Grit, Perseverance, Resiliency

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...

This book offers strategies and activities that inspire youth to develop better problem-solving skills, gain more autonomy in the decisions they make, and cultivate an optimistic outlook on life's problems, stresses, and difficult situations. Teaching...

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...

Winner of the Counselor's Choice Award! Designed to accompany the Building Resiliency in Youth professional guide, this Workbook for Teens includes 27 trauma-informed self-guided assessments and activities for middle and high school-age children. Aligned...

Use hands-on activities in conjunction with academic lessons to advance social emotional learning. To be successful in today’s world young people need more than academics. Perseverance, delaying gratification, the ability to take risks, 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...

Engaging Activities to Promote and Practice Optimism and Enthusiasm Incite middle and high school students to become more motivated and less apathetic! Incorporate the quality of zest into their lives to bring them more energy for tackling daily...

This revised and expanded edition of Skills for Families, Skills for Life can help family practitioners and other professionals incorporate the teaching of life skills into the assessment of and treatment planning for the families they work with. More...

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...

Winner of the Counselor's Choice Award! This teacher and counselor activity guide is designed to accompany the Am I Weird? quick read chapter book, which focuses on helping students learn and accept that not everyone is the same, and it's perfectly fine...

This teacher and counselor activity guide supplements the Faking Happiness, Feeling Sadness chapter book, a revealing and empowering tale about coping with and overcoming sadness and lost hope.The guide pairs text from the story with...

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...

An uplifting story about facing sadness and loss while rediscovering hope and self-acceptance!  Managing Sadness is a fresh, revised edition of the popular When I Couldn’t Get Over It, I Learned to Start Acting Differently storybook, by...

Jeff is a popular athlete who hangs with the cool kids. Reed is a brainy overachiever who is a social outcast. The Adventures of Jeff and Reed is a four-story anthology that explores the many anxieties, insecurities, and thrills tweens experience as they...

Winner of the Mom's Choice Award - Gold Medal!  Discover how to address issues at school, at meals and bedtime, with siblings and peers, and out in public when you have a child with ADHD. Learn how to manage challenging behavior from the early...

Winner of the Mom's Choice Award and Counselor's Choice Award! The middle years can be tough, especially when you feel like you don't quite fit in.  Meet Eva... an artist with a unique style! She loves exploring new art forms, and she really enjoys...