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Winner of the 2026 Next Generation Indie Book Award (Education/Academic Category) This simple and effective curriculum is designed to help educators empower all students with the skills they need to be more successful at school and in life. Created...

Updated and revised, this definitive guide to social skills instruction now features thirteen new skills and their behavioral steps, fresh insights into providing culturally responsive treatment that respects individual identity, more inclusive language,...

Help prevent problem behaviors and actually increase time available for academics by teaching social skills to students. Tools for Teaching Social Skills in School provides teachers with:  Lesson plans with activities that can be adapted for...

Winner of the Counselor's Choice Award! Our youth are growing up in unprecedented times. They have seen global tensions, a worldwide pandemic and upheaval to the safeties embedded in their daily lives, national friction and violence, social media and the...

Well-Managed Schools offers a structured approach to school-wide behavior management, giving you effective strategies for empowering students with emotional regulation and self-management skills while building positive relationships. This manual includes...

Winner of the Counselor's Choice Award! Designed to accompany the Building Resiliency in Youth professional guide, this Activity Guide is filled with 33 trauma-informed, adult-led activities for children ages 5 through 12. The interactive, unique, and...

This teacher activity guide, designed to accompany the Middle School Misfits: The Stained Glass Tree chapter book, includes more than 20 classroom activities for students in grades 4 through 8 on important topics addressed in the book. Sections are...

Award winning author Julia Cook has put together creative, interactive lessons and activities for teachers and school counselors to use with their students. All of them are designed to complement the popular Responsible Me! book series, featuring the...

This standout activity guide can be used by educators, counselors, and parents to help elementary school-aged children develop the social and emotional skills they need for success in school, in relationships, and in life! Inspired by the amazing marine...

Some kids are so driven to win, they try to do so at all costs - even when it has a negative impact on those around them. Learning to display good sportsmanship whether winning or losing is a tough lesson for many adults to learn, let alone kids! The...

Teachers all know students who won't take "No" for an answer, who pester and whine for the things they want, or who get emotional and angry during disagreements with adults and peers. In this companion guide to her picture book, I Just Don't Like...

Are you searching for creative ways to teach students the right time and way to ask for help? Would your students benefit from learning how to stay on task so they get their work done? In this activity guide, author Julia Cook offers fun activities and...

Help children learn the useful social skills of “Asking for Permission” and “Making an Apology.” Activities and games in this book teach the steps to these skills featured in the storybook SORRY, I Forgot to Ask!, part of...

Any teacher with students who squabble when they need to share or who have trouble working on group assignments can use the creative ideas, activities and games from this guide to help bring more cooperation and caring to the classroom. Former teacher...

Looking for clever and entertaining as well as effective ways to teach your students how to listen and follow instructions? To help reinforce the social skills lessons in her children’s book, The WORST Day of My Life EVER!, author Julia Cook...

Winner of the 2025 IBPA Book Award (Neurodivergent Communities) Winner of the 2024 Counselor's Choice AwardWinner of the 2024 Royal Dragonfly Book Award A child-friendly guide that strips away the stigmas, myths, and misconceptions associated with...