacks published
by Townsend Press to promote reading among today s students.
Acclaimed by educators nationwide, the Townsend Library is helping
millions of young adults discover the pleasure and power of
reading.
Everyday Heroes Copy 2
Beth Johnson
This book is part of the Townsend
Library, a collection of high-interest paperbacks published
by Townsend Press to promote reading among today s students.
Acclaimed by educators nationwide, the Townsend Library is helping
millions of young adults discover the pleasure and power of
reading.
Exceeding expectations: A user's guide to
implementing brain research in the classroom
Susan Kovalik
If you're looking for a proven model
for implementing best practice for curriculum development and
instruction based on solid brain research rather than tradition,
you will love this book, the result of 25 years of field trials
by thousands of teachers (formerly called the ITI model). The
book begins with a non-technical, easily-understood summary
of four important principles from brain research and then provides
practical, step-by-step instructions for developing and implementing
brain-compatible curriculum and instruction. Five stages are
described. (419 pages) Fourth edition is printed in three, easy-to-handle
volumes. Price includes Your Personal Guidebook for Implementing
the HET Model, Stages 1-3
Fantastic Antone Succeeds: Experiences in
Educating Children with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Judith Kleinfeld
Three themes run through the accounts
of parents and teachers as they relate their experiences rearing
and teaching children with fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS): (1)
Children with FAS can achieve far more than current negative
stereotypes suggest; (2) Early intervention and excellent family
care make an enormous difference to the success and happiness
of children with FAS; and (3) Specific educational strategies
can help alcohol-affected children learn in the classroom and
the home. Through their accounts, these parents and teachers
provide the "wisdom of practice," that is, lessons and inventions
based in experience that can help other parents and educators
devise educational strategies adapted to the unique needs of
individual alcohol-affected children. Part I discusses how prenatal
alcohol exposure affects children and their families, and explains
the difficulties in information processing related to many behavioral
problems of children with FAS. In Part II, parents present stories
about parental advocacy, the importance of early diagnosis and
early intervention, and the successes of alcohol-affected children.
Part III covers teaching methods, classroom techniques, strategies
for mainstreaming children with FAS in a small rural school,
and alternative schooling for alcohol-affected children. Part
IV presents recommendations for counselors and therapists working
with families of alcohol-affected children. Appendices contain
an extensive outline of educational strategies for preschool,
elementary, and adolescent students with FAS or alcohol effects,
and a list of 74 resources (audiotapes, videotapes, books, journal
articles, newsletters, and organizations). An index is included.
Fighting Fair for Families
Fran Schmidt, Alice Friedman
Fighting Fair for Families offers
you the tools to handle conflict like a "pro". Think of yourself
as a Michaelangelo or a Picasso with the power to create a more
loving and caring environment for you and your family.
Fighting Fair: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
for Kids — Student Activity Books, Grade 8 - Copy 1
Fran Schmidt, Alice Friedman
Historic struggle and conflict resolution
lessons come blended in this curriculum. Fighting Fair: Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. for Kids examines key dynamics of America's
civil rights movement, emphasizing Dr. King's philosophy and
practice. Help your students recognize the practical value of
nonviolent problem-solving in their own lives, even in the face
of apathy or violent opposition.
Students will explore complex topics such as prejudice, racism,
intolerance, war, and nonviolent social action, and learn valuable
strategies for defusing anger, confronting fear, and speaking
out against injustice.
The award winning companion video, shot with middle school students,
integrates historic footage and images with a scripted segment
that provides a simple problem-solving format for students.
Originally we produced this unit with grades four through eight
in mind; some pages are more suitable for upper elementary.
For the more complex possibilities of discussion and role-plays,
however, we recommend the unit for middle school.
Fighting Fair: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
for Kids — Student Activity Books, Grade 8 - Copy 2
Fran Schmidt, Alice Friedman
Historic struggle and conflict resolution
lessons come blended in this curriculum. Fighting Fair: Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. for Kids examines key dynamics of America's
civil rights movement, emphasizing Dr. King's philosophy and
practice. Help your students recognize the practical value of
nonviolent problem-solving in their own lives, even in the face
of apathy or violent opposition.
Students will explore complex topics such as prejudice, racism,
intolerance, war, and nonviolent social action, and learn valuable
strategies for defusing anger, confronting fear, and speaking
out against injustice.
The award winning companion video, shot with middle school students,
integrates historic footage and images with a scripted segment
that provides a simple problem-solving format for students.
Originally we produced this unit with grades four through eight
in mind; some pages are more suitable for upper elementary.
For the more complex possibilities of discussion and role-plays,
however, we recommend the unit for middle school.
First Class Character Education Activities
Program: Ready-to-Use Lessons & Activities for Grades
7-12 Copy 1
Michael D. Koehler, Karen E. Royer
This
resource gives secondary teachers and counselors 95 ready-to-use
lessons with reproducible activity sheets to promote healthy
character development in students. The lessons are drawn from
First-Class, a successful program initiated by students and
teachers at Mundelein (IL) High School and can be used as is
or adapted to fit the particular needs in any junior or senior
high school. Major topics covered include:
* the nature of good character
* student behavior and the related issues of motivation, communication
and family involvement
* anger management, stress reduction, dealing with failure and
impulse control
* social issues such as family roles, violence and the impact
of TV
* prejudice, discrimination, stereotyping and sexual harassment
* self-understanding and self-acceptance
* caring about the school, using appropriate language, maintaining
personal appearance, and volunteering
First Class Character Education Activities
Program: Ready-to-Use Lessons & Activities for Grades
7-12 Copy 2
Michael D. Koehler, Karen E. Royer
This
resource gives secondary teachers and counselors 95 ready-to-use
lessons with reproducible activity sheets to promote healthy
character development in students. The lessons are drawn from
First-Class, a successful program initiated by students and
teachers at Mundelein (IL) High School and can be used as is
or adapted to fit the particular needs in any junior or senior
high school. Major topics covered include:
* the nature of good character
* student behavior and the related issues of motivation, communication
and family involvement
* anger management, stress reduction, dealing with failure and
impulse control
* social issues such as family roles, violence and the impact
of TV
* prejudice, discrimination, stereotyping and sexual harassment
* self-understanding and self-acceptance
* caring about the school, using appropriate language, maintaining
personal appearance, and volunteering
Fish Tales: Discovering What's Fishy About
Violence and Drugs in the Reel World - Copy 1
J. Michael Hargrave
Through stories, role plays and activities
children discover they can have hope and they are the hope for
their better world. The delightful "fish" characters mirror
childrens' feelings and actions while their adventures teach
positive, workable solutions to everyday ethical problems. Fish
Tales may be used in an interdisciplinary approach, integrating
guidance, health, language arts, science or life-skills classes.
The material is fitted with lines to hook third through sixth
grade students.
Fish Tales: Discovering What's Fishy About
Violence and Drugs in the Reel World - Copy 2
J. Michael Hargrave
Through stories, role plays and activities
children discover they can have hope and they are the hope for
their better world. The delightful "fish" characters mirror
childrens' feelings and actions while their adventures teach
positive, workable solutions to everyday ethical problems. Fish
Tales may be used in an interdisciplinary approach, integrating
guidance, health, language arts, science or life-skills classes.
The material is fitted with lines to hook third through sixth
grade students.
Future Force : Kids That Want To, Can, and
Do! : A Teacher's Handbook
Elaine McClanahan, Carolyn Wicks, McClanahan
Educate
and train the children of today to deal with and contribute
to the ever-changing demands of the future with continuous improvement.
By translating TQM into an interactive learning process, teachers
can create a classroom of children who will lead us into the
future.
Game Day
Tiki Barber, Ronde Barber
Ronde and Tiki are a team. They are
twins, they are each other's best friends and biggest fans,
and they play on the same football team, the Cave Spring Vikings.
Rondeis #21 and Tiki is #22, always side by side.
Tiki has had seven long touch-down runs this season, and Ronde
is proud of his brother, but he can't help feeling a little
down when Tiki gets all the glory. If Ronde hadn't been leading
the way with his blocks, Tiki wouldn't have been clear to score.
Ronde thinks nobody notices the guy who blocks; they only notice
the guy who scores. Will the day ever come when Ronde will get
his chance?
Written by two NFL superstars, this story of perseverance and
teamwork will inspire. Barry Root's glowing illustrations bring
to life all the excitement and energy of a great game and a
team working together.
Grandparenting With Love & Logic: Practical
Solutions to Today's Grandparenting Challenges
Jim Fay
Grandparents have changed! The stereotype
of the fragile, white-haired retiree has been shattered. Today's
grandparents are active and involved- in everything from careers
to fitness to dating. They are 'thirty-something' to one hundred
plus- and every age in between. Grandparent's roles have also
changed, as have many of their situations. While some may be
grand-parenting within a 'traditional' family, others may be
facing new challenges such as: acting as a stabilising force
during times of family upheaval, providing day care for a grandchild,
furnishing temporary living arrangements for an adult child
and grandchild, filling the role of 'Mum' and 'Dad' for a grandchild,
blending step-grandchildren with biological grandchildren. Whatever
the unique situation, parenting expert Jim Fay shows grandparents
how to develop enjoyable, fulfilling relationships with both
their adult children - while helping grandchildren grow into
responsible, caring young people.
Handle With Care: Helping Children Prenatally
Exposed to Drugs and Alcohol
Sylvia Fernandez Villarreal, Lora-Ellen
McKinney, Marcia Quackenbush
ntended for teachers and caregivers
who deal with children exposed prenatally to substance abuse,
this book gives a general overview of the problem of prenatal
substance exposure, describes some of the common issues for
children living in drug and alcohol involved families, and offers
some practical suggestions for helping these children and their
families. The 10 chapters of the book are: (1) "Prenatal Drug
and Alcohol Exposure: What's Really Going On?"; (2) "Understanding
Cultural Issues: Helping You Help Children"; (3) "Crack Cocaine:
the Worst Drug Ever?"; (4) "Chemical Dependency: A Disease,
Not a Crime"; (5) "Helping the Family, Helping the Child"; (6)
"Prenatal to Preschool: The Developmental Picture"; (7) "Taking
Care of Infants and Toddlers"; (8) "What To Expect from School-Age
Children"; (9) "Learning Styles and Teaching Strategies"; and
(10) "Policy Planning and a Look to the Future." Profiles of
children are included with some of the chapters. Five appendixes
contain information about abusable substances and the effects
of substance abuse on pregnancy, newborns, and children as they
grow; tools for assessment; and additional resources. Contains
30 references and a glossary of terms.
Helping Teens Stop Violence: A Practical
Guide for Counselors, Educators, and Parents
Allan Creighton, Paul Kivel
Based on programs developed by the
Oakland Men's Project, this book offers a proactive, multicultural
approach for getting at the roots of violent behavior. The activities
and workshops described in the book explore how violence manifests
in families and dating; how issues of race, gender, and age
are involved; and how teens can work to stop the violence in
their lives. It includes curricula for classrooms and support
groups, and strategies to support peer counselors and help abused
teens.
How Mother Nature Flowered the Fields of
Earth and Mars
Tom Schwartz
Buzz on in for the adventure of a
life time by reading the How Mother Nature stories! Mother Nature
has a terrible dilemma. Supreme Queen Bee, Queen Bluefire, no
longer wants the responsibility of getting all the flowers to
grow. Her bees want to play and have fun. They no longer want
to work to pollinate the flowers. Oh dear, what's Mother Nature
to do?
And that's only the beginning of her troubles. Can she get the
beavers to irrigate the fields and save them from rampaging
bears? Can she get the earthworms to fertilize the soil?
Let us hope so or otherwise the flowers won't bloom and blossom.
Reviews from educators...
"In the tradition of established folk and fairy tales, Mr. Schwartz
has created a variety of engaging characters in this imaginative
environmental trilogy. The message of preservation of humans
and their environment is an important one for our youth." Dr.
Richard Di Patri, Superintendent, Brevard Public Schools, Florida
"The environment and conservation are becoming increasingly
important to keeping our planet livable. Tom Schwartz has written
a book to help children understand the importance of each creature
in the scheme of things. The three stories in this book are
tied together by the interaction of the wonderful, believable
characters... The stories are well plotted with plenty of action
and peril to keep even reluctant readers interested. The story
shows how teamwork really pays off, and how the action of one
can affect the whole planet. The vulnerability of the earth
and its creatures is stressed, and the whole ties in nicely
with school curriculum
Tom Schwartz is a gifted writer, and
this is a much needed contribution to childrens literature
and a great addition to your childs library." Beverly J. Rowe,
MyShelf.com
"Toms stories about Mother Nature and her helpers left a big
impact on the children, which will help make our Earth a cleaner
place." Diane Goodson, Curriculum Resource Teacher, Eccleston
Elementary School, Orlando, Florida
"Tom visited out school and the children were enthralled with
his stories about Mother Nature. Great message about saving
the environment." Maureen Tassone, Media Specialist, Christa
McAuliffe Elementary School, Palm Bay, Florida
"Toms Mother Nature stories reinforce what we teach about the
environment. Our students loved the characters and their parts
in helping Mother Nature." Sharen Talbert, Principal, Mims Elementary
School, Mims, Florida
How Rude!: The Teenagers' Guide to Good Manners,
Proper Behavior, and Not Grossing People Out
Alex J. Packer
Just in time to save the world from
a manners meltdown, here's an etiquette book that teens will
want to read—because it keeps them laughing, doesn't preach,
and deals with issues that matter to them. Packer blends humor
with sound advice as he guides readers through the world of
manners from A ("Applause") to Z ("Zits"). Full of practical
tips for any occasion.
