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span style="font:14px Helvetica;"> Stress affects everyone, including you.  A small amount of stress can be good, especially if it serves as a motivating force.  However, the level of stress in a person's life can become unmanageable.  When you have many equally important responsibilities that require your attention simultaneously, you might not know what to do.  Understand the purpose of stress and learn how to handle it correctly.  Included are some effective strategies to help you cope with stress and provide you with better equipment to keep your cool the next time life threatens to stress you out!

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In this book, the prehistoric bully is much like the one we see today, only bigger and with scales.  Maybe, by observing these ancient creatures and how they identify, cope with and prevent bullying, we can learn to deal with bullies we encounter in our modern society.  Dinos are picked on for all sorts of reasons.  His neck is too long, she is too big, look at that funny-shaped horn, we don't want to play with a spotted dinosaur. Watch how our dinosaurs find ways to handle the bully or bullies and how the bullies take a second look at themselves. This book is geared towards children ages 4 to 8.

Pages:  20

Parents, classes, work and extra-curricular activities can all become stressful aspects of any teen's life.   Constant demands on someone's time can lead to feelings of frustration and futility.  Stress is a part of everyday life, but when it gets unmanageable it can lead to burnout.  Recognize and understand the symptoms associated with burnout.  Find out ways you can manage your stress before it gets out of control and results in burnout.

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Did you know that a baby's brain is two and a half times more active than that of an adult, and that the networking of the brain's synapses is nearly complete after the first 3 years of life?  By giving your baby stimulating experiences encourages brain development that will prepare your baby for successful learning in the future.  Baby Smarts is based on the latest brain research, and filled with developmental games that will help you build your baby's brain power, one activity at a time.  Since each activity uses common materials, there's no need for expensive toys or equipment.  The book is divided into four chapters, with each representing a three-month period.  A chapter begins with a chart to help teachers and parents anticipate the typical developmental milestones for that age.  The corresponding games and activities develop and reinforce the skills babies need to reach those milestones.  Each and every activity in Baby Smarts builds the foundation for the future learning!

Pages:  128

For children, it may seem easier to lie than to tell the truth, especially to avoid the negative consequences, but its never too soon to learn the difference between whats true and what's not.  This book has words and full color pictures to help young children discover that being honest in words and actions builds trust and self-confidence.  They will also learn that telling the truth often takes courage and skill.  Made to be read aloud, it includes a special section for adults, discussion questions, skits, scenarios, and games that reinforce the ideas being taught.

Pages:  40

When children are polite and kind, other people enjoy being around them and respond with the same behavior.   This book teaches children good manners, as well as courteous and respectful behavior.  It also helps them understand the importance of showing politeness, speaking kindly, using basic courtesies, and respecting the feelings of others.  They also begin to see the benefits of this behavior.  This book is made to be read aloud, and contains scenarios and activities for adults to help children build social skills.

Pages:  40

Every new teacher's first concern is the issue that even the most experienced teachers are never complacent - how to control their classes.  How are some teachers so much more effective than others?  How do they manage their classes?  Indeed, how do they manage themselves?  By getting the basics right, through the four Rs - rights, responsibilities, rules and routines - and on to core principles and key strategies, Peter Hook and Andy Vass, two of the country's leading experts in behavior management, untangle the complexities of teacher-students relationships.  By offering a wide selection of techniques with practical illustrative examples, you won't be saying, "Yes, but how?" you'll find yourself nodding wisely, "So that's how."

Pages:  128

This book is a comprehensive collection of practical behavior management ideas, examples, strategies and resources. It gives you ideas on how to do the following:

Pages:  190

For many toddlers, bye-bye is a big deal.  By being dropped off at daycare, or left with a baby-sitter, it means saying good-bye to Mom or Dad.  This gentle book helps ease the transition with simple routines, like using hugs and kisses, a big wave, or a deep breath.  It gives the confidence to find comfort with the new caregiver or other children.  This award-winning author/illustrator team offers a fresh look at the times and transitions all toddlers face daily, giving young children the tools to handle routines with confidence and cooperation.  Part of the Toddler Tools series, Bye-Bye Time can be shared before (or during) the desired time, or whenever toddlers need encouragement with routines.

Pages:  24

In this book, children learn to calm down in a quiet place where they can take time to get a hug or sing to themselves, cry or be held in a grown-ups arms, talk about feelings, and take a deep breath. Then, after a calming break, toddlers will feel peaceful again. This book gives a new perspective to a routine that children go through, sometimes on a daily basis, and presents young children with a great way to handle temper tantrums and strong feelings with confidence. It can be used any time toddlers need encouragement with social skills, or everyday events and transitions.

