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The bane of Alison Shandling's existence is Harry Roth.  He's obnoxious and rude, and always taunts her or makes comments about her autistic twin brother.  Alison attempts to ignore him, but since she sees him at school and at synagogue, it's hard to avoid him.  Then, Harry is injured in a diving accident and winds up in a wheelchair.  Now Harry feels what it's like to be vulnerable, and Alison finds herself inexplicably drawn to him.  She's initially cautious, but these unlikely companions begin to understand each other, and their relationship grows first into a friendship and then into something more.

Bobby's Story is about courage and the power inside all of us.  The story is based on unpleasant events that occurred many years ago in the author's own life.  The character, Bobby, is constantly reminded of his grandfather's powerful words of life, "Wrong is wrong - no matter how many people do it, and that it only takes one person to speak out for what is right - The Power of One!"  After Bobby's parents lose everything, including their jobs, their home, and their dreams, his family is forced to leave all their family and friends behind.  They move to the city with hopes of finding jobs and starting over.  For Bobby, the struggle is about acceptance, not only from his new friends, but his new life.  He needs to reach inside himself to find the inner strength necessary to make new friends, live in poverty, and stand up to the red-haired bully.

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This video will help young people understand how to create and sustain good relationships.  By watching the program, they'll learn what it takes to build and maintain a happy and healthy relationship.  The emphasis is on the importance of trust, honesty, communication, friendship, respect, consideration, support, intimacy and acceptance.   An interesting, open-forum discussion features 10 diverse young adults who share their own experiences with relationships.  Experts in the fields of psychology and social work complement the young people's comments by sharing the facts on what builds long-term successful relationships.  A host provides additional factual information where necessary, and leads viewers through the program as well as the forum.   It is an excellent program for generating discussion, focusing on character and developing relevant social skills.

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

Signs of unhealthy relationships include manipulation, control, possessiveness, insecurity, depression, lying, dependency, anger, uneven effort, poor communication, blame and baggage.  This educational video helps young people recognize the differences between healthy and unhealthy relationships.  The program centers on a discussion featuring 10 diverse young adults who share their own experiences with unhealthy relationships.  Experts in the fields of psychology and social work supplement the young people's testimony by describing concrete warning signs that identify if a relationship is in trouble, and by offering advice on handling failing relationships.  A host provides additional factual information where necessary, and leads viewers through the program as well as the forum.  This informative and practical program helps young people learn the difference between what is healthy in relationships and what is not. This video is part of the Relationships Video Series.

Inspired by Lexie Potamkin's series of books - What is Spirit?, What is Peace? and What is Love? she offers this stylish bag.   The Messages from the Heart series of books are a labor of her love and a gift to humanity.  This bag can be used anywhere, the beach, or as an eco-friendly shopping bag.

Inspired by Lexie Potamkin's series of books - What is Spirit?, What is Peace? and What is Love? she offers this stylish cap.  The Messages to the Heart series are a labor of her love and a gift to humanity.  This cap can be worn by a child or adult.  One size fits all.

This book contains literacy-based activities to help your students with difficult social issues in their transition to adolescence.  These activities address bullying, peer pressure, drugs, accepting people with differences, entering upper grades and family stability.  Informative text readings are followed with reproducible activities, prompting writing with graphic organizers, discussion questions and follow-up suggestions.  This book is very motivating and relevant for today's classroom teens.