How to Handle Bullies, Teasers and Other
Meanies: A Book That Takes the Nuisance Out of Name Calling
and Other Nonsense Copy 1
Kate Cohen-Posey
Every young person will need this
book at some time in his or her life! A parent-child resource
book, How to Handle Bullies, Teasers and Other Meanies covers
*annoying name calling,
*vicious prejudice,
*explosive anger,
*dangerous situations, and
*causes of difficult behavior.
It contains more than twelve ways for melting meanness. It uses
dozens of examples and practice exercises to teach a comic approach
to handling cruelty. It shows young people how to put spiritual
truths in to action. It gives parents, teachers, and counselors
a method to help young people help themselves with an approach
that goes far beyond assertiveness in its mastery of meanness.
How to Handle Bullies, Teasers and Other
Meanies: A Book That Takes the Nuisance Out of Name Calling
and Other Nonsense Copy 2
Kate Cohen-Posey
Every young person will need this
book at some time in his or her life! A parent-child resource
book, How to Handle Bullies, Teasers and Other Meanies covers
*annoying name calling,
*vicious prejudice,
*explosive anger,
*dangerous situations, and
*causes of difficult behavior.
It contains more than twelve ways for melting meanness. It uses
dozens of examples and practice exercises to teach a comic approach
to handling cruelty. It shows young people how to put spiritual
truths in to action. It gives parents, teachers, and counselors
a method to help young people help themselves with an approach
that goes far beyond assertiveness in its mastery of meanness.
How to Say No and Keep Your Friends
Sharon Scott
Tells how to deal with negative peer
pressure, explains how to make a good decision, and discusses
behavior related to tobacco, alcohol, drugs, and sex.
How to Use Social Norms Marketing to Prevent
Driving After Drinking: A Most of Us Toolkit
Jeffrey W. Linkenbach
The primary goal of this project was
to create an Implementation Guide to support the planning and
initiation of statewide social norms campaigns focused on impaired
driving. The result is the forthcoming publication “How to Use
Social Norms Marketing to Prevent Driving after Drinking: A
MOST of Us Toolkit.” The Toolkit supports the planning and initiation
of statewide social norms campaigns focused on impaired driving.
It is based largely on the MOST of Us Prevent Drinking and Driving
Campaign, a successful statewide social norms campaign, the
results of which are forthcoming as a publication from NHTSA.
The Toolkit contains specific information and examples related
to the prevention of driving after drinking, but most the material
it contains could be used to plan and implement a social norms
campaign on virtually any topic.
Sponsor: National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration
I Can Be Me: A Helping Book for Children
from Troubled Families
Dianne S. O'Connor
I Can Be Me: Dr. O'Connor is the author
of "I CAN BE ME" — a Helping Book for Children from Troubled
Families. This book includes a special focus on children of
alcoholics or drug addicted parents; it shows parents and counselors
how to address the needs of these children. Concerned parents
and other family members have used "I CAN BE ME" to help the
children they care about
I can do that: Positive character traits
for middle schoolers
Pam Reed
Free lance writer Pam Reed and Chicago
public school teacher Daniel Gray have teamed up to develop
a character education curriculum that introduces concepts and
behaviors which have traditionally been considered virtues in
our society. Many of these concepts have been lost, as "self-esteem"
and "moral relativism" have taken over in America's classrooms.
The textbook contains original short stories and poems, with
activity pages and charts accompanying each of the reading selections.
Beautiful watercolor pictures illustrate each of the book's
ten units. Students examine the positive character traits of
responsibility, honesty, justice, respect, chastity, humility,
patience, generosity, obedience, and perseverence. The text
begins with an index of applied virtues, which the authors include
to ensure that students and parents will extract and use every
available lesson.
I Can Problem Solve: An Interpersonal Cognitive
Problem-Solving Program Intermediate Elementary Grades
Myrna B. Shure
ICPS for Intermediate Elementary Grades
contains 77 lessons. Based on 25 years of meticulous research,
ICPS has proven to be extremely effective in helping children
learn to resolve interpersonal problems and prevent antisocial
behaviors. ICPS teaches children how to think, not what to think.
It is a self-contained program that involves the use of games,
stories, puppets, and role plays to make learning enjoyable.
Each lesson contains a teacher script, reproducible illustrations,
and a list of readily available materials. Click here for the
Table of Contents and a complete listing of lessons.
I Can Say No: A Child's Book about Drug Abuse
Doris Sanford
A breakdown in communication between
family members leads to the discovery that David's older brother
is using drugs. Lists guidelines for parents to help a child
stay off drugs.
I Know the World's Worst Secret: A Child's
Book about Living with an Alcoholic Parent
Doris Sanford
Elizabeth, the daughter of an alcoholic
mother, tries to carry the burden of taking care of the family.
Includes guidelines for adults to help children of alcoholics.
Implementing Character Education
B. David Brooks, Patricia Freedman
This
book includes a comprehensive introduction to character education
nd solid guidance for planning, implementing, evaluating, and
funding a school-wide or district-wide character education program.
Improving Social Competence: A Resource for
Elementary School Teachers
Pam Campbell, Gary N. Siperstein
Recognizing
the importance of friendship and peer acceptance in children's
lives, this resource book translates research findings on the
development of social competence into a tool providing skills,
information, and activities that teachers can use to develop
the social competence of elementary school students. Activities
are based on the notion that socially skilled children who are
confident in social situations can become even more competent
in classrooms that are rich in social opportunities. Chapter
1 of the book shows teachers how to determine their preferred
teaching style to see if they impede or promote social interaction.
Chapter 2 discusses the impact of classroom rules, space, and
time on opportunities for social interaction. Chapter 3 allows
teachers to examined teaching methods for interaction opportunities
and discusses the use of cooperative learning techniques. Chapter
4 considers how the teacher, environment, and instruction combine
to determine the classroom climate, and suggests ways to improve
the climate. Chapter 5 provides assessment tools to identify
students who lack social skills and discusses modeling and coaching
as instructional techniques, while chapter 6 provides information
to identify and assist students who lack self-confidence. Each
chapter contains information, assessments, and activities. Appendices
include activities using modeling or coaching, additional resource,
and methods for developing instructional goals and objectives
for individualized educational plans. Contains 89 references.
Internet & Computer Ethics for Kids:
Winn Schwartau
Internet and Computer Ethics for Kids
(and Parents and Teachers Who Havent Got a Clue) The Book of
cyber-ethical Questions for the Information Age
The Title says it all.
Internet and Computer Ethics for Kids (and Parents and Teachers
Without a Clue) is going to be one of the most significant books
of 2001.
It discusses, in a non-technical language that everyone can
understand, one of the most serious issues facing us today:
Hackers, Hacking and Cyber-Ethics.
1. How should kids behave on the Internet?
2. How can parents help their technically fluent children?
3. What can the schools and teachers do to assist?
Cyber Ethics is an important mission that you will want to be
a part of, and this book is only the first of a series of books
that will be appearing in the coming three years on the subject,
all talking to a wide variety of issues.
CyberEthics for Kids and Families!
Internet and Computer Ethics for Kids is the first book to actively
promote family and youth values and cyberethics in an entertaining,
colorful way.
All About Internet and Computer Ethics for Kids!
Internet and Computer Ethics for Kids is a colorful, extensively
illustrated book written in an easy to understand, non-technical
format. No other book has been specifically targeted at non-technical
parents, teachers and kids who are in the greatest need of ethical
education on issues they dont understand.
This lack of cyber ethical knowledge:
-Hampers a parents ability to raise their children with the
appropriate amount of teaching and ethical foundation.
-Creates a greater schism in families
-Ultimately raises children with no cyber ethical guidance,
which as we all know, if bad for business and society as a whole.
Unlike the small handful of older books which preach ethics
and tell people how to behave, Internet and Computer Ethics
for Kids does not preach or suggest what is right or wrong behavior.
Instead, it provides situational conundra for the reader, the
parent and the educator to discuss, evaluate and form the basis
for personal ethics.
Internet and Computer Ethics for Kids is written so everyone,
from all walks of life and education can read it and understand
it.
Parents
Kids
Families
Teachers
School Districts
Information Age Workers
Government Employees
Corporations to Teach Staff Ethics
Technical Conferences
A is for Abigail: An Almanac of Amazing American
Women
Lynne Cheney
Soldiers, scientists, performers,
writers, entrepreneurs, politicians, quilt makers, pilots...
as author Lynne Cheney writes, "Americas amazing women have
much to teach our children—and much inspiration to offer
us, as well." Coming on the heels of America: A Patriotic Primer
(Cheneys previous collaboration with illustrator Robin Preiss
Glasser), A Is for Abigail celebrates the achievements of women
in American history, with a special emphasis on the individuals
who helped win equal rights for women. As with America, Cheney
uses an alphabet book format to introduce hundreds of remarkable
real women: "O is for SANDRA DAY OCONNOR and others who were
first." In addition to the first woman Supreme Court Justice,
the "O" page includes Wilma Mankiller, first woman chief of
the Cherokee Nation; Jeannette Rankin, first female member of
Congress; and Nellie Tayloe Ross, first woman governor. Glassers
playful illustrations are lively and busy, inviting readers
to explore Abigail Adams's farm or the crowded city block that
houses "V is for VARIETY," with its DNA lab, dance studio, dentist
office, and "PERSONS at WORK" sign. Snippets of information
about each featured woman give a taste; ideally, readers will
seek more in-depth biographies about the historical figures
who pique their interests. (Ages 6 to 9) —Emilie Coulter
Iti: The Model Integrated Thematic Instruction
Susan J. Kovalik
Research on the biology of learning
has given us a window on learning
never before realized in the
history of civilization.
• Translate the biology of learning into practical application
• Implement the nine bodybrain-compatible elements
Teaching strategies that align with the way the human brain
learns have the greatest impact.
• Design the physical classroom to support long-term learning
• Create workable teams of students
• Develop classroom management that uses agreements, procedures,
Lifelong Guidelines and LIFESKILLS
Curriculum development by classroom teachers makes learning
come alive.
• Anchor curriculum to a yearlong theme and rationale
• Align district and state learning goals within the theme
• Orchestrate "being there" experiences tied to meaningful content
• Reach out to the community
The ITI model begins with an understanding of six learning
principles derived from bodybrain research:
1. BODYBRAIN PARTNERSHIP
• EMOTION - the gatekeeper to performance
• SYNERGY- body and brain function inseparably
1. INTELLIGENCE - a function of experience
2. MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES - problem-solving, product-producing
capabilities
3. PATTERN SEEKING - meaning-making process
4. PROGRAM BUILDING - using what we understand
5. TEMPERAMENT - impact of personality
The Kid's Guide to Service Projects: Over
500 Service Ideas for Young People Who Want to Make a Difference
Barbara A. Lewis, Pamela Espeland
This
guide has something for everyone who wants to make a difference,
from simple projects to large scale commitments. Kids can choose
from a variety of topics, including animals, crime fighting,
the environment, friendship, hunger, literacy, politics and
government, and transformation.
Kids with character: Character building activities
for the elementary classroom
Maureen Duran
Topics include honesty, perseverance,
responsibility, self-discipline, patience, respect, kindness,
courage, fairness, forgiveness, honor, and love. Grades 1-5.
[8.5” x 11”...96 pages]
Kids' Power: Healing Games for Children of
Alcoholics
Jerry Moe, Don Pohlman, Peter Ways
Welcome
to Kids' Power. There is hope today for young children of alcoholics.
They can and do overcome the smothering effects of an alcoholic
home, and they don't have to wait until adulthood to begin this
recovery. One of the most devastating illnesses known to mankind,
chemical dependency progressively damages all aspects of the
afflicted person: physical, intellectual, emotional and spiritual.
But this only part of the story. Alcoholism and drug addiction
have a profound impact on every member of the family.
Young children are not spared; they can be deeply scarred. All
of these children live in a highly chaotic and unpredictable
environment, and many are subjected to neglect, physical abuse,
verbal violence, inconsistency, broken promises, confusion and
role reversals with their parents. Because of these traumas,
children of alcoholics are at high risk for becoming juvenile
delinquents, dropping out of school, running away, having unwanted
pregnancies, committing suicide and developing alcoholism, drug
abuse and co-dependency. Not as dramatic, but equally debilitating,
are the other traits frequently exhibited by these children,
such as compulsive overachieving, stress-related medical problems,
difficulty in initiating and maintaining intimate relationships,
inability to play and relax, and failure to take good care of
self.
The self-perpetuating nature of the problem is obvious. Where
does it ever stop? To avoid continuing the family legacy of
alcoholism from generation to generation, prevention must involve
working with young children of alcoholics - true primary prevention.
It is essential to reach these youngsters to spare them from
the damaging silence, isolation, pain, shame and embarrassment
they endure in their homes. They must learn while they are still
young that the disease is not their fault, and they are not
alone. The burdens must be lifted from their shoulders.
Most attempts to reach young children of alcoholics have ultimately
failed. For every program that thrives many have fallen by the
wayside, often because they try to assist youngsters with tools
and techniques that are only effective with adults. In a devastating
manner parental alcoholism and drug abuse rob children of their
childhood. Many kids must grow up way too fast by taking on
adult roles and responsibilities. For others, this disease blocks
the joy, creativity, spontaneity and wonder of childhood. The
time has come to stop treating young children of alcoholics
as if they were adults and to start treating them as children.