Pages:  24

All children can be challenging at some point in time, but some are more challenging than others.  Students with social, emotional and behavioral difficulties (SEBD) can be hard to support and teach.  This pocketbook can help you to do just that. Focusing on three particular behavior disorders: ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), CD (Conduct Disorder) and ODD (Oppositional Defiant Disorder). Fintan O'Regan, who is an internationally renowned expert on ADHD, explains why some children are prone to developing the attitude that they can't learn, won't learn or don't care.  He devotes particular chapters to each behavior pattern, and uses Vicki, Liam and Darren to illustrate typical characteristics.  Practical strategies include classroom scenarios, with example dialogues that show how different teacher responses can lead to different outcomes.  Whether you're looking for explanations, tips, ideas, or strategies, or maybe just reassurance and support, this book covers it all.

Pages:  128

This practical series will help students to deal with all the non-academic issues that can affect academic success.  Based on the latest research and classroom studies, these books provide motivating and appropriate reproducible activities in a ready-to-use format that teachers will appreciate.  Each topic area is treated with an activity that includes lesson with answers, discussion questions, additional activities, student work page and useful background activity.  The teacher's section includes a method overview, setting up the class environment, collaborative learning, differentiating instruction, assessment indicators and assessment forms. Topics covered in this book include:  Class rules, working together, good decisions, communicating, respect, honesty, the environment, bullying and more. 

Pages:  88

This practical series will help students to deal with all the non-academic issues that can affect academic success.  Based on the latest research and classroom studies, these books provide motivating and appropriate reproducible activities in a ready-to-use format that teachers will appreciate.  Each topic area is treated with an activity that includes lesson with answers, discussion questions, additional activities, student work page and useful background activity.  The teacher's section includes a method overview, setting up the class environment, collaborative learning, differentiating instruction, assessment indicators and assessment forms.  Topics covered in this book include: friendship, fair play, goals, worrying, values, tolerance, bullying, conflict resolution, time management and more.

Pages:  104

This practical series will help students to deal with all the non-academic issues that can affect academic success.  Based on the latest research and classroom studies, these books provide motivating and appropriate reproducible activities in a ready-to-use format that teachers will appreciate.  Each topic area is treated with an activity that includes lesson with answers, discussion questions, additional activities, student work page and useful background activity.  The teacher's section includes a method overview, setting up the class environment, collaborative learning, differentiating instruction, assessment indicators and assessment forms.  Topics covered in this book include:  Roles, responsibility, goals, stress, stereotypes, tolerance, bullying, conflict resolution, peer pressure and more.

Pages:  104

Child Behavior has become classic reading for parents and professionals around the world since it was first published.  This authoritative guide offers the basics of child development, addressing exactly how children's bodies can affect their behavior.  The authors not only discuss what to do to treat specific behavior problems but actually advise parents on how, in many instances, they can prevent many common and more serious problems.

Pages:  360

This video contains a comprehensive guide to the first two years of infancy.  It also gives tips from health experts that will assist parents with their child's physical and mental development.  This is very valuable information that parents will find useful and should definitely have available.

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In this book, the author will help you understand how your child interacts with the world.  She begins with the basis that every child has their own dominant sensory interface with the world.  A child may be very sensitive to touch, sound, sight, and a few are uncommonly sensitive to all external stimuli, especially taste and smell.  Using this principal sensitivity affects how your child will learn, behave, and communicate from the day they are born.  By knowing what your particular dominant sense is, and then determining your child's dominant sense, you will be able to find a common ground and create a closer relationship to become much closer to your child.  You can use this book to take a comprehensive sensory test to determine your child's and your own dominant sense.  It will also help you to understand how sensory overload affects them from infancy to age five.  Learn how and why your child's sensory personality will shape the way they instinctively react to new experiences and help your child thrive in the outside world!

Pages:  256

Using this simple rhyming book to encourage them to chant along as they tidy up, Toddlers will look forward to clean-up time.  Delightful, full color illustrations enhance the text.  This award-winning author/illustrator team offers a fresh look at the times and transitions all toddlers face daily, giving young children the tools to handle routines with confidence and cooperation. Part of the Toddler Tools series, Clean-Up Time can be shared before (or during) the desired time, or whenever toddlers need encouragement with routines.

Pages:  24

This book contains a collection of practical, age-appropriate activities that will help students understand the causes of conflict, and also allows them to practice skills and strategies for successful conflict resolution.  The reproducible student activities offer challenging situations that stimulate higher-level thinking and active participation.  The activities are organized into different areas.....

Pages:  80

This book contains a collection of practical, age-appropriate activities that will help students understand the causes of conflict, and also allows them to practice skills and strategies for successful conflict resolution.  The reproducible student activities offer challenging situations that stimulate higher-level thinking and active participation.  The activities are organized into different areas......

