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by Susanna Palomares and Dianne Schilling Strategies and Activities for Creating Optimal Learning Environments Grades K-12 You will never eliminate stress from your classroom or counseling practice, nor should you. Stress management doesn’t mean getting rid of all stress. It means helping kids understand the stress response, identify individual and collective stressors, and learn and practice effective strategies for reducing stress and minimizing its destructive consequences. That in a nutshell is the purpose of this book. Less Student Stress, More School Success approaches stress management broadly. Activities help students to understand the effects of stress on the brain, take steps to de-stress the learning environment, identify sources of stress, practice breathing and relaxation exercises, adopt habits that promote successful learning, understand the effects of nutrition and exercise on stress, and learn to more effectively manage anger and worry. Every activity in … [Read more...]
by Ilana Greenstein Dealing With My Father’s Suicide - Searching for Solace: Dealing With My Father’s Suicide is a journal chronicling the year following the death of the author’s father. It deals with her emotional reactions to events happening in her life, and her assessment and understanding of those feelings. Through writing about her thoughts and emotions, she was able to heal from this experience and gain a greater understanding of herself. This remarkable book is far more than a journal. It is a book that can help any adolescent or young adult find a way through his or her own personal tragedy. Ilana Greenstein recounts her struggle to reconcile this loss, and then goes farther. Through her journal writings, she helps readers sharpen their understandings of their own losses and with a host of thought-provoking questions helps them move to the greater clarity that leads to healing and the same kind of reconciliation Ilana has experienced. This is a must … [Read more...]
by Susanna Palomares A Journal of Self-Discovery - Use this totally reproducible, hands-on journal/workbook to enhance self-understanding, clarify values, develop coping skills, foster positive attitudes, and heighten creativity in your students. Thought-provoking questions and pages of striking graphics encourage students to explore their feelings, thoughts, attitudes, values, doubts and dilemmas and to write about them. A great resource for parents, teachers and counselors. Ages: 9-15 ISBN: 1-56499-018-4 Pub Date: 1994, Innerchoice Publishing 90 Pages Languages Sold: … [Read more...]
by Susanna Palomares • Dianne Schilling Children grow along multiple interconnected developmental pathways. When one of these pathways is neglected, other pathways suffer. Effective teachers know this and strive to move beyond basic literacy to teach the qualities that children need most — the ability to reason, investigate, solve problems, imagine and create. The activities in this book address the multidimensional needs of the whole child by providing engaging experiences that invite early-grade children to exercise their intuition, emotions, talents and problem-solving abilities. Strategies accommodate individual learning styles and are relevant to students’ lives, interests and experiences. Over 90 activities address these important topics: Learning About Me• Living with My Family and Community • Communicating with Others • Cooperating with Others • Solving Problems and Making Decisions • My Health and Safety • Caring for the … [Read more...]
by Sally Jo Blair This sensitive and insightful resource provides concrete, usable tools to help kids in grades 3 through 8 successfully deal with painful issues. In a world where increasingly tough problems trigger a vast array of hurt, anger, fear, grief, anxiety, and confusion, children hunger for support and an opportunity for healing. This book provides specific group experiences that create an environment of safety and trust, and activities that help kids acknowledge and move through their pain. The book reflects the author’s compassion and belief in the ability of children to heal, drawn from over 30 years experience as an educator/counselor. A myriad of activities, discussion topics, reproducible experience sheets, and journal pages focus on the common denominator of hurt. This makes Group Activities for Kids Who Hurt a comprehensive manual for setting up and facilitating groups which provide guidance, peer support and healing insights. Appropriate for kids … [Read more...]
by Susanna Palomares & David Cowan Sharing Circles are the EQ super-strategy and this book is chock full of them! In what better way can you develop the emotional intelligence of your students than by participation in relevant discussions about things that are important to them? This powerful and versatile instructional strategy is unusually effective as a tool for developing self-awareness, self-control, the ability to understand and manage feelings, empathy, cooperation, responsibility, communication, strategies for managing conflict and stress, and group interaction skills. A must-have addition to your EQ repertoire. Includes an introduction to emotional intelligence, over 85 complete Sharing Circle lessons, and a comprehensive guide to leading Sharing Circles. Grades 3-12 ISBN: 9781564990617 Pub Date: 2011, Innerchoice Publishing Paperback 8.5 x 11 124 Pages Languages Sold: all languages available … [Read more...]