A large part of recovery for children of alcoholics of all ages
is getting in touch with that wounded child within. Play helps
not only to connect with that child, but also to assist in the
healing process.
In the over twenty years that we've been conducting education/support
groups for young children of alcoholics, we've stressed four
primary goals: first, to help children understand what's happening
at home by teaching about chemical dependency; second, to provide
a safe and supportive environment for them to freely explore
and express their feelings; and third, to teach these children
the skills they need to take better care of themselves and stay
safe. The final goal is to simply help them be kids.
In our programs young children of alcohol and drug addicted
parents can play their way to understanding and health. Specially
designed games and activities cover the following areas of critical
importance; feelings, the disease of chemical dependency, family,
defenses, problem solving and self-esteem.
Each of these areas is represented in this book by a number
of games. Most are non-competitive and stress cooperation, trust
and teamwork in an atmosphere where everyone wins. Participation
in these games fosters bonding, support, laughter and recovery.
Games help kids step back and look at situations with safety.
They can use characters, posters and other means to express
things they wouldn't feel safe expressing any other way. We
have "kid-tested" all of these games and activities with young
children (ages 6 to 12) of alcoholics and addicts in a variety
of settings including weekly educational/support groups, retreats,
camps and workshops. We have been using some of these games
for almost twenty years. Some work well with even younger children,
and many are effective with adolescents and adults. For each
game the appropriate age group is indicated. Each writeup continues
with description, example, affirmations and the materials required.
Know About Abuse
Margaret O. Hyde
Describes cases of emotional, physical,
and sexual abuse; their effects; and how to prevent maltreatment.
Know What? Bullying hurts! #1-25
Channing Bete
The teaching tool that helps children
build skills for confronting — and ending — bullying
in its earliest stages. Easy-to-read text and interactive exercises
provide techniques for standing up to bullies and insights into
reasons why some children bully others; also promote empathy
with bullying's victims and appreciation of everyone's worth.
12 pages, 8 1/2" x 11". Ages 6-8
Know What? Bullying hurts! #26-50
Channing Bete
The teaching tool that helps children
build skills for confronting — and ending — bullying
in its earliest stages. Easy-to-read text and interactive exercises
provide techniques for standing up to bullies and insights into
reasons why some children bully others; also promote empathy
with bullying's victims and appreciation of everyone's worth.
12 pages, 8 1/2" x 11". Ages 6-8
Know What? Bullying hurts! #51-76
Channing Bete
Know What? Bullying hurts! #77-96
Channing Bete
The teaching tool that helps children
build skills for confronting — and ending — bullying
in its earliest stages. Easy-to-read text and interactive exercises
provide techniques for standing up to bullies and insights into
reasons why some children bully others; also promote empathy
with bullying's victims and appreciation of everyone's worth.
12 pages, 8 1/2" x 11". Ages 6-8
Know What? We have good character #1-25
Channing Bete
Know What?(R) We Have Good Character!
Doing the right thing is a lot easier when children get a chance
to work with the building blocks of good character. This workbook
introduces them to simple, key factors in character development,
which include showing respect to others and oneself, being trustworthy,
and being considerate of others' feelings. 12 pages, 8 1/2"
x 11". Ages 6-8
Learning the Skills of Peacemaking: An Activity
Guide for Elementary-Age Children on Communicating, Cooperating,
Resolving Conflict
Naomi Drew
This guide discusses bringing the
skills of peacemaking to life for children. It focuses on four
major components: accepting self and others; communicating effectively;
resolving conflicts; and understanding intercultural differences.
Peacemaking skills are presented in three stages with each stage
integrating lessons in these four concept areas. Stage I is
"Peace Begins with Me," Stage II is "Integrating Peacemaking,"
and Stage III is "Exploring Our Roots and Interconnectedness."
Each stage is multi-graded. This guide uses many methods to
teach peacemaking skills, such as playacting; creative writing;
story-reading; music; the arts; and classroom discussion. After
an introduction, sections on using the guide and the Win/Win
guidelines are presented. There are 56 lessons in all, covering
such topics as: (1) defining conflict resolution; (2) the basic
needs of people; (3) "peace starts with me"; (4) connecting
to the world around us; (5) being different is OK; (6) different
flags of different lands; (7) building a "Civilization of Love";
(8) global issues—a group brainstorming session; (9) the
ladder of peacemaking; (10) finding solutions to world conflict;
(11) role reversals in world conflict; and (12) commitments
for the future. Interspersed among these lessons are 11 sample
bulletin boards illustrating various aspect of peacemaking.
A bibliography is included. Also included are lists of books
for parents, teachers, and children; records and tapes; newsletters
and pamphlets; and resource organizations.
Learning Together and Alone: Cooperative,
Competitive, and Individualistic Learning
David W. Johnson, Roger T. Johnson
The authors
integrate cooperative learning with competitive and individualistic
learning by providing guidelines for managing critical issues
such as teaching social skills, assessing competencies and involvement,
and resolving conflict among group members. Each type of learning
is clearly defined; the advantages and disadvantages of each
are covered; and the research is analyzed to illuminate the
conditions under which each should be used. Pre-service and
in-service teachers with an interest in cooperative learning
and teaching methods.
Lessons For Life: Secondary Grades
Zark VanZandt, Bette Ann Buchan
Here
is a career development curriculum packed with stimulating lessons
and activities to help students develop the self-knowledge,
interpersonal skills, and work habits they need for success
in school, work and life, while learning how to make good decisions
about their education, personal lives, and future careers. This
book folds flat for easy photocopying of the lesson materials
and includes 60 ready-to-use lessons with related activities
and worksheets.
Lessons from the Rocking Chair
Deb Austin Brown
Lessons From the Rocking Chair...will
remind you of the ageless words of wisdom your grandparents
taught through the use of stories and parables...it is a book
for all to read and reread and reread! — Michael Mitchell,
Executive Director, Power of Positive Students International
Foundation
The Letter on Light Blue Stationery: A Story
About Self-Esteem
Rainbow Educational Video
Creator Joy Berry entertains children
with song, story, and moral output in these delightful tales
that teach young and old. "The Letter on Light Blue Stationery"
offers a lesson in self-esteem.
Love & Logic Solutions for Kids With
Special Needs
David Funk
In some way, we all touch the lives
of special needs kids. Dave Funk helps us understand these unique
individuals and the important part we play in their lives. Each
page of this book provides: tools and insights for those teaching
special need kids; learning at its best through stories and
examples; powerful techniques that help all children; and, research-based,
legally sound information.The lessons in this book are not just
for educators, but also for parents, siblings, law enforcement,
clergy, and anyone else whose life is touched by special needs
kids. These unique individuals touch the lives of all of us
and everyone who reads this book will laugh, cry, celebrate,
and learn. Dave gives you a brilliant blend of experience born
from thousands of interactions with kids, parents, and educators,
and solid, psychologically relevant research. Through hundreds
of stories and examples gathered over three decades as an educator,
he gives a clear picture of special needs kids for who they
are, not for who we are afraid they might be.
Love and Logic Magic for Early Childhood:
Practical Parenting from Birth to Six Years
Jim Fay, Charles Fay
Parenting little ones can be exhausting...until
you discover Love and Logic. Take the exhaustion out and put
the fun into parenting your little one.
If you want help with:
* Potty training
* Temper tantrums
* Bedtime
* Whining
* Time-out
* Hassle-free mornings
* and many other everyday challenges
Then this book is for you!
This book is the tool parents of little ones have been waiting
for. America's Parenting Experts® Jim Fay and Charles Fay, Ph.D.,
help you start your child off on the right foot. The tools in
Love and Logic Magic for Early Childhood will give you the building
blocks you need to create children who grow up to be responsible,
successful teens and adults. And as a bonus you will enjoy every
stage of your child's life and look forward to sharing a lifetime
of joy with them.
Love and Logic Magic: When Kids Leave You
Speechless
Jim Fay, Charles Fay
For years, parents have asked Jim
Fay and Dr Charles Fay for specific words they can use when
kids leave them speechless. The book is finally here! Twenty-three
chapters include parent-child dialogues and plenty of information
about how to handle the most frustrating things kids say.
Making Choices About Conflict, Security,
and Peacemaking
Carol Miller Lieber
his document presents a variety of
materials for classroom use to address the issues of conflict,
security, and peacemaking. Designed for high school, the lessons
are presented from a personal perspective and intended for several
learning environments, including: (1) integration into traditional
courses; (2) self-contained one to two week units; (3) interdisciplinary
units in the humanities; (4) a year's thematic focus; (5) a
learning strategy approach; (6) a skill-centered approach; (7)
schoolwide conflict resolution programs; and (8) conferences,
schoolwide projects, and special events. The topics featured
are: (1) "Introduction"; (2) "Security in Your Life" (8 activities);
(3) "Dealing with Differences" (12 activities); (4) "Exploring
the Nature of Conflict" (11 activities); (5) "Resolving Interpersonal
Conflict" (11 activities); (6) "Dealing with Anger and Violence"
(13 activities); (7) "Perspectives on War and Peacemaking" (14
activities); and (8) "Tools for Participation, Decision Making,
and Problem Solving." Primary documents also are included, as
are complete lesson plan procedures.
Making Connections: Teaching and the Human
Brain
Renate Nummela Caine, Geoffrey Caine
This
book by two neuropsychology experts examines how the brain functions
during learning experiences and how this knowledge can influence
teaching strategies. Grades 1-12
Mean Girls: 101 1/2 Creative Strategies for
Working With Relational Aggression
Kaye Randall; LISW-CP & Allyson A.
Bowen; LISW-CP, Susan Bowman
Here are insights, strategies, and
reproducible worksheets for working with girls who are Relationally
Aggressive and the young people who have been victimized by
this type of bullying. The strategies are designed to increase
awareness of Relational Aggression, encourage empathy and tolerance,
and improve self-control and coping skills. Also explores cyber-bullying
and other types of electronic bullying. The reproducible lessons
and activities are designed for individuals, small groups, classrooms,
and entire schools. Grades 3-12.
Mediation for Kids: Kids in Dispute Settlement
— Teacher's Guide, Grades 4-7
Fran Schmidt, Alice Friedman, Jean Marvel
Mediation
for Kids offers a step-by-step, practical guide to getting peer
mediation up and running in grades four through middle school.
This guide provides both a systematic process for training students
and practical implementation tips. Complete with realistic mediation
scenarios.
Meeting the Challenge: Using Love and Logic
to Help Children Develop Attention and Behavior Skills
Jim Fay, Foster W. Cline, Robert Sornson
The wisdom,
wit, and experience of Jim Fay, Foster W. Cline, M.D., and Bob
Sornson have been coupled together in "Meeting the Challenge".
This book is dedicated to the belief that challenging kids can
grow up to be wonderful adults. It will help put enjoyment back
into teaching and make parenting challenging children a breeze.
You will learn techniques that will help you raise joyful, productive,
and responsible children.
Moral Leadership: Getting to the Heart of
School Improvement
Thomas J. Sergiovanni
"A vision of what could (and probably
should) be. . . . The reader may want to revisit some sections
for further reflection."
—Educational Leadership
"An excellent book that offers much to the seasoned administrator
and should be on the list of required reading for introductory
administration classes."
—NASSP Bulletin
Moral Leadership shows how creating a new leadership practice—one
with a moral dimension built around purpose, values, and beliefs—can
transform a school from an organization to a community and inspire
the kinds of commitment, devotion, and service that can make
our schools great. Sergiovanni explains the importance of legitimizing
emotion and getting in touch with basic values and connections
with others. He reveals how true collegiality, based on shared
work and common goals, leads to a natural interdepAndence among
teachers and shows how a public declaration of values and purpose
can help turn schools into virtuous communities where teachers
are self-managers and professionalism is considered an ideal.
My Big Sister Takes Drugs
Judith Vigna
When the police bring home Paul's
sister Tina, who was found taking drugs in the park, a nightmare
begins for the family, and Paul's new friendship with Jose and
his plans for soccer camp both seem lost.
My Dad Loves Me, My Dad Has a Disease: A
Child's View: Living with Addiction
Claudia Black
The basic premise of this book is
that chemical dependency is a disease; the alcoholic/addict
is a sick person not a bad person. This disease affects not
only the addicted person but those who love that person as well.
This is a book that will help others affected by chemical dependency
to become well.
My Dad Loves Me My Dad Has A Disease was originally written
as a result of Claudia Black's work with young people who had
a parent in treatment for their alcoholism. These children were
learning at a very young age that it was not safe for them to
openly talk about their family experiences. Art therapy was
a wonderful medium for them to find the words and a voice in
which to talk honestly. It was also a wonderful tool in which
to not only share feelings but to problem solve, lessen denial,
and to put words to that which was so confusing.
The original pictures were all drawn and the stories written
by children age five through fourteen that had one or two alcoholic
parents. After many years and thousands of children using this
workbook, it has been revised to address the fact that today,
if a child lives with addiction, it may not be alcohol addiction.
The family member may be addicted to other drugs as well. Words
have been rewritten, some pictures changed and new pictures
added making it possible for more children of addiction to experience
their own recovery process.
Many years ago when Claudia Black was a counselor in an alcohol
and drug treatment program, she asked a six-year-old daughter
of a man in treatment for his addiction if she knew why her
father was in this program. The girl paused and with confidence
said, My Dad Loves Me, but My Dad Has a Disease. In spite of
her father's addiction she knew her father loved her. That is
a message Claudia would like all young people to be able to
believe. Unfortunately when people are addicted they often lose
the ability to act in loving ways toward those they love.Growing
up in an addicted family usually means living by the rule: it
is not all right to talk about the drinking or using in your
family. Having been raised in an alcoholic family herself, by
the age of six Claudia shared the feelings of loneliness, fear
and frustration of her family.