Pages:  80

This book contains a collection of practical, age-appropriate activities that will help students understand the causes of conflict, and also allows them to practice skills and strategies for successful conflict resolution.  The reproducible student activities offer challenging situations that stimulate higher-level thinking and active participation.  The activities are organized into different areas........

Pages:  80

Everyone experiences some fear from time to time;  It's a natural human response. Some fears can be beneficial to us because they make us take precautions to keep ourselves safe.  However, other fears immobilize us and keep us under their control.  There are effective strategies that can be used to handle fear.

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We have all been affected by stress, both emotionally and physically.  If stress is not managed correctly, it can result in substance abuse, violence, or even the possibility of suicide.  This video program answers the question, 'How can a person cope with stress?'

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Nobody makes it through their entire life without feeling disappointment or rejection.  For some, the effects can be long-lasting, and they may feel that there is no hope things will ever go their way.  In this video, you'll learn about the various forms of rejection and the disappointment that inevitably follows.  You will also learn about the different strategies that can be used to help combat rejection and lead to a more positive outlook on life.

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Social anxiety is America's third-largest psychiatric disorder.  It usually develops during the mid-teen years, and almost always before the age of twenty-five.  Understand what triggers the development of anxiety and learn how it can sometimes evolve into a full-blown panic disorder, which is characterized by recurrent attacks of terror or fear.  The consequences of social anxiety are examined and effective treatments are discussed.

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Everyone experiences some fear from time to time;  It's a natural human response. Some fears can be beneficial to us because they make us take precautions to keep ourselves safe.  However, other fears immobilize us and keep us under their control.  There are effective strategies that can be used to handle fear.

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Have you ever opened your mouth to discipline your child, and your parents' nastiest words tumble out?  These days, most parenting books focus on the child.  This book supports parents in dealing more positively with themselves as well as their toddler-to-school-age children, offering specific tools to stop policing and pleading with kids and start being the parents we want to be.  Based on Dr. Bailey's more than 25 years of work with children, this book explains that how we discipline ourselves is ultimately how we discipline our children.

Pages:  284

Feet are used for many things, like walking, standing, leaping and landing.  They're also used for kicking balls or leaves, but not for kicking people!  In simple words and adorable, full-color illustrations, this book helps little ones learn to use their feet for fun, not in anger or frustration.  Made to be read aloud, this book also includes tips for parents and caregivers on how to help toddlers be sweet with their feet.
Part of the Award-Winning Best Behavior Series.

Pages:  24

Using three points of view; the parent's, the therapist's, and the child's make this the most practical guide on the market for raising a child with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder or other behavioral issues. Traditional discipline and parenting books aren't effective for parents who are dealing with kids with ADHD, OCD, depression or other disorders.  They need a guide that will help them with the various discipline and organization challenges that kids with these issues have.  When getting up, going to school, completing homework, helping with chores, and getting to bed all become battlegrounds, the step-by-step proven techniques presented here will help parents achieve peace in their households.

Pages:  326

Selected as a "Teaching Tool" in Teaching Tolerance magazine
Children have teeth that are strong and sharp and can help chew, but teeth are not for biting, because biting hurts.  Sooner or later, almost all young children will bite someone, like a friend, a parent, or a sibling.  This cheerful, full color book gives reasons why children might want to bite and helps to prevent biting by teaching positive alternatives.  Little mouths feel sore when new teeth come in; sometimes kids bite when theyre tired, hungry, angry, cranky, frustrated, bored, distressed, or seeking attention.  Teaching children to chew a chewy toy, drink a cold drink, get a hug, or tell a grown-up are some of the options to avoid biting.  This book also includes helpful tips for parents and caregivers.
Part of the Award-Winning Best Behavior Series.

Pages:  24

Hazing and peer intimidation are situations that occur in student life at schools and universities across the nation, but no one hears about them.   On almost any college campus, you'll find at least one student that will admit to knowing someone who has been hazed or intimidated.   Why are hazing and intimidation such taboo subjects?  What is actually considered hazing?  Can you tell if you are being intimidated?  In this video, you will find out just what acts are considered to be hazing and peer intimidation, then learn the adverse effects they can have on a student's mind and body and what you can do to change the situation.

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Generally, people who feel good about themselves are happy.  They believe that they can take on any problems and solve it.  They expect to succeed, and others are drawn to them.  It's very difficult for a person to enjoy life when he or she feels unhappy and they can also feel worthless and unable to accomplish anything.  Fortunately, there are steps we can take to improve the way we think about ourselves.  In this video, you will learn what you can do to help boost your self-esteem, and make yourself a happy, productive person.

