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I won't let it happen to me is this attitude most people have regarding dangerous relationships.  People don't understand that no one chooses to be in one, and it usually happens without anyone realizing it.  This video clearly identifies the warning signs that you are in a dangerous relationship, whether it be with a parent, sibling, peer or significant other.  It gives you procedures you can take to avoid getting into a dangerous relationship, to get out of one or to help a friend get out.  Learn how to take the necessary steps to keep a dangerous relationship from ruining your life and ruining your dreams.

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:  Class rules, working together, good decisions, communicating, respect, honesty, the environment, bullying and more.

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.

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.

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.

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!

Some girls can find it very difficult to forgive and forget when relationship hurts are deep and friendships fractured. Girl Grudges:  Learning How to Forgive and Live, was written by two experts with many years of experience, and has helped to address deep-seated conflicts that cause ongoing pain for everyone. This book offers a variety of practical and educational activities to help girls in middle and high school either one-on-one or in groups.  It is based on the ERA model (Educate, Relate, and Integrate) that first exposes girls to new information, and then helps them apply this to their own situations.  Finally, it encourages internalization of healthier relationship alternatives.

This CD is the companion to the Conscious Discipline Program.  "It Starts In The Heart" is a wonderful collection of 19 songs, 3 of which are in both English and Spanish. It uses music and movement activities to promote caring connections, build a school family, increase emotional intelligence, develop social skills and strengthen self-esteem.  The CD also includes bonus lyrics and movement sheets.

Science tells us the brain is governed by the heart.  Kindness Counts does much more than teach social skills and manners!  It's all about helping adults and children feel safe, connected and valued. It's the building block of all learning! With this foundation in place, children can thrive academically and socially. Seventeen delighted songs by Dr. Becky Bailey and Mr. AL, plus a movement guide!

This is the resource you need to solve your child's friendship problems and boost their social competence.  Nobody Likes Me shows how to teach your child the 25 most essential friendship building skills kids need to find, make, and keep friends, as well as survive that social pressure from peers.  You'll be able to help your child make more friends or keep the ones they have, and help your child to handle those play dates, sleepovers, being shy, too sensitive, too competitive, or having a bad reputation.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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;

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 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.

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.

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.

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.