Working through the loneliness, fear and frustration by expressing
feelings is what this book is all about. This workbook gives
children age 5 - 12 the opportunity to share their thoughts
and feelings and to better understand addiction.
Although this workbook was designed for and the illustrations
created by young children, it may also hold insights for the
now adult age person raised in an addictive home.
No Putdowns: Creating a Healthy Learning
Environment Through Encouragement, Understanding and Respect:
Grades 6-8
National Center for Youth Issues
School
staff and students have a right to a healthy "non-toxic" learning
environment. By choosing to use "No Putdowns" in your school
or classroom, you are taking control. No Putdowns teaches children
different ways to respond each step of the way, replacing angry
reactions with clear communication, anger management and conflict
resolution skills. With No Putdowns you are creating your own
environmental protection agency. Grades 6-8.
No Putdowns: Positive Approaches to Negative
Situations - Middle School/Junior High
Jim Wright, Wendy Stein, Stephanie Pelcher
Protect
your school environment. If it is already toxic, clean it up!
School staff and students have a right to a healthy learning
environment. By choosing to use No Putdowns in your school or
classroom, you are taking control. No Putdowns teaches youth
different ways to respond each step of the way, replacing angry
reactions with clear communication, anger management and conflict
resolution skills. With No Putdowns you are creating your own
environmental protection agency.
On target to stop bullying: A program guide
for addressing bullying and violence in our schools
SuEllen Fried
This program was developed by the
STOP Violence Coalition for teachers and counsellors who want
to introduce bullying prevention and intervention strategies
to their students. This idea-filled guide provides numerous
activities that can be adapted to support curricula at the Elementary
and Middle Levels. Included are a table of contents and a list
of additional bullying prevention resources.
Once Upon a Time... Storytelling to Teach
Character and Prevent Bullying
Elisa Davy Pearmain
This book features 99 multi-national
and multi-cultural folk tales with familiar character and bullying
prevention themes but encapsuled in wonderfully diverse stories.
The author, a professional storyteller, provides actual stories
plus chapters on how to tell a story, not just read it; activities
for students; and bulliten board ideas. She also provides hints
and tips for teaching kids the art of storytelling which encourages
communication skills and classroom unity.
Parenting Teens With Love And Logic
Foster Cline, Jim Fay
Parents need to teach their teens
how to make
decisions responsibly—and do so without going crazy or
damaging
the relationship. This book empowers parents with the skills
and
tools necessary to set limits, teach important skills, and
e
Parenting With Love And Logic
Foster Cline, Jim Fay
This parenting book shows you how
to raise self-confident, motivated children who are ready for
the real world. Learn how to parent effectively while teaching
your children responsibility, and you'll establish healthy control
without anger, threats, nagging, or power struggles. Indexed
for easy reference.
Parenting With Love and Logic : Teaching
Children Responsibility
Foster W. Cline, Jim Fay
EFFECTIVE PARENTING-WITHOUT THE POWER
STRUGGLES.
As parents, you have only a few years to prepare your children
for a world that requires responsibility and maturity for survival.
That thought alone can send shivers down your parental spine!
So what do you do? Hover over your kids so they never make mistakes?
Drill them so they'll remember the important principles when
you're on their own? Tear your hair out, wondering if teaching
them responsibility is anything but a battle of wills?
According to Jim Fay, one of America's top educational consultants,
and Dr. Foster Cline, a trend-setting child and adult psychiatrist,
parents who try to ensure their children's success often raise
unsuccessful kids. Responsibility is like anything else-it has
to be learned through practice.
If you want to raise kids who are self-confident, motivated,
and ready for the real world, take advantage of the win-win
approach to parenting. Your kids will win because they'll learn
responsibility and the logic of life by solving their own problems.
And you'll win because you'll establish healthy control-without
resorting to anger, threats, nagging, or exhausting power struggles.
Parenting with Love and Logic puts the fun back into parenting!
"Parents consistently tell us they wish they had known about
love and logic earlier. This common sense approach gives parents
a tangible hope that they can still influence their kids."-Dave
Funk, staff development coordinator, New Berlin Public Schools,
Wisconsin
"I have been a principal for four years now and have used these
methods with great success. Thank you for all the creative ideas."-Steven
B. Vande Ven, principal, Sherrelwood Elementary School, Denver,
Colorado
"I'm continually amazed at how well these principles work, not
only with children, but with parents and other adults. It's
great to get away from punishment and anger and into love and
logic."-Sharon Alexander, principal, Disnard Elementary School,
Claremont, New Hampshire
"I really believe that this material can benefit every parent.
I have never enjoyed my children more. Parenting has become
fun, and stress and anger no longer dominate my life."-Pam L.
Tourigny, group home foster parent, Snelling, California
"Parenting with Love and Logic meets with wonderful results.
For the first time in four years, we're making progress in the
right direction with our teenager."-Billie Leafgreen, parent,
Lander, Wyoming
Parents Do Make a Difference: How to Raise
Kids with Solid Character, Strong Minds, and Caring Hearts
Michele Borba Ed.D., Michele Borba
In 1998,
a fierce debate was sparked by Judith Rich Harris's The Nurture
Assumption: Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do: Parents Matter
Less Than You Think and Peers Matter More, a fairly scholarly
book that posited, as clearly indicated by the subhead, the
radical theory that children are more influenced by peers and
siblings than they are by their parents. Parents Do Make a Difference,
by Michele Borba, Ed.D., has clearly been marketed as a rebuttal.
The title alone is a kind of bolster to parents' sagging self-esteem.
Once you open the book, though, it's just as clear that, marketing
aside, the book was not actually written as part of the parents
vs. peers debate, which it has absolutely nothing to do with.
Nor is it a scholarly work, in the vein of Harris's book. The
original title of this book was probably something like "The
Eight Skills of Raising Successful Children." These simple skills,
which Borba (author of 36 other educational publications) has
researched and workshopped across the country, then implemented
in the curriculum of three elementary schools, are commonsensical,
feel-good affirmations for parents and kids. Borba uses lots
of lists: the aforementioned eight skills, "four steps to developing
positive self-beliefs," "four steps to enhancing social competence,"
and so on. The "success tips" and affirmations are pretty straightforward,
as with this suggested "pillowgram": "Slip a message under your
child's pillow. 'Kevin, I loved looking at your drawings today.
You are so artistic! Sleep tight! Love, Dad.'" These are fine,
basic self-esteem builders; unfortunately, they can sometimes
veer too much on the cloying side. But for parents who want
to help their children develop the eight skills (self-confidence,
communication, getting along, perseverance, self-awareness,
problem solving, goal setting, and caring), it should be of
significant help.
The Pearls of Love and Logic for Parents
and Teachers
Jim Fay, Foster W. Cline
An owner’s manual for kids. Parents
and educators, this book is a quick reference guide for:
• Peer pressure
• Disrespect
• Back talk
• Clothes
• Complaining
• Sibling rivalry
• Whining
• Mealtime
• Skipping school
Over 100 specific references to help you raise great kids.
Peer pals!: Kids helping kids succeed in
school : lap easel storybook : how Grinner became a winner
Robert P Bowman
Peer Pals is a peer-tutoring program
for elementary-aged children in which upper-elementary students
are trained to help primary students learn to be "Super Students"—students
who like school and believe they can succeed at schoolwork.
Peer Pals trains third, fourth, fifth, and sometimes sixth grade
students to help K, 1, and 2 students learn to "win at the game
called School." The older students meet with the younger students
to share stories and activities centering on Grinner, a flying
squirrel who learns first to fly and then to be a "winner" in
many other ways, with the help of his raccoon friend, Blackbelt.
Positive Discipline in the Classroom
Jane Nelsen Ed.D., Lynn Lott, H. Stephen
Glenn Create
a classroom climate that enhances academic learning by effectively
using class meetings and other Positive Discipline Strategies.
Teachers can take control and foster the essential skills and
attitudes for success in their students by using the techniques
explained here.
Positive Words, Powerful Results: Simple
Ways to Honor, Affirm, and Celebrate Life
Hal Urban
Although we live in an ocean of words,
we rarely acknowledge their power to uplift or put down, to
inspire or discourage, to help or hurt. But in this jewel of
a book, Hal Urban — parent, award-winning teacher, and
author of the classic Life's Greatest Lessons — shows us
simple and immediate ways that we can use language to change
lives — both our own and those around us.
Pre-Referral Intervention Manual
Stephen B. McCarney, Kathy Cummins Wunderlick,
Angela M. Bauer The
PRIM answers the mandate for pre-referral intervention in regular
education classrooms. The PRIM contains over 4,000 intervention
strategies for the 219 most common learning and behavior problems.
The intervention strategies are easily implemented in classrooms
by regular education teachers. The PRIM includes an appendix
of materials for the implementation of the behavioral interventions.
The PRIM improves the teachers ability to individualize instruction
for students in the classroom. The PRIM was developed by regular
and special education teachers. The PRIM is one of the most
comprehensive learning and behavior intervention manuals available.
Preventing School Violence #1-20
Channing Bete
Preventing School Violence
Identifies the reasons some students resort to violence, the
kinds of violent acts they commit, and the consequences of violent
behavior. Motivates students to understand anger and learn how
to resolve conflicts peacefully. 16 pages, 5 1/2" x 8"
Punished by Rewards
Alfie Kohn
Criticizing a system of motivating
through reward, a persuasive argument for motivating people
by working with them instead of doing things to them uses the
latest psychological research to emphasize its theory. 15,000
first printing. Tour.
Putting on the Brakes: Young People's Guide
to Understanding Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Patricia O. Quinn, Judith M. Stern
A guide
to understanding and gaining control over attention deficit
hyperactivity disorder.
Quit It!: A Teacher's Guide on Teasing and
Bullying for Use With Students in Grades K-3
Merle Froschl, Barbara Sprung, Nancy Mullin-Rindler,
Nan Stein, Nancy Gropper
Now you can 'bullyproof' your K-3
classroom! This comprehensive teacher's guide does for K-3 what
'Bullyproof' did for fourth and fifth grade students. Classroom
bullying is more prevalent than many educators think. How can
you cope with a serious problem that is often not taken seriously?
This book contains nine classroom lessons to help you and your
students explore this topic. In addition, you'll get problem-solving
assignments, literature connections, physical games and exercises,
reproducible worksheets, and family activity letters.
Also available:
Quality Full-day Kindergarten: Making the Most of It - ISBN
081061149X
Moving Toward an Integrated Curriculum in Early Childhood Education
- ISBN 0810603675
The NEA Professional Library is the book publishing arm of the
National Education Association. Our books are enjoyed by teachers,
education students, education support professionals, higher
education faculty and retired educators. Our mission is to provide
timely and topical titles that enhance the professional lives
of our members.
Some of the areas we publish in include:
-Classroom Teaching Skills - The NEA Checklist series
-Student Achievement
-Professional Development
-Peer Support
-Classroom Management
-Assessment & Standards-Based Education
-School and Classroom Resources
Reaching Out to Children with FAS/FAE: A
Handbook for Teachers, Counselors, and Parents Who Live and
Work with Children Affected by Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Diane Davis
There has been an increase in awareness
and understanding in recent years of the challenges faced by
children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, formely known
as Fetal Alcohol Syndrome or Fetal Alcohol Effects. With their
tendency to impulsive behavior, poor cause-and-effect thinking,
emotional immaturity, and inability to handle stress, they can
be uniquely resistant to traditional discipline and ordinary
parenting or teaching techniques. Yet they can also be sweet,
charming, engaging and loveable critters. They benefit from
structure, routine, self-contained classrooms, stable home lives,
reasonable expectations, positive discipline, and 24-hour supervision.
They also benefit from the creative ideas and exercises that
fill this book. Their caregivers will, too.
From sample IEPs and behavior contracts to stress-relieving
exercises and communication games, this book is filled with
calm, positive, rational plans for working with children with
FAS/FAE. Illustrate conflict resolution with a plastic hamburger.
Visualize an “on-off switch” to work on impulse control. Portray
negative self-talk as an ugly green puppet. Have kids smack
a crib mattress instead of a classmate, tear paper to release
anger, blow up balloons to expend energy. By turning abstract
feelings and impulses into concrete activities, these exercises
help children with FAS/FAE deal with their emotions and give
their caregivers something easy and effective to do to help.
Reading for character: 40 lessons for middle
school classrooms based on The Book of Virtues
Linda G Shail
The character traits children assimilate
during their growing-up years will determine how they behave,
how they see themselves, how they treat others, and the type
of adults they will become. Children who develop character built
on honesty, respect, diligence, and self control will be better
able to handle the frustrations and disappointments of life
without giving up, losing control, or hurting others physically
or emotionally. They will also gradually become self directed
and self motivated, able to work cooperatively with others,
and will be headed toward being good citizens in their communities.
Most of the lessons in this book use literature, in particular
"The Book of Virtues" by William Bennett as well as stories,
poems, and articles, to raise character issues—students
are asked to ponder the moral issue the story raises and to
consider and discuss this in light of their own beliefs and
experiences. All lessons in the book lend themselves to discussion
in small groups or in the classroom and include space for writing.
The book's 40 lessons focus on the following character traits:
Morality, Peacemaking, Cooperation, Responsibility, Self Motivation,
Perseverance, Respect, Self Control, Patience, Trust, Honesty,
Self Respect, Compassion, and Kindness.