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We have all seen children that disobey, argue, and throw temper tantrums more often than others.  Clinical child psychologist C. Drew Edwards doesnt just tell you what to do with a hard-to-handle kid.  By explaining why some children are particularly aggressive and disruptive, he helps you to understand, which is key to helping them become responsible, competent, and content.  He spells out detailed strategies for creating a solid, positive relationship between you and your child, and gives ways to take care of yourself, since parenting a difficult child can be stressful!   He also encourages you to become an Authoritative Parent by balancing nurturance and support with structure and direction, blending positive and negative feedback, including children in the discipline process, using family problem solving, and guiding your child toward greater responsibility.  This book is loaded with practical information and real-life examples.  It's a book youll turn to often for advice, insight, and good news.

Pages:  112

How do you say to your toddler that no means no, and tell him so that he'll understand?  Pediatrician, Dr. Wilkoff says that when it comes to little children, actions speak louder than words.  By using very direct and simple steps, he will show you how to create a reliable and effective discipline plan.  He also shows what can go wrong with time-out and how to defeat barriers, including your child's physical space issues, rebelliousness, and your own unwillingness.  He also presents useful advice for those more challenging situations, such as saying no at meal times, at grandma's house, or when your child is sick.  By using his considerate and practical approach, Dr. Wilkoff shows how you can react to the misbehavior of toddlers and at the same time, teaching them the self-discipline that will benefit them throughout their lives.  This book is the perfect resource for any parent who wants to take a more active, effective approach for raising happy, well-behaved children.

Pages:  224

Its not always easy to do, but it is fun to make friends and play with others.  First, you have to make an effort, and then you have to know the rules, like asking before joining in.  You need to learn to take turns, play fair, and be a good sport.  This book teaches the basics of cooperation, getting along, making friends, and being a friend.  It also includes ideas for activities and has a special section for "joining in" games to play to help adults reinforce the books lessons to can use with kids to reinforce the skills being taught.

Pages:  40

Usually, a child who cant follow rules will end up in some kind of trouble.  In this book, we start with simple reasons why rules are needed:  to help us stay safe, learn, be fair, and get along. Then we present just four basic rules: Listen, Best Work, Hands and Body to Myself, and Please and Thank You. Throughout the entire learning process, with inviting, full color illustrations, the focus is put on the positive sense of pride that comes with being able to follow rules.  This book includes questions and activities adults can use to reinforce the ideas and skills being taught.

Pages:  40

Listening is essential to learning, growing, and getting along with others.  This encouraging book introduces and explains what listening means.  The simple words and inviting, full-color illustrations bring the concepts to life and help children develop skills for listening, understand why its important to listen, and focus on the positive results of listening This book is made to be read aloud, and contains scenarios and activities adults can use for to build social skills.

Pages:  40

When your body's calm and still, listening works better.   If its time for young children to listen closely, this book sets the tone.  They discover that its important to open their eyes and ears but to close their mouths so good listening can begin.  This award-winning author/illustrator team offers a fresh look at the times and transitions all toddlers face daily, giving young children the tools to handle routines with confidence and cooperation.  Part of the Toddler Tools series, Listening Time can be shared before (or during) the desired time, or whenever toddlers need encouragement with routines.

Pages:  24

Finally, a book about behavioral management in the classroom that won't put you to sleep!  Gerard Gordon is an teacher with specific experience in the field of Special Needs, and in particular, the development and implementation of programs to help with the management of challenging children.  This book is presented in a light, easy-to-read format, and provides basic ground rules and structures for improving the way you work with children and help them to achieve their potential.  There is something in this book that every teacher, student and parent can learn.

Pages:  104

Many of us know someone who is not happy unless they can engineer the movements of everyone around them.  These people force friends and family members to do what they don't want to do, and this type of manipulation and control are the tools of tyranny.  Understand what's behind a person's need to bend others to his or her own will.  See what you can do to resist people who are intent upon making decisions that you should be making for yourself.  Learn how you can assert yourself when others try to thwart your autonomy.

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There are polite words to use when you greet someone, ask for something, make a mistake, or even have to say "no".  Manners should always start with a smile, and then you add the words.  This book gives toddlers an early start on learning manners, and sets the stage for social skills that will last a lifetime.   This award-winning author/illustrator team offers a new look at the times and transitions all toddlers face daily, giving young children the tools to handle routines with confidence and cooperation.  Part of the Toddler Tools series, Manners Time can be shared before (or during) the desired time, or whenever toddlers need encouragement with routines.

Pages:  24

The terrifying feeling of being unsure of yourself and your abilities, as a result of self-doubt, can be a problem all by itself.  It's even worse when feelings of self-doubt are combined with the sudden emergence of an overwhelming obstacle, which makes the situation emotionally crippling.  This situation can negatively impact a person's state of mind, and many people usually give up when confronted by such situations because they don't know how to deal with them.  There are few problems that cannot be solved when people learn to overcome their feelings of self-doubt and learn to manage overwhelming situations.   This video contains simple, yet positive strategies that can help transform feelings of fear into feelings of triumph and confidence.

