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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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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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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."

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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:

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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.

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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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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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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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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 intofeelings of triumph and confidence.

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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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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.

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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

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.

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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.

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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