Ready or Not: Talking with Kids About Alcohol
- Copy 1
The Century Council
"Ready or Not" is an innovative, timely,
common sense guide for parents and other adult supervisors of
kids in the Middle School Years. "Middle School? You're talking
fourteen or twelve or even ten year olds?" YES. Experts in alcohol
abuse will tell you that today's kids have to deal with drinking
issues at a much, much younger age. This Facilitator's Guide,
Situation Cards, and Video take you through the steps needed
to successfully prevent underage drinking problems. Guide is
20 pages. Video is 30 Minutes, 20 Situation Cards
Ready or Not: Talking with Kids About Alcohol
- Copy 2
The Century Council
"Ready or Not" is an innovative, timely,
common sense guide for parents and other adult supervisors of
kids in the Middle School Years. "Middle School? You're talking
fourteen or twelve or even ten year olds?" YES. Experts in alcohol
abuse will tell you that today's kids have to deal with drinking
issues at a much, much younger age. This Facilitator's Guide,
Situation Cards, and Video take you through the steps needed
to successfully prevent underage drinking problems. Guide is
20 pages. Video is 30 Minutes, 20 Situation Cards
Ready-To-Use Social Skills Lessons &
Activities for Grades 1-3
Society for Prevention of Violence (Ohio),
Ruth Weltmann Begun In
the early primary school years, children need to learn certain
social skills to be successful in school and out. Some children
have already mastered handling disappointment and working out
differences with others, but many children struggle with the
social skills that are expected of them. To help students of
all skill levels, the author of the highly praised Ready-To-Use
Violence Prevention Skills Lessons & Activities for Elementary
Students presents this practical book that gives teachers and
specialists a stimulating, systematic way to develop positive
social behaviors in students through awareness, discussion,
and rehearsing new behaviors. It offers over 50 detailed lesson
plans and practice worksheets based on real-life situations.
These age-appropriate lessons help children build self-esteem,
self-control, respect for the rights of others, and a sense
of responsibility for one's own actions. Printed in a spiral-bound
8 1/4" x 11" format, the pages can be easily photocopied for
use by the whole class or for individuals as the need to work
on a particular skill arises.
Ready-To-Use Social Skills Lessons &
Activities for Grades Prek-K
Ruth Weltmann Begun
This resource is part of the four-volume
Social Skills Curriculum Library, a practical series designed
to help you teach positive behavior skills to student of all
abilities. Students learn such social skills as dealing with
anger productively ... setting goals ... building self-confidence
... dealing with prejudice... and more.
Ready-to-Use Violence Prevention Skills Lessons
& Activities for Secondary Students Copy 1
Ruth Weltmann Begun, Frank J. Huml
Two self-contained
volumes, for the elementary and secondary levels, featuring
a ready-to-use curriculum of lessons and reproducible activity
sheet to help students build character, recognize threatening
situations, and handle conflicts safely. Lessons are based on
real situations in students' own lives, with topics such as
stimulant use, dealing with anger, family relationships, choosing
friends wisely, and gang-related activities. Includes detailed
lesson plans and an extensive bibliography of useful resources.
Ready-to-Use Violence Prevention Skills Lessons
& Activities for Secondary Students Copy 2
Ruth Weltmann Begun, Frank J. Huml
Two self-contained
volumes, for the elementary and secondary levels, featuring
a ready-to-use curriculum of lessons and reproducible activity
sheet to help students build character, recognize threatening
situations, and handle conflicts safely. Lessons are based on
real situations in students' own lives, with topics such as
stimulant use, dealing with anger, family relationships, choosing
friends wisely, and gang-related activities. Includes detailed
lesson plans and an extensive bibliography of useful resources.
Refusal Skills: Preventing Drug Use in Adolescents
Arnold P. Goldstein, Kenneth W. Reagles,
Lester L. Amann Based
on the Skillstreaming approach, this book provides a step-by-step
method for teaching adolescents the skills they need to effectively
refuse drugs and alcohol.
Relate & React: Skits for Developing
Good Character in Real Life Situations for Grades 6-12
National Center for Youth Issues
A mixture
of 39 serious and funny skits in various lengths for developing
good character in real life situations. The topics included
are: character, bullying and anger management, alcohol and drug
abuse, and peer pressure. Grades 6-12.
The Resilient Self: How Survivors of Troubled
Families Rise Above Adversity
Steven J. Wolin M.D.
A guide to self-empowerment designed
to help adult children of dysfunctional families free themselves
from the past discusses characteristics that allow individuals
to cope with trauma and forge a healthy life and explains how
to develop such traits. 25,000 first printing.
Resolving Conflicts: A Handbook for Students
Laura Baselice, Lynn W. Kloss, Keisha
Carter Teach
students to apply conflict-resolution strategies in their everyday
lives
This single-volume worktext features short, high-interest activities
that promote skills in resolving conflicts and recognizing appropriate
behaviors in oneself and others. Activities are designed to
help build self-esteem and confidence and employ skills such
as listening, negotiating, and mediating. This program also
helps to reduce prejudice, increase tolerance, and promote cultural
awareness. An interdisciplinary approach is taken, drawing on
social studies, language arts, health, and other skills to teach
the concepts. INCLUDES TEACHER'S RESOURCE MANUAL
Resource Guide: Middle Schools - Creating
a Culture and Climate for Success Copy 1
SDFS
Resource Guide/Middle School
Creating a culture and climate for success in Middle School
This middle school resource guide for Creating a Culture and
Climate for Success is the result of collaboration among SS/HIS
grant members and representation from the Safe and Drug Free
Office. It is to be used by educators to foster a positive school
culture that nurtures the social and emotional growth and academic
success of all students.
The goals and objectives of the SS/HIS grant project are aligned
with state education standards and mandates, district initiatives,
and the goals of site-based School Improvement Plans. This guide
was designed to accommodate the individual needs of our middle
schools and the students they serve. The resources contained
in this guide are being made available through the SS/HIS grant
project to sustain efforts to enhance school safety by helping
our students develop the skills and emotional resilience needed
to promote healthy child development while reducing those risk
factors associated with school violence.
Resource Guide: Middle Schools - Creating
a Culture and Climate for Success Copy 2
SDFS
Responsibility Training: Positive Discipline
in the Enriched Classroom
Norma True Spurlock
Responsibility Training is a book
written from Norma's many years of direct classroom experience
at the P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School. The book is
filled with practical skills-based modules for implementing
an emotionally intelligent, punishment-free, self-esteem building
classroom. It is available directly from Norma.
Purpose - The purpose of Responsibility Training is to teach
children to be responsible for their actions by helping them
learn to take effective control of their own behavior. Because
the way children are treated in school plays a critical role
in the development of their attitude toward themselves and learning,
we accept responsibility for being certain that discipline is
treated as a non-punitive learning experience.
Goals - The short-term goal of Responsibility Training is to
keep order in the classroom without the use of punishment. We
use no pain to teach.
Long Term Goals - To strengthen students by teaching them to
make good choices.
Objectives:
• Help students assume responsibility and respect for others
in school, community and country.
• Help students develop in academic areas commensurate with
their abilities.
• Teach students skills that help them function successfully
in society.
• Help students create a positive self-image with cooperation
and participation of the home, community and school staff.
Methods for Reaching Goals and Objectives
• To build positive relations with students
• Establish a cooperative, predictable environment
• Define mistakes as learning opportunities
• Use natural and logical consequences and restitution
• Use the Socratic method
• Teach students the skills of conflict resolution
• Use frequent class meetings
• Use time out as a positive planning time
• Make school so great the students never want miss it
Results from the 2006 National Survey on
Drug Use and Health: National Findings
SAMHSA
Results from the 2006 National Survey
on Drug Use and Health: National Findings
The Right Thing: An Exploration of Ethics
for High School Students
Martin Marietta Specialty Components,
Inc. The
Right Thing is a collection of real-life scenarios, each presenting
an ethical dilemma for student exploration. Solutions to life's
problems are not always obvious. It is in those gray areas of
daily living where we make decisions based on our ethics. Ethics
refers to standards of conduct which indicate how one should
behave based on moral duties and virtues arising from principles
about right and wrong. As a result of this exploration, students
will learn to recognize and apply ethical values in their own
lives.
Rules and Procedures for Character Education
Dr Philip Fitch Vincent
hows you how to:
• develop rules based on good character
• incorporate student input into rules
• motivate students to do well based on developing the habits
of good behavior
• obtain positive behavior from students without resorting to
continual use of external rewards or controls
• develop fair but firm and most importantly consistent consequences
to disobeying rules and procedures
• involve the entire staff in the process
Safe at School: Awareness and Action for
Parents of Kids Grades K-12
Carol Silverman Saunders, Pamela Espeland
We want
to believe our schools are safe, but how safe are they?Especially
in light of the recent, tragic shootings in towns like Springfield,
OR, Conyers, GA and Littleton, CO, parents are running scared.Each
year in schools across the United States, more than 3 million
crimes are committed, over 9,000 fires break out, and hundreds
of thousands of students are injured. Administrators are overwhelmed,
underfunded, and sometimes unresponsive.It's time to revisit
what we can do to combat a rash of violence, and make schools
safer in general - from the bus to the playground, the lunchroom
to the science lab.Safe at School gives you the knowledge and
skills you need to take action, be heard and get results.It
covers every school safety problem you can think of - guns,
drugs, supervision, disaster preparation, sexual harassment,
asbestos in the air, lead in the water, bullies, class trips,
school maintenance, and many more.Step-by-step actions plans
explain how to identify safety problems at your child's school,
how to form a parent safety group (there's strength in numbers),
and how to hold schools accountable for your child's safety.Safe
at School is the best kind of bedside reading - the kind that
makes you sleep more soundly at night knowing you're taking
steps to ensure the safety of your child.
Salvaging Sisterhood
Julia V. Taylor
Salvaging Sisterhood is a group curriculum
designed to teach relationally aggressive girls how to effectively
communicate with one another, opposed to about one another.
It explores the important dynamics of female friendships and
is designed to:
Raise awareness about relational aggression
Help girls develop empathy
Lessen incidence of gossip, rumor spreading, and backstabbing
Teach girls to stand up for themselves, without involving a
third party
Help girls develop a strong sense of self
Teach healthy conflict
Teach girls to diffuse their anger, without disrespecting each
other
Provide a safe, educational, and fun environment for girls to
explore and share their feelings related to girl bullying
Although the intention for Salvaging Sisterhood is to be conducted
in a small group format, most of the activities can be adapted
for classroom counseling and large group settings. It can be
used by professional school counselors, teachers, administrators,
counselors, social workers, psychologists, community leaders,
and/or parents. Salvaging Sisterhood will teach girls how to
be positive leaders and role models, without being mean.
Say Something
Peggy Moss
At this school, there are some children
who push and tease and bully. Sometimes they hurt other kids
by just ignoring them. The girl in this story sees it happening,
but she would never do these mean things herself. Then one day
something happens that shows her that being a silent bystander
isn't enough. Will she take some steps on her own to help another
kid?
Bright, fluid, realistic watercolors illustrate the story, set
in a school with lots of diversity. Resources at the end of
the book will help parents and children talk about teasing and
bullying and find ways to stop it at school. One child at a
time can help change a school.
School Crisis Management: Team Training Guide
Kendall Johnson
This definitive illustrated guide
helps schools develop contingency plans and train on-site response
teams in crisis management. Updated with new information on
the impact of crisis on children, detailed strategies and procedures
teach how to manage any emergency that may hit a school. 100
charts can be reproduced as overheads or copied for training
sessions.
The School for Quality Learning: Managing
the School and Classroom the Deming Way
Donna K. Crawford, Richard J. Bodine,
Robert G. Hoglund This
book is based on the belief that the American education system
is in crisis and requires radical systemic change. Because this
change is to be designed and carried out by those within schools
and not through external mandates, the book focuses on the management
responsibilities of the principal and teachers. It draws heavily
on the psychological theories of William Glasser and the management
principles of W. Edwards Deming, calling for an outcome-based
approach to education. However, the book does not subscribe
to the conservative agenda advocated by business and industry,
which calls for more testing. The 18 chapters in the book are
divided into 3 parts. Part 1 outlines Deming's 14 points and
Glasser's control theory and applies them to education. Part
2 examines the role of the principal as lead manager and the
principal-teacher relationship. The principal's primary mission
is to facilitate the teachers' efforts to organize the classroom
for quality learning and exercise leadership in the development
of a positive and healthy school climate. Several chapters describe
the principal's role in the following areas: consensus decision
making, staff development and selection, discipline, family
involvement, and district responsibilities. Part 3 describes
ways in which teachers can manage the classroom to promote quality
learning, with a focus on developing an integrated curriculum,
facilitating learning, and establishing noncoercive guidelines
for classroom behavior. Appendices contain questions and answers
for understanding and implementing the transformation stages
and assessment scales. Nine figures and 10 tables are included.
Contains 57 references and an index.
School, Family, and Community Partnerships:
Your Handbook for Action
Joyce L. Epstein, Dr. Lucretia Coates,
Karen Clark Salinas, Mavis G. Sanders, Beth S. Simon
A practical
guide on how to plan, implement and improve your school, family
and community partnerships, this book takes you step-by-step
from planning to implementation to results.
The Secret Elephant
Jan Blauvelt
A book about alcoholism. Discusses
denial, enabling, protection, and the roles of family members
using the analogy of an elephant in the house.