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Giving up the pacifier is a major accomplishment for many young children.  This board book offers simple, comforting words and full color pictures to ease the transition and make it a positive experience for kids and adults alike.  By focusing on minimizing the stress and drama associated with feelings of loss, and then finding fun things to do without a pacifier, children can finally become pacifier-free.  Includes helpful tips for parents.
Part of the Award-Winning Best Behavior Series

Pages:  24

There are many people that like to tell lies or engage in sexual activity, but when does this normal activity become a pathological one?   Students are taught the differences between normal, healthy behaviors and those that are pathological.  In this video, you will find out how to recognize the signs of pathological lying, thrill seeking, kleptomania and sex addiction and discover ways to get help before it's too late.

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Do you ever observe what is actually going on when your children are playing?   Beginning with getting a little giggle during your baby's first game, or making jokes with a teenager while hanging out, this book is a comprehensive guide to show how playful parents bring up self-assured children.  It's full of great advice and enlightening stories, and is based on the latest research, and by making you wise, you'll become a successful and enthusiastic parent.  As the author points out, play is a child's way of exploring the world, expressing their feelings, getting close to those they care about, and getting through stressful situations.  Playful Parenting is very significant, and so successful in developing strong, close bonds between parents and children that it enables them to be with their kids in their world.

Pages:  320

Many teachers today are facing a variety of issues concerning discipline that they never realized when they decided to become teachers. Along with the usual problems of bullying and bad attendance, add violence, behavioral disorders and more, and the mix becomes very dangerous. However, there are successful strategies for re-establishing order and bringing back the relationship of mutual respect between teacher and student and restoring an effective learning environment. This all-inclusive guide will make a positive impact at all grade levels. Inside this book, you'll find 17 fundamental tools for positive discipline, some real-life stories of verified positive discipline strategies, and suggestions for creating and maintaining respectful relationships with students.

Pages:  304

One of the most demanding and challenging tasks an adult will ever have is taking care of young children. Many parents use and trust the Positive Discipline series and its sensible approach to raising children. It has been completely updated to provide the latest research in child development and education, and will show you how to use techniques to raise a child who is , respectful, responsible and resourceful. Youll find realistic solutions for how to: Avoid the power struggles that often come with mastering sleeping, eating, and potty training, Use misbehavior as an opportunity to teach non-punitive discipline, Instill valuable social skills and positive behavior inside and outside the home by using methods that teach important life skills, Employ family and class meetings to tackle behavioral challenges and much more.

Pages:  368

For both parents and kids going through adolescents, it's often a time of great pressure and is very chaotic. During the teen years, children quickly begin to discover a new sense of freedom. This can lead to feelings of anger and helplessness for parents, who are often left out of their children's lives. In this revised edition of Positive Discipline for Teenagers, the author explains how to break the negative cycle of blame and guilt, and how to work toward a better understanding and communication with your adolescents. With this book, you will: Find out how to encourage your teen and yourself, Grow to understand how your teen still needs you in different ways, Learn how to get to know who your teen really is, Discover how to develop sound judgment without being judgmental, and Learn how to use follow-through, which is the only reliable way to get chores done.

Pages:  368

In the joyful time leading up to the birth of a child, there are plans to be made and plenty of worries. Being a loving, thoughtful parent means you want to start your child's life on the correct path. Many parents have come to believe and put their trust in Jane Nelsen's classic Positive Discipline series, because they offer a balanced, sensible approach to raising children in today's world. In Positive Discipline: The First Three Years, you'll find answers to such questions as: How can I converse with an infant who doesn't understand words? How can I successfully teach boundaries to my toddler? Should I ever spank my child? You'll learn how to use a caring, but firm approach to raising a child who is both proficient and confident. This book includes practical solutions and advice on how to: encourage independence and discovery while providing appropriate limits, use non-penalizing techniques to implant valuable social skills and positive behavior inside and outside the home, recognize when your child is ready to master the challenges of sleeping, eating, and potty training, and learn how to identify your child's temperament.

Pages:  304

This book, written by a bestselling parenting author, explains how to make time-out a more positive learning experience for children, since it is one of the most popular disciplinary methods used in homes and schools today. It is supposed to be a positive, encouraging, experience for children, but it may have the opposite effect, becoming penalizing, unproductive, and destructive to their tender minds. With this book, you'll understand how positive time-outs can teach children the skills needed for self-restraint and give them many important qualities, such as self-confidence and ability to solve their own problems. You'll also see how to: make time-out a valuable, motivating experience; develop a plan of attack to avoid losing control with children; give power to children by making them part of the behavior changing process, and understand the misguided goals of negative behavior.