See My Pain! Creative Strategies and Activities
for Helping Young People Who Self-Injure
Susan Bowman, Kaye Randall
This book provides a collection of
strategies and activities to help children and adolescents who
deliberately self-injure. A variety of hands-on creative arts
approaches are featured that can be used in private practice
and school settings. When working with youth who self-injure
it is helpful to have a variety of creative approached at your
fingertips. The approaches and activities in this book can be
used with individuals or with a small group. The activities
help children/adolescents to express their feelings, understand
why they self-injure, engage in a healing process, explore new
methods of coping and prevention, and find new meaning and purpose
in their lives.
This book provides a description of self-mutilation in young
people and its underlying causes. Then, an overview of therapeutic
approaches is presented along with suggestions for the professional
counselor/social worker/psychologist, teachers and parents.
Sample assessment questions and activities are included. The
following 15 strategies with activities are reproducibles are
featured:
- Crucial Communication Skills
- Personal Strength Coaching
- Visual Arts
- Sand Tray
- Story Telling
- Creative Dramatics
- Prayer Power
- Clay
- Creative Journaling
- Relaxation/Guided Imagery
- Metaphors
- Music
- Tactile Diversion
- Animals and Nature
- Mentoring
The Self-Esteem Teacher: Seeds of Self-Esteem
Robert B. Brooks
With an engaging anecdotal style,
Dr. Brooks presents a framework and strategies for nurturing
self-esteem in students. Learn how to integrate self-esteem
with all areas of the curriculum.
Ser Padres Con Amor Y Logica: Como Ensenar
Responsabilidad a Los Ninos
Foster W. Cline, Jim Fay
This text is in Spanish. Usted criara
ninos que son seguros de si mismos, racionales y listos para
el mundo verdadero con esta guia para padres que desean triunfar.
Sus ninos tendran la ventaja de aprender a resolver sus propis
problemas, al mismo tiempo que adqquieren la seguridad en si
mismos que necesitan para enfrentar los desafios de la vida.
Ademas, usted tendra la ventaja de establecer un control saludable,
sin necesidad de enojos, ameazas, reganos o agotadores conflictos
para mantener la autoridad. Ser padres con amor y logica revive
la alegria de ser padres.
The Seven C's of Thinking Clearly: Character
Based Learning Activities for Developing Emotional, Social,
and Thinking Skills
George L. Rogers
Video Tour, Print Edition Tour of
The Seven C's of Thinking Clearly
Seven Ways of Teaching: The Artistry of Teaching
with Multiple Intelligences
David Lazear
This guide provides a rationale and
approach for translating Howard Gardner's theory of multiple
intelligences into classroom practice. The introduction explains
Gardner's theory, gives the definitions of the seven intelligences
he identifies—verbal/linguistic, logical/mathematical,
visual/spatial, body/kinesthetic, musical/rhythmic, interpersonal,
intrapersonal—and defines specific capacities that are
related to these intelligences. The seven chapters present model
lessons that emphasize one of the intelligences as the primary
mode of knowing and learning. Each of these lessons includes:
(1) a lesson pallet that helps teachers select the appropriate
tools for the intelligence being emphasized; (2) a brief overview
of the processes of awakening, amplifying, teaching and transferring
as they apply to the intelligence being emphasized in the lesson;
(3) the lesson procedures; (4) suggestions for adapting the
lesson to needs different from the proposed grade level; (5)
assessment tips; (6) lesson pallets designed to help teachers
reflect on how a past or future lesson could be restructured
to incorporate the intelligence being emphasized in the lesson;
and (7) a chart of ideas for lessons in a given intelligence
area. The appendices contain helpful examples of lesson procedures
and graphic organizers, a glossary, and 110 references.
Sexual Harassment and Teens: A Program for
Positive Change
Susan Strauss, Pamela Espeland
Sexual
harassment, a pervasive social problem, has become a major issue
in senior high, junior high, and even elementary schools. Unhealthy
and negative sexual attitudes and behaviors are prevalent among
adolescents, and they escalate when ignored. Sexual Harassment
and Teens explores and addresses the causes and consequences
of sexual harassment. Aimed at teachers and youth leaders of
students in Grade 7-12, the book provides a classroom-tested,
proactive program for teaching sexual harassment awareness and
prevention.
Sexual harassment: Pick and choose activities
for grades 7-12
Betty M Hubbard
Over 35 classroom activities cover
the subject of sexual harassment. Seven cover
definitions, 12 promote identification, 10 explore causes, and
7 practice skills
learned. Each activity lists time and materials needed, background
information,
and step-by-step procedures. Reproducible student activity sheets
are included.
Skill-Streaming the Adolescent: A Structured
Learning Approach to Teaching Prosocial Skills
Arnold P. Goldstein
This set of materials on the Skillstreaming
methodology for training adolescents in social skills, especially
students who are chronically aggressive, includes a book which
explains the entire program, a student manual, a collection
of program forms, and a box of skill cards for use with students.
Chapter 1 of the book examines the nature and impact of aggressive
students and explains the goal of Skillstreaming as the explicit
teaching of alternative prosocial behaviors. Chapter 2 reviews
the program's history and development. Chapter 3 focuses on
program implementation factors and chapter 4 details procedures
for conducting a Skillstreaming group. A transcript of a group
session illustrating these procedures constitutes chapter 5.
Chapter 6 presents 50 skills with their component behavioral
steps. Chapter 7 addresses skill sequences and consequences.
Chapter 8 considers issues of trainee motivation and resistance,
while chapter 9 discusses ways to enhance generalization of
skill performance. Chapter 10 looks at safety in the school
setting. The final chapter considers future directions and opportunities.
Appendices include a bibliography, checklists, grouping guides,
and materials for other instructional levels. The student manual,
collection of forms, and 400 skill cards (eight cards for each
skill to use with eight students) are designed to facilitate
implementation of the Skillstreaming methodology. (Contains
approximately 130 references.)
Skill-Streaming the Adolescent: A Structured
Learning Approach to Teaching Prosocial Skills - Revised Edition
Arnold P. Goldstein and Ellen McGinnis
This
set of materials on the Skillstreaming methodology for training
adolescents in social skills, especially students who are chronically
aggressive, includes a book which explains the entire program,
a student manual, a collection of program forms, and a box of
skill cards for use with students. Chapter 1 of the book examines
the nature and impact of aggressive students and explains the
goal of Skillstreaming as the explicit teaching of alternative
prosocial behaviors. Chapter 2 reviews the program's history
and development. Chapter 3 focuses on program implementation
factors and chapter 4 details procedures for conducting a Skillstreaming
group. A transcript of a group session illustrating these procedures
constitutes chapter 5. Chapter 6 presents 50 skills with their
component behavioral steps. Chapter 7 addresses skill sequences
and consequences. Chapter 8 considers issues of trainee motivation
and resistance, while chapter 9 discusses ways to enhance generalization
of skill performance. Chapter 10 looks at safety in the school
setting. The final chapter considers future directions and opportunities.
Appendices include a bibliography, checklists, grouping guides,
and materials for other instructional levels. The student manual,
collection of forms, and 400 skill cards (eight cards for each
skill to use with eight students) are designed to facilitate
implementation of the Skillstreaming methodology. (Contains
approximately 130 references.)
Skillstreaming in Early Childhood: Teaching
Prosocial Skills to the Preschool and Kindergarten Child
Ellen McGinnis, Arnold P. Goldstein
eaching
prosocial behavioral alternatives at an early age may enhance
a child's personal development and help prevent more serious
difficulties in later childhood, adolescence, and early adulthood.
This book provides classroom teachers and others working with
young children with a guiding strategy and concrete techniques
for instruction in prosocial skills. The skillstreaming method
systematically teaches behaviors necessary for effective social
interactions. Sample reports, checklists, handouts, and forms
are included. Following an introduction that provides a rational
for teaching prosocial skills and discusses who benefits from
skillstreaming, the chapters of the book are: (1) "Components
of Skillstreaming," focusing on modeling, role playing, performance
feedback, and transfer training; (2) "Identifying and Evaluating
Children for Skillstreaming," including assessment methods,
peer nomination, roster rating scales, naturalistic rating scales,
analogue observation, behavior rating scales, and self-reports;
(3) "Planning and Beginning Skillstreaming Instruction"; (4)
"Implementing Skillstreaming Instruction," including enhancing
motivation, identifying situations, and presenting behavioral
steps; (5) "Prosocial Skills," presenting the skillstreaming
curriculum, a set of 40 skills divided into six skill groups;
and (6) "Managing Behavior Problems," describing a six-step
management plan with techniques for dealing with problematic
behaviors. Contains 148 references.
Smart Moves: Why Learning Is Not All in Your
Head
Carla Hannaford
How is the body involved in learning
from infancy right through adulthood? Physical activity is crucial.
A neuroscientist explains why and gives simple physical exercises
that can increase anyone's learning power immediately. It explores
brain development, neurological effects of TV, nutrition, stress,
and causes of the growing plague of learning disabilities.
Special Situations: 27 Classroom Lessons
for Grades K-5
et al. Rob Hawkins
Each of these 27 lessons is by a different
author and contains an introductory activity, original story,
questions for discussion, and a supplementary activity. The
topics covered: academic improvement, bullying, career awareness,
conflict management, family relationships, feelings, introducing
the counselor, perfection, personal improvement, personal safety,
tattling, teasing and taunting, and understanding others. Grades
K-5.
Stand Up Against Bullies, Grades 3-5
Rosanne Sheritz Sartori
This book will give you the tools
needed to acquaint elementary-age school children with the information
and skills needed to effectively deal with a bully attack. Using
stories, role-play,and accompanying activities, children will
learn 12 strategies to help them handle a bullying situation
in a non aggressive manner. Grades 3-5. [8.5” x 11”...112 pages]
Steps to Implementing a System-Wide or School-Wide
Bully Free Program Copy 1
Allan L. Beane, Ph.D.
The purpose of this book is to facilitate
efforts to implement a Bully Free Program in your school system
and/or school(s). If your school system or school has already
initiated an anti-bullying program, this book can be used to
strengthen your efforts and to fill gaps in the current program.
Steps to Implementing a System-Wide or School-Wide
Bully Free Program Copy 2
Allan L. Beane, Ph.D.
The purpose of this book is to facilitate
efforts to implement a Bully Free Program in your school system
and/or school(s). If your school system or school has already
initiated an anti-bullying program, this book can be used to
strengthen your efforts and to fill gaps in the current program.
Steps to Implementing a System-Wide or School-Wide
Bully Free Program Copy 3
Allan L. Beane, Ph.D.
The purpose of this book is to facilitate
efforts to implement a Bully Free Program in your school system
and/or school(s). If your school system or school has already
initiated an anti-bullying program, this book can be used to
strengthen your efforts and to fill gaps in the current program.
Steps to Implementing a System-Wide or School-Wide
Bully Free Program Copy 4
Allan L. Beane, Ph.D.
The purpose of this book is to facilitate
efforts to implement a Bully Free Program in your school system
and/or school(s). If your school system or school has already
initiated an anti-bullying program, this book can be used to
strengthen your efforts and to fill gaps in the current program.
Straight Talk about Psychiatric Medications
for Kids, Revised Edition
Timothy E. Wilens MD
Newly revised and expanded, this essential
guide provides parents with the up-to-date information they
need to fully understand what their child's doctor is recommending
and what their options are. Packed with frequently asked questions,
examples, and charts, the book explains which medications are
prescribed for kids and why; their effects on health, emotions,
and school performance; what parents can do to maximize their
benefits; and when to consider other treatments instead.
Revised Edition Coverage Includes:
* New ways of dealing with side effects and protecting kids'
safety
* Advances in treating specific disorders
* New and longer-acting medications that make administration
easier
* Emerging research on long-term benefits and risks
* Tips for saving money on prescriptions
* Legislative and health care changes that affect children's
treatment
StreetDrugs: A Drug Identification Guide
2008 Edition
StreetDrugs.org
This 80 page book is filled with high-resolution
photographs covering all commonly abused street drugs today.
In addition to the 60+ drugs described, there are also sections
on alcohol, tobacco, signs of drug use, drugs and the Internet,
and first aid. This book is in high demand by schools, treatment
centers, hospitals, and is used by law enforcement agencies
throughout the U.S. and world as a drug identification guide.
Synergy Transformimg America's High Schools
Through Integrated Thematic Instruction
Karen D. Olsen
How to transform America's High Schools
through four stages of curriculum development.
Taking Charge of My Mind and Body: A Girls'
Guide to Outsmarting Alcohol, Drugs, Smoking, and Eating Problems
Gladys Folkers, Jeanne Engelmann
Talk With Teens About Self and Stress: 50
Guided Discussions for School and Counseling Groups
Jean Sunde Peterson, Pamela Espeland
Written
to meet the affective need of adolescent students to share their
feelings and concerns with supportive listeners, this document
contains 50 guided discussions on various topics relating to
three focus areas: the self, the self and others, and stress.
Under the focus of the self topics include: personal strengths
and limitations; behind the facade; going to extremes; who and
what defines us; in control, out of control; making mistakes;
and success and failure. Under the focus of the self and others
topics include: how others see us; those who influence; responding
to authority; who can we lean on; and tolerance and compassion.
Under the area of stress topics include: sorting out the sources
of stress; dealing with others' expectations; role models and
strategies for coping with stress; substance abuse; and vulnerability
to cults and demagogues. The discussions are intended to help
students: (1) gain self-awareness; (2) make better decisions;
(3) solve problems; and (4) deal more effectively with their
various environments. Each discussion has a focus topic as well
as objectives and suggestions of goals to work toward in each
session. Several discussions include activity sheets that may
be photocopied for group use. The discussion guides may be modified
to deal with special populations such as at-risk students, gifted
students, and students returning from or in treatment for substance
abuse or eating disorders. The document also contains guidelines
for group leaders that deal with: (1) ethical behavior; (2)
dealing with students who are quiet or shy; (3) handling emotional
bombshells; and (4) counseling individual group members.
The Tator Tales: A Story and Activity Book
on Handling Peer Pressure
Christine R. Gibson and J. Michael Hargrave
This
book is designed to provide children and adults with practical
informaiton on handling peer pressure. Although the skills presented
may be applied to a wide variety of situations, there is special
emphasis on using them for drug abuse prevention. This is the
first book in the Tator Tales series and is designed for children
ages 8 through 12.
The Teacher's Encyclopedia of Behavior Management:
100 Problems/500 Plans
Randy Sprick, Lisa Howard
More than 800 pages of positive and
practical solutions to help teachers handle 100 common classroom
problems.
For each misbehavior addressed, three to seven different plans
allow you to select an intervention tailored to the purpose,
duration and severity of the specific situation. Includes a
comprehensive index and is extensively cross-referenced for
ease of use.
Below is a listing of a few of the 100 problems addressed in
this practical resource:
Absenteeism (10 pages)
Arguing—Students with the teacher (10 pages)
Blaming others/Excuses for everything (7 pages)
Cliques/Ganging up (10 pages)
Disruptive behavior—Moderate (12 pages)
Disruptive behavior—Severe (6 pages)
Forgetting materials (7 pages)
Homework issues (13 pages)
Transitions, problems with (6 pages)
Work completion—Daily work (14 pages)
Teaching at the Middle Level a Professionals
Handbook
Sandra Schurr, Julia T. Thomason, Max
Thompson, John H. Lounsbury
Contents include: The developmental
Characteristics of Young Adolescents; Making the Transitiion
to Middle School; Middle School Program Components; Middle School
Curriculum; Middle School Instructional Strategies; Assessment
Teaching the Skills of Conflict Resolution:
Activities and Strategies for Counselors and Teachers
D. Cowan
Our best-selling conflict management
activity book is a must have for anyone working with elementary/middle
school students today. These prevention-oriented activities
and strategies will help you reduce conflict through the creation
of a more peaceful, cooperative environment and be able to use
win-win strategies to resolve conflicts when they do occur.
Seven thematic units provide over 70 enriching activities (many
with reproducible handouts). All activities include discussion
questions designed to promote awareness and higher level thinking.
An extensive list of related childrens literature is also included.
Grades K-8
Teaching Young Children in Violent Times:
Building a Peaceable Classroom - Copy 1
Diane E. Levin
Combining dialogue, anecdotes, and
theory, a guide for early childhood educators shares insights
into the developmental roots of children's thinking and offers
practical activities to help children meet safety needs, appreciate
diversity, and resolve conflicts. Simultaneous. IP.
Teaching Young Children in Violent Times:
Building a Peaceable Classroom - Copy 2
Diane E. Levin
Combining dialogue, anecdotes, and
theory, a guide for early childhood educators shares insights
into the developmental roots of children's thinking and offers
practical activities to help children meet safety needs, appreciate
diversity, and resolve conflicts. Simultaneous. IP.
Teasing and Harrassment: The Frames and Scripts
Approach for Teachers and Parents
John H. Hoover, Glenn W. Olsen
Teasing
and Harassment will help the reader learn how to counter and
prevent low-level aggression in school and at home with the
frames and scripts approach. This approach is based on social
learning theory and provides easy-to-learn language for working
with children and youth to unlearn the behavior that leads to
teasing and harassment, change internal scripts during a situation
that requires problem solving, and learn a positive problem-solving
sequence. This resource covers many aspects of teasing and harassment,
from the general to the very specific and the conceptual to
the concrete. Although the book is divided into eight sequential
chapters, it is not necessary to read the chapters in order.
In some cases, it may be more helpful to read one of the later,
more specific chapters so that the reader is prepared to handle
a situation, and later go back to read the earlier chapters.
Teenagers: Preparing for the Real World -Student#1-10
Chad Foster
Finally a book that young people like
to read! Teenagers Preparing for the Real World is a short,
engaging book that teaches students the critical skills they
need for success in the real-world. Chad Foster relates to young
people and delivers the messages that parents, educators and
employers value and reward. Through inspirational and entertaining
stories about people like Michael Jordan, Elton John and Arnold
Schwarzenegger, the book's messages of success focus on the
pursuit of dreams, communication skills, early career preparation,
networking skills, integrity, and community service. It's Fun!
It's Easy! It's Right for teaching core values to today's youth.
Teenagers: Preparing for the Real World:
Teacher's Guide
Chad Foster
The Teenagers Preparing for the Real
World curriculum is a 10-day project-based course that successfully
helps students learn and improve the following skills:
• Communication Skills
• Networking Skills
• Listening Skills
• Writing Skills
• Public Speaking Skills
• Questioning Skills
• Reading Skills
The 10-day feature of this curriculum enables integration into
any existing course for grades 7-12. No staff development is
needed for the Teenagers Preparing for the Real World curriculum.
Implementation is easily accomplished with the self-explanatory
teacher's guide that accompanies the curriculum.
Click on the following links for more curriculum information:
Objective | In-Class Projects | Student Handouts |
Learning Outcomes
Teens at Risk: How to Recognize and Prevent
Adolescent Suicide - Copy 1
Kevin Leehey
Teens at Risk identifies the common
factors of most teen suicides and explains what parents can
do to identify and treat potential problems successfully. This
book is a valuable resource that reveals what is behind the
hidden rage and feelings of hopelessness that drive so many
young people to sucide.
Teens at Risk: How to Recognize and Prevent
Adolescent Suicide - Copy 2
Kevin Leehey
Teens at Risk identifies the common
factors of most teen suicides and explains what parents can
do to identify and treat potential problems successfully. This
book is a valuable resource that reveals what is behind the
hidden rage and feelings of hopelessness that drive so many
young people to sucide.
Ten Steps for Preventing Student Relapse
Thomas J. Shiltz
In order to be successful in school,
recovering students need to have their energies made available
to them for learning. School personnel can facilitate this process
when they undertand the unique needs of recovering students
and know how to provide the necessary systematic support for
their continued recovery. While abstinence from all mood-altering
chemicals is a necessary prerequisite to recovery, recovering
students need to make major lifestyle changes in order to live
comfortably without chemicals. They need to understand the relapse
process and relapse wrning signs. They need a sfe environment
to discuss feelings, struggles, problems, and relapse episodes
if and when they occur. The purpose of this book is to outline
how this can be accomplished within the limits of the educational
setting. Chemically dependent adolescents can and do recover
beautifully when supportive conditions exist.
THE CHARACTER EDUCATION KIT/ 36 Weeks of
Success/Elementary Edition
The MASTER Teacher
Gives you more than 140 practical
lessons developed and tested by teachers across the curriculum
and in all grade levels.
Time Out! Resolving Family Conflicts
Fran Schmidt, Alice Friedman
You'll find this workbook clearly
written and illustrated with great cartoon-style illustrations.
The suggestions are practical, and designed to help improve
family communication and coping skills. It helps families learn
how to cool down emotions, avoid a contest of wills, turn problems
into possibilities, use "I-Care" messages, and how to negotiate
and mediate. Includes a full-color 11" x 18" poster. This book
can be used as a great take-home tool for any family in crisis...or
for any parenting group you might be doing.
Todd's Story: A Book for children coping
with a parent's addiction
Beth Chauncy
A book for children coping with a
parent's addiction.
Tool Time for Education: Choosing and Implementing
Quality Improvement Tools
Langford
A resource in the continual improvement
of learning environments for educators. An instructional tool
in the application of the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PSDA) improvement,
a component of the Langford 4-day seminar and teams training.
Includes PDSA chart.
Tools, Treasures, and Measures: For Middle
Grade Success
Imogene Forte
This book has endless ideas for the
middle school teacher. Everything from school wide opening day
activities to integrated units can be found in this easy to
use book. It is especially helpful in finding extra work for
those early finishers and creating emergency sub-plans that
are content rich.
Topics in Character Education
Topics Magazine
Ten essays all centering on different
universal themes, all of which aid in character development.
In sharing with readers observations about the world, they are
drawn into each essay so tht they want to ponder, evaluate and
digest what they read. Topcs such as heroes vs. role models
and cheating, will move students along a path toward character
development.
The Tough Kid Book: Practical Classroom Management
Strategies
Ginger Rhode, William R. Jenson, H. Kenton
Reavis Looking
for techniques to address student aggression, noncompliance,
and poor academic performance? Here's the answer: a practical
program that is not only effective, but can be implemented quickly
and inexpensively.
Contents
Introduction: What this book will do for you
Chapter 1: What
does a tough kid look like?
1. Excesses, Noncompliance and Coercion, Behavioral Deficits,
Academic Deficits, Social Skills, Rule following and Self Management
2. Practical Assessment of Tough Kids, Checklists, Teacher Compliance
Probes, Academic Assessment, Observation Systems, More advanced
Assessment Systems, Target Behaviors
3. Proactive Intervention Strategies, Classroom Rules- Don’t
leave home without them, Your Classroom Schedule- down time
causes problems, Structuring Your Classroom Space, Get up and
Move
Summary and References
Chapter 2 – Unique Positive Procedures
Positive Strategies-
Positive Reinforcement, Concerns with Positive Reinforcement
Antecedent
Strategies – Motivation and Encouragement
Effective Use of Positive
Reinforcement- Natural Positive Reinforcement, Edible Reinforcement,
Material Reinforcement, Social Reinforcement
Assessing and Selecting
Reinforcement
“But doctor nothing reinforces my student!”
Variables
that make reinforcers effective, Fading Unique Delivery Systems
for Positive Reinforcement- the Wandering Social Reinforcer,
Chart Moves, Magic Pens, Spinners, Mystery Motivators, Grab
Bags, Lottery/Raffle Tickets
Summary and References
Chapter3- Practical Reductive techniques for the Classroom
What
are Reductive Techniques? – Effective Use of Reductive Techniques,
Oh No! Not from Someone I Like, You can’t Misbehave and Do That
Too – It’s Impossible Swimming Pool Effect, Use It Early, Peer
attention
The Reductive Techniques- Request and Reprimand Antecedents,
Do Not Use a Question Format, Get Up Close, Use a Quiet Voice,
Look em in the Eyes, Give Them Time, Ask only Twice, Don’t Give
Multiple Requests, Describe the Request, Be Non-Emotional, Make
more Start than Stop Requests, Verbally Reinforce Compliance
Precision
Requests
Designing a Hierarchy of Consequences
Peer Influence:
How to Use It Advantageously
Potent reductive Responses- Response
Cost Lottery, Time Out, Seclusionary Time Out, In-School Suspension
Positive
Reductive Techniques- Differential Attention, Behavioral Momentum,
The “Sure I Will” Program, The Compliance
Matrix
Summary and
References
Chapter 4- Advanced Systems for Tough Kids
Academic Instruction- Academic Learning Time, Direct Instruction,
Monitoring and Evaluation of Academic Progress
Cooperative Learning
Strategies
Social Skills Training
Public Posting, Contracts,
Home Notes, Beeper Tapes, Peer Tutoring, Self Management, Parent
Training
Summary and References
The Tough Kid Social Skills Book
Susan M. Sheridan
Learn to teach students how to resolve
conflict, express frustration, and interact with others with
this user-friendly book. The ten specific social skills presented
include recognizing and expressing feelings, using self-control,
resolving arguments, and joining in. Part I provides information
you can use to maximize the effectiveness of your program. Part
II offers outlines that can be used to conduct social skill
sessions
Contents
Part 1- Social Skills Concepts Chapter1- Overview
How do tough
kids differ?, Behave socially?, Excesses in aggressive behavior,
Deficits in following rules, self-control and solving problems,
How do tough kids think about friends? Are perceived by others.
Chapter 2- Assessing Social Skills
Multi-gating Assessment
Screening,
Rating Scales, and Direct Assessment
Reproducibles
Chapter 3- Three Levels of Social Skills Training
Small Group,
Classroom-Based and School-Wide Social Skills Training, Combining
Approaches
Reproducibles
Chapter 4- Leading a Social Skill Group
Leader Skills, Group
Procedures, Other Program Components, Generalization of Social
Skills, Working with Parents and Teachers, Reproducibles
Part 2- Training Session Outlines
Intoduction
Target Skills, Opening Session
Skill Area A- Social
Entry
Subskill 1- Body Basics/ Starting a Conversation
Subskill
2- Joining In
Subskill 3- Recognizing and Expressing Feelings
Skill Area B – Maintaining Interactions
Subskill 4- Having a
Conversation
Subskill 5- Playing Cooperatively
Skill Area C – Problem Solving
Subskill 6- Solving Problems
Subskill 7- Using Self-Control
Subskill 8- Solving Arguments
Subskill
9- Dealing with Teasing
Subskill 10- Dealing with Being Left
Out
Subskill 11- Accepting “No”
Booster Session, Skill Sheets, Classroom Posters, References
Learn to teach students how to resolve conflict, express frustration,
and interact with others with this user-friendly book. The ten
specific social skills presented include recognizing and expressing
feelings, using self-control, resolving arguments, and joining
in. Part I provides information you can use to maximize the
effectiveness of your program. Part II offers outlines that
can be used to conduct social skill sessions
Contents
Part 1- Social Skills Concepts Chapter1- Overview
How do tough
kids differ?, Behave socially?, Excesses in aggressive behavior,
Deficits in following rules, self-control and solving problems,
How do tough kids think about friends? Are perceived by others.