Pages:  192

This book has helped hundreds of thousands of parents raise independent, competent children. With its tenth anniversary, this classic returns fully revised and updated with new, current information to offer you exciting and practical ideas for creating a trusting relationship with your children. It contains the necessary skills to employ the discipline to help your child become a responsible adult. Any parent that thinks about using leniency or strictness to control their children will be amazed by this book, because it goes further and teaches children to be responsible and self-reliant using their own inner behavior, such as feeling accountable for their actions and not through external concerns, such as fear and intimidation. By reading this book, you'll learn how to encourage character building values and traits in your child that will last a lifetime.

Pages:  230

Teaching values education has always been a part of learning, often taking place indirectly during the school day.  Respect, Grades 1-2, takes a focused approach to values instruction, taking up current pedagogy, the most up-to-date research, and effective conflict resolution models.  The reproducible activities help students to recognize and internalize the core values practiced in their school and community.  Children learn the difference between "inner power" and "power over" as they work to develop a personal value framework that incorporates respect for themselves and others.

Pages:  60

Teaching values education has always been a part of learning, often taking place indirectly during the school day.  Respect, Grades 3-4, takes a focused approach to values instruction, taking up current pedagogy, the most up-to-date research, and effective conflict resolution models.  The reproducible activities help students to recognize and internalize the core values practiced in their school and community.  Children learn the difference between "inner power" and "power over" as they work to develop a personal value framework that incorporates respect for themselves and others.

Pages:  82

Teaching values education has always been a part of learning, often taking place indirectly during the school day.  Respect, Grades 5-6, takes a focused approach to values instruction, taking up current pedagogy, the most up-to-date research, and effective conflict resolution models.  The reproducible activities help students to recognize and internalize the core values practiced in their school and community.  Children learn the difference between "inner power" and "power over" as they work to develop a personal value framework that incorporates respect for themselves and others.

Pages:  67

We all know that kids these days are really good at putting things off.   Its easy for homework and chores to take a backseat to hanging out with friends, playing video games, watching television, or surfing online.  Using full color cartoons and kid-friendly words, this book teaches kids how to get and stay motivated so they can get things done.   Kids learn 12 reasons why people procrastinate and 12 Procrastination Busters that can help; 20 ways to kiss procrastination good-bye; tips for avoiding setbacks like the dreaded Domino Effect; and Mighty Motivators and Fun R rewards to keep them on track.  Throughout this book, kids get lots of ways to kick the procrastination habit and feel more in charge of their lives.

Pages:  112

Developing self-esteem and social resilience in students is fundamental to creating a safe, happy learning environment.  This book addresses these issues.  You can help your students develop skills in self-management, decision making, communication, goal setting, and cooperation.  Each lesson in Self-Esteem, Grades 2-3, includes a teacher page with objectives, pre-lesson discussion, and follow-up suggestions along with student reproducible page with clear instructions.

Pages:  128

Developing self-esteem and social resilience in students is fundamental to creating a safe, happy learning environment.  This book addresses these issues.  You can help your students develop skills in self-management, decision making, communication, goal setting, and cooperation.  Each lesson in Self-Esteem, Grades 4-5, includes a teacher page with objectives, pre-lesson discussion, and follow-up suggestions along with student reproducible page with clear instructions.

Pages:  128

Developing self-esteem and social resilience in students is fundamental to creating a safe, happy learning environment.  This book addresses these issues.  You can help your students develop skills in self-management, decision making, communication, goal setting, and cooperation.  Each lesson in Self-Esteem, Grades 6-8, includes a teacher page with objectives, pre-lesson discussion, and follow-up suggestions along with student reproducible page with clear instructions.

Pages:  128

This book is an excellent introduction to sharing, which is a positive social skill that all children need to learn early in life.  With examples and simple, full color illustrations, it describes four ways to share.  When children practice sharing, and understand how and why to share, they will realize the benefits of sharing.   This book is made to be read aloud, and contains scenarios and activities for adults to help children build social skills.

Pages:  40

Sharing can be fun, but sometimes it's hard.  With this book, you can give toddlers easy choices (take turns, use it together, wait for another time) to make sharing easier, and show them where to turn for help when sharing is difficult.  Young children will learn that sharing can mean double the fun.  This award-winning author/illustrator team offers a new look at the times and transitions all toddlers face daily, giving young children the tools to handle routines with confidence and cooperation.   Part of the Toddler Tools series, Sharing Time can be shared before (or during) the desired time, or whenever toddlers need encouragement with routines.

Pages:  24

Each of these six unique board game has players discuss the solutions to socially challenging situations.  These are no correct or incorrect answers.  Together the group decides upon the best action encouraging all players to communicate, listen and participate in the game.  The game target six important issues that students grades 1 to 5 often struggle with;

• Morals
• Manners
• Empathy
• Friendship
• Showing Emotions
• Managing Emotions

Trudy Ludwig delivers a story about real kids and real situations occurring everyday.  In this book, Charlie, Jack's friend, has learned that one magic word can get him out of almost any jam.  If you get caught, just say you're sorry.  Even though it makes Jack feel bad, Charlie's flip and insincere apologies get by most people until Charlie ruins a classmate's science fair project and Jack stands by to watch.  Jack and Charlie learn their lesson when a teacher makes them prove their apology by actually doing something.  The book is great for motivating children to think the sincerity of their words when making apologies or in their interactions with friends; but it also encourages adults to keep kids accountable for the authenticity of their words.

Pages:  32

Sally and her friends may be kids...but kids have stress too!  Stressball Sally and Friends follow the school days of a young girl and her classmates as they deal with everyday situations that cause stress in their lives.  In each episode of this educational DVD, stress reduction tools are both taught and applied.  In episode one, Sally, Will, and Martha learn to relax with deep breathing exercises and the power of positive thought.  Extra bonus material includes additional support information presented by school counselors and co-creators of this video that help adults recognize the warning signs of stress in kids and provide useful tools to help.  This DVD is geared toward children pre-k to grade 6.

Runtime:  32 mins

Its never too early for children to learn the methods of conflict resolution in a peaceful manner.  The best way to solve problems between people is by talking them over and working them out.  This book breaks the process down into clear, simple language with supporting, full color illustrations.  Children will learn to compose themselves, state the problem, listen, think of solutions, evaluate results, and even agree to disagree and show respect.  Made to be read aloud, this book also includes a special section for adults with problem solving games to play, sample scenarios and role playing with children.

Pages:  40

The United States has been plagued with many acts of teen violence that have resulted in tragedy.  We often wonder what could cause seemingly normal teenagers to act out in violence and vandalism.  Some people believe that feelings of isolation and alienation have fueled these acts.  By watching this video, you'll have the opportunity to face issues dealing with social alienation, and stop the violence.

Runtime:  22 mins

Selected as a "Teaching Tool" in Teaching Tolerance magazine
Children have teeth that are strong and sharp and can help chew, but teeth are not for biting, because biting hurts.  Sooner or later, almost all young children will bite someone, like a friend, a parent, or a sibling.  This cheerful, full color book gives reasons why children might want to bite and helps to prevent biting by teaching positive alternatives.  Little mouths feel sore when new teeth come in; sometimes kids bite when theyre tired, hungry, angry, cranky, frustrated, bored, distressed, or seeking attention.  Teaching children to chew a chewy toy, drink a cold drink, get a hug, or tell a grown-up are some of the options to avoid biting.  This book also includes helpful tips for parents and caregivers.
Part of the Award-Winning Best Behavior Series.

Pages:  24

This book has been entirely updated, adding the latest information on medications, ADHD, and uses a caring approach to deal with all aspects of childhood behavioral disorders.  It is the respected book on parenting those difficult children that are hard to raise, and contains new sections on ADHD and the latest medications for childhood disorders.   Dr. Stanley Turecki is a highly respected expert on children and discipline, and was also the father of a difficult child at one time.   He offers compassionate and useful information to parents of these type of children.  Using his experience with many families in the highly successful Difficult Children Program that he created for Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City, his approach, one step at a time, shows you how to use a ten-point test to identify your child's temperament.  You will be able to isolate specific difficulties and learn to handle common, but sometimes unmanageable situations expertly and calmly.

Pages:  302

A revolutionary new approach to understanding and parenting children who frequently exhibit severe fits of temper and other intractable behaviors, from a distinguished clinician and pioneer in this field, now updated to include the most recent research.  Everyone knows an explosive child that has had frequent, extreme fits of temper, and leaves his or her parents standing helpless in their fear, frustration.  Most of these parents have tried everything, from reasoning, behavior modification, therapy, medication, and have been unsuccessful.  They wonder if their child is abnormal or just plain bad.

Pages:  318

In this important parenting book, the author gives an amazing gift to parents that want to stop their baby from crying. It's no surprise that pediatricians admire him, and a large number of parents in Los Angeles, including working mothers and famous actors have gone to him to learn the secrets for making crying babies happy. Dr. Karp blends modern science and ancient wisdom in this interesting reassessment of early infancy, and shows that babies are not completely ready for the world when they are born. He has created, using both research and experience, four basic principles that are vital for understanding babies, and they include: The Missing Fourth Trimester as one main reason babies cry, because they are born three months too soon; The Calming Reflex: this reset switch is used to stop the crying of any baby in the first few months of life; The 5 "S's", which are simple steps to turn on your baby's calming reflexes, and last; The Cuddle Cure: Combining the 5 "S's" to calm even colicky babies.