Chapter 2- Assessing Social Skills
Multi-gating Assessment
Screening,
Rating Scales, and Direct Assessment
Reproducibles
Chapter 3- Three Levels of Social Skills Training
Small Group,
Classroom-Based and School-Wide Social Skills Training, Combining
Approaches
Reproducibles
Chapter 4- Leading a Social Skill Group
Leader Skills, Group
Procedures, Other Program Components, Generalization of Social
Skills, Working with Parents and Teachers, Reproducibles
Part 2- Training Session Outlines
Intoduction
Target Skills, Opening Session
Skill Area A- Social
Entry
Subskill 1- Body Basics/ Starting a Conversation
Subskill
2- Joining In
Subskill 3- Recognizing and Expressing Feelings
Skill Area B – Maintaining Interactions
Subskill 4- Having a
Conversation
Subskill 5- Playing Cooperatively
Skill Area C – Problem Solving
Subskill 6- Solving Problems
Subskill 7- Using Self-Control
Subskill 8- Solving Arguments
Subskill
9- Dealing with Teasing
Subskill 10- Dealing with Being Left
Out
Subskill 11- Accepting “No”
Booster Session, Skill Sheets, Classroom Posters, References
The Tough Kid Tool Box
William R. Jenson, Ginger Rhode, H. Kenton
Reavis he
Tough Kid Tool Box
by Ginger Rhode, H. Kenton Reavis, &
William R. Jenson
If you have The Tough Kid Book, this companion piece is a must
for you. The Tough Kid Tool Box provides teachers at all grade
levels with straightforward, classroom-tested, ready-to-use
materials for managing and motivating tough-to-teach students.
These time-saving, engaging student reproducibles will enable
you to implement all of the positive behavior management strategies
of The Tough Kid Book without the extra effort. Includes Behavior
Observation Forms, Mystery Motivator Charts,Reward Spinners,
Classroom Contracts, and more. Step-by-step instructions make
each reproducible immediately useful. Use this tool box to turn
tough kids into great kids!
ISBN 1-57035-000-0 (1995) 214 p. (paper)
Published by Sopris
West.
Unicorns Are Real: A Right-Brained Approach
to Learning
Barbara Meister Vitale
This mega-best seller provides sixty-five
practical, easy-to-follow lessons to develop the much ignored
right-brain tendencies of children. These simple yet dramatically
effective ideas and activities have helped thousands with learning
difficulties. Includes an easy to administer screening checklist
to determine hemisphere dominance. Engaging instructional activities
that draw on the intuitive, non-verbal abilities of the right
brain, a list of skills associated with each brain hemisphere
and much more. All grades
The Value of Good Manners
Kay Beyer
Discusses the nature and value of
good manners and how they enhance the relationship between individuals
in society.
Viewpoints: A Guide to Conflict Resolution
and Decision Making for Adolescents
Nancy Guerra
This manual serves as the student
workbook for the Viewpoints group training program. It presents
a 10-lesson curriculum designed to teach social problem-solving
skills, increase impulse control, promote empathy, and develop
prosocial attitudes in adolescents. The program covers topics
such as peer pressure, drugs and alcohol, stress, fairness,
and prejudice. Lessons involve reading, writing, and group discussion.
Each lesson poses real-life problem situations that are interesting,
relevant, and highly thought provoking. The program has been
field-tested over a period of 15 years in schools and juvenile
correctional facilities. It has been shown to significantly
reduce students' aggression and antisocial behavior.
Violence Prevention Skills: Lessons &
Activities for Elementary Students
Ruth Weltmann Begun, Frank J. Huml
This
practical resource gives educators in grades K through 6/8 a
flexible, ready-to-use curriculum focusing on a wide range of
contemporary topics such as stimulant use, family relationships,
dealing with anger, managing threatening situations, and crime
related activities. Developed by a team of experience educators,
the lessons are based on real situations I students' own lives
that involve dealing with feelings, self-esteem, peer pressure,
and respect for others. They help students build character,
prepare them to recognize situations that could become violent,
and teach them the skills they need to handle conflicts in a
non-violent and peaceful manner.
For easy use, the lessons follow a uniform format, including
a descriptive title, a specific behavioral objective, and a
simple eight-step lesson plan that provides everything needed
for an effective, well-balances learning experience. Each lessons
covers: Purpose: Need for teaching/learning the social skill,
e.g."Choosing Friends Selectively."Introduction: Stories and
questions to make the skill concrete.Skill Components: Skill
steps for teaching the appropriate behavior.Modeling the Skill:
Teacher and/or student demonstration of the skill.Behavioral
Rehearsal: Student performance of the skill with teacher correction
if necessary.Practice: Worksheets and other activities summarizing
the skill.Independent Use: Activities to promote use of the
skills outside of school.Continuation: Suggestions for reinforcing
the skill through the school year.
Violence Prevention:
Totally Awesome Teaching Strategies for Safe and Drug-Free
Schools
Linda Meeks, Philip Heit, Randy M Page
Violence
Prevention: Totally Awesome® Teaching Strategies for Safe and
Drug-Free Schools contains a violence prevention curriculum;
facts about violence prevention; Totally Awesome® Teaching Strategies;
violence prevention literature; family, teacher, and student
reproducible masters; and violence prevention resources. It
is a valuable resource for educators.
Violence: Comprehensive Health for the Middle
Grades
Jory Post
Violence is designed to help middle
school students understand the types, causes and consequences
of violence in our society and learn specific avoidance and
prevention strategies. Activities draw a clear distinction between
normal, healthy feeling of anger and the inappropriate expression
of that anger, and offer practice in specific nonviolent conflict
resolution skills.
Violence: Health Facts
Nora J. Krantzler, Kathleen Rae Miner
Become
an "instant expert" on key health topics, and feel confident
you've got the most important facts. Violence offers you a highly
accessible format for quick, easy reference. This easy-to-read
resource: examines the rising rates of violence among youth;
includes effective strategies for violence prevention, intervention
and control; explains the role of drugs in violent behavior;
present clear, practical strategies for suicide prevention and
intervention; provides everything you need to prepare when time
or subject knowledge is limited.
The Way We Were...the Way We Can Be: A Vision
for the Middle School Through Integrated Thematic Instruction
Ann Ross, Karen Olsen
This book proposes a new view of middle
school curriculum and the specifics of how to create such a
curriculum. It introduces the notion that the approach to developing
a curriculum appropriate for adolescents should be based on
similarities of human learning at different ages, as well as
the uniqueness of the adolescent. Chapter 1 highlights six fundamental
notions about how the human brain learns, including intelligence
as a function of experience and the impact of personality. Chapter
2 outlines how these notions can be implemented in the classroom
and school to create a "brain-compatible" learning environment.
Chapter 3 looks at the issue of curriculum and offers suggestions
for a new "meme"-based curriculum. Chapters 4, 5, and 6 describe
the steps necessary to complete the three stages in developing
integrated curriculum: creating a yearlong theme with monthly
components and weekly topics, identifying key points, and developing
inquiries. Chapter 7 presents several tools for evaluating student
learning in ways that are brain-compatible, consistent with
goals of the authentic assessment movement, and that can also
satisfy district needs for student and teacher assessment and
accountability. Chapter 8 describes the possible stages in the
transition to a fully integrated and brain-compatible integrated
thematic instruction program for students. The chapter discusses
each of five transition models, its structures and advantages,
and tips and pitfalls to help teachers implement whichever model
is selected. Three appendices cover characteristics of middle
grade students, the chemistry of nurturing intelligence, and
pattern shapers.
What Every Middle School Teacher Should Know:
Trudy Knowles, Dave F. Brown
This important new book describes
everything a middle school teacher should know when teaching
adolescents.
What to Do With the Kid Who: Developing Cooperation,
Self Disipline and Responsibility in the Classroom
K. Burke
Do you know the kid who never listens,
or the kid who is disruptive, or the kid who incites conflict?
Of course, you do. All educators have encountered the kid who.
. . . In this new edition, Kay Burke, a nationally recognized
educator and teacher trainer, offers both new and veteran teachers
updated strategies to meet the critical challenges of today`s
diverse classrooms and the unique needs of their students. What
to Do With the Kid Who. . . features the latest research on
classroom management, violence prevention, emotional intelligence,
inclusion, and cooperative learning. This book provides more
than 200 specific teaching strategies to help students regulate
their own behavior, resolve their own conflicts, and celebrate
their own learning.
What Would You Do?: A Kid's Guide to Tricky
and Sticky Situations
Linda Schwartz, Sherri M. Butterfield
Gives
advice on what should be done in confusing, ambiguous, dangerous,
or unexpected situations at home, school, or out on your own.
Who's in Charge? a Positive Parenting Approach
to Child/Adolescent Behavior Management - Effective Discipline
for Children and Adolescents
Ruth A. Peters
Effective Discipline for Children
and Adolescents
Who's in Charge? a Positive Parenting Approach
to Disciplining Children - Copy 1
Ruth A. Peters
The major goals of Who's In Charge?
A Positive Parenting Approach to Disciplining children are to
present understandable descriptions of child and adolescent
behavioral problems through poignant anecdotes and descriptions
and to provide coherent, workable solutions to these difficulties.
These goals are attained in a remarkably clear and concise fashion.
Who's in Charge? a Positive Parenting Approach
to Disciplining Children - Copy 2
Ruth A. Peters
The major goals of Who's In Charge?
A Positive Parenting Approach to Disciplining children are to
present understandable descriptions of child and adolescent
behavioral problems through poignant anecdotes and descriptions
and to provide coherent, workable solutions to these difficulties.
These goals are attained in a remarkably clear and concise fashion.
Who's in Charge? a Positive Parenting Approach
to Disciplining Children - Study Skill Training Booklet
Ruth A. Peters
Effective Study Skill Training for
Children and Adolescents
Why Is Everyone So Cranky: The Ten Trends
Complicating Our Lives and What We Can Do About Them
C. Leslie Charles
Now available in paperback —
"If you have a life full of hurry or worry, this book is for
you! Why Is Everyone So Cranky? will liberate you while it entertains
and informs you." —Mary LoVerde, author of Stop Screaming
at the Microwave
With unprovoked violence and angry outbursts on our roadways,
airways, sports fields, stores, and other venues, we're witnessing
the rise of contentiousness in our culture. Despite the booming
economy, crankiness has infiltrated our homes, workplaces, and
society. From USA Today to the Washington Post, Newark Star-Ledger,
LA Times, and more, Leslie Charles has received critical acclaim
for her intriguing explanation of why rage has become all the
rage in our culture. You've noticed the symptoms of the Anger
Epidemic: have you been infected by it? This book outlines the
10 social trends complicating our lives, corrupting our relationships
and workplaces, and how to constructively address these issues.
WiseQuotes: Skills for Building Positive
Character
WiseSkills
WiseQuotes Classroom Curriculum (Grades
3-5)
Develop your students’ ability to make positive choices with
this easy-to-use resource highlighting thought-provoking quotations,
proverbs, speeches, and poems. With WiseQuotes, you can feature
a different quotation each week and involve students in a variety
of projects and stimulating activities, including creative writing,
interviewing, role-plays, group activities, and much more. WiseQuotes
will inspire students as they learn timeless principles of how
to be successful in and out of school.
Wit & Wisdom of the Presidents
Eric Ethier
Wit & Wisdom of the Presidents,
a surprising look at the lighter side of the presidency. Each
of our chief executives was fascinating in his own way: Find
out more about these historical figures as you delve into their
private lives, learn what they thought about politics and other
politicians, and discover interesting trivia about them.
You'll learn that Abraham Lincoln grew his beard based on the
advice of an 11-year-old girl: that Martin Van Buren was an
ardent gambler who liked to bet on the outcome of elections;
and that, as a youth, Ronald Reagan was credited with saving
the lives of 77 people during a stint as a lifeguard.
From tales of campaign trails to the inside scoop about how
the presidents spent their private time, this book details the
legacy America's presidents left behind; a legacy rich in humor
as well as wisdom.
Wit & Wisdom of the Presidents is packed with hundreds of
these stories and quotes - honest, colorful musings on life,
human nature, and history.
Words Will Never Hurt Me: Helping Kids Handle
Teasing, Bullying and Putdowns - Copy 1
Sally Northway Ogden
Learn practical and fun methods to
teach kids to handle situations that used to make them feel
stressed and inadequate. The tools in this book will enable
children to feel empowered and in control. Kids gain an understanding
of why situations get out of hand; what's going on with the
individual who's making life difficult; and why putdowns, taunting,
power struggles, and button-pushers happen and what to do about
them.
Words Will Never Hurt Me: Helping Kids Handle
Teasing, Bullying and Putdowns - Copy 2
Sally Northway Ogden
Learn practical and fun methods to
teach kids to handle situations that used to make them feel
stressed and inadequate. The tools in this book will enable
children to feel empowered and in control. Kids gain an understanding
of why situations get out of hand; what's going on with the
individual who's making life difficult; and why putdowns, taunting,
power struggles, and button-pushers happen and what to do about
them.
Workshops That Really Work: The ABCs of Designing
and Delivering Sensational Presentations
Mr. Hal Portner
Packed with proven strategies and
ready-to-use worksheets, this practical guide leads teachers
through the process of designing and presenting a successful
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