Pages:  267

This book discusses the characteristics of "high sensitivity" in children and provides us with an innovative parenting guidebook for highly sensitive children and their caregivers. With this book, Elaine Aron identifies the trait and shows how the 20 percent of the population born with it are affected. She focuses on highly sensitive children that share the same characteristics as highly sensitive adults and therefore, encounter the same distinct challenges as they grow up. On the positive side, these qualities can create smart, hard working, creative children, but if they do not have the correct parenting or education, they can become abnormally shy or afraid, or start acting badly. Very few parents and teachers realize why this behavior occurs and consequently, many HSCs are often incorrectly identified as very reserved, timid, or considered "problem children".

Pages:  352

Using these 162 engaging group activities, children learn to find friends, get along with others, and respect each other's feelings and differences.  Every activity uses easily-accessible materials and incorporates the joy of music, movement, puppet-making, playdough fun, gardening and more.  Children will learn some great skills, including: Cooperation, Gentleness, Consideration of Others, Problem Solving, Generosity, and Recognition of Emotions.  This is a great book for fostering sharing and caring.

Boys tend to have more problems than girls, starting in preschool, where they get expelled almost five times more than girls. Through elementary school, they're diagnosed four times as often as girls with learning disorders, and by the time they reach the eighth grade, many are reading below the necessary level. In high school, they're in the minority in most advanced classes. They show lack of interest in most extra-curricular activities, except for athletics. According to statistics, boys now account for less than 43 percent of those enrolled in college, and their numbers continue to decrease. The author explains how the educational process is failing our boys, and why this is occurring. She has interviewed large numbers of experts, parents, kids, teachers, and examines the statistics. In this book, she describes why the system needs to change, and the right way to make this happen.

Pages:  320

The best way for young children to learn is by doing, and that includes learning values.  The Values Book is packed with easy activities, ideas, and projects that will help children learn values and build character, both individually and in groups.  Each chapter addresses one of 16 different values, including understanding, patience and tolerance.  After defining the value, each chapter begins with questions to help adults clarify what that value means to them.  This is the perfect book to introduce and strengthen the teaching of values in any early childhood classroom or home.

Pages:  168

Society has changed, children have changed, and adults must change how they discipline children in order to be effective.   You discipline children the way you discipline yourself, and we cannot teach children skills we do not possess.  This book uniquely and humorously helps adults uncover damaging beliefs about themselves and children.  Learn how to use every conflict moment as a teaching opportunity.  Learn the keys to successfully discipline yourself and your child.   Acquire the strategies you need to create a problem solving community of learners.  Transform aggression, stop power struggles, empower both yourself and children!

Pages:  325

Trying new things is hard to do, for adults as well as children.  Its even harder to stay the course when something proves to be more difficult than we thought it would be, or when things dont work out the way we hoped.   Flexibility and perseverance are essential to success in all areas of life, at all ages and stages.   Made to be read aloud, this book includes full color, supportive illustrations that help introduce children to the benefits of trying something new and the basics of sticking to it.  It also includes perseverance games to play, and suggestions adults can use to reinforce the ideas and skills being taught.

Pages:  40

Having empathy is a sincere, personal understanding of how another person feels.  This is necessary for a positive, healthy relationship.  This book helps build empathy in children.  With clear, child-friendly words and full color illustrations, it helps them to understand that other people have feelings like theirs, and different from theirs.  It also guides children to show that they care by listening to others and respecting their feelings.  Made to read aloud, it includes a special section for adults with discussion questions to share, ideas to explore, and empathy games to play.

Pages:  40

As they grow up, teens start feeling more emotions and will have experiences that may leave them feeling stressed out, confused, angry, or depressed.  Most teens are able to handle the range of emotions they experience, but some are unable to, and head down the path of self-destructive behavior.  In this video, students will find out what may lead someone to destroy him or herself, how he or she does it, and the ways they may be able to be helped.

Runtime:  28 mins

Many children today have fears.  Some are real and others are imagined.  This book provides encouraging words and full color, supportive illustrations to show them how to face their fears and know where they can turn to for help.  Small children will also learn simple ways to help themselves.  The book also includes a special section for adults that contains ideas for supporting children when they feel afraid, and a gives list of additional resources.

Pages:  40

Selected as a "Teaching Tool" in Teaching Tolerance magazine
As children get older, they learn and use more words, including hurtful words.  While our Words Are Not for Hurting Board Book was written for children up to age 3, this expanded version is for ages 47.  This is a time of increasing vocabularies and growing awareness of how much words matter.  Children learn that they need to think before they speak, and then choose what to say and how to say it.   This book makes the correlation between hurtful words and feelings of anger, sadness, and regret.  It also provides positive ways for children to reply when others say unkind words to them, and reinforces the importance of saying Im sorry, two little words that can help a lot.  Includes activities and discussion starters that parents, caregivers, and educators can use when working with children.

Pages:  40