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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...

A timely and essential resource that addresses a growing national crisis – children’s mental health. Straightforward and substantive, Mental Health from Diagnosis to Delivery showcases how social skills instruction can be applied and...

In his quintessential biography of Father Edward J. Flanagan, author Father Clifford Stevens paints an insightful, inspirational and enlightening portrait of the man who founded Boys Town and led a cultural revolution that forever changed the way...

Boost self-esteem and build up confidence of young people in life skills classes, counseling sessions, or advisement periods. Foster healthy identities by teaching teens to define self-esteem, clarify values and beliefs, set boundaries, and make personal...

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...

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 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...

Winner of the Counselor's Choice Award! This teacher and counselor activity guide is designed to accompany the He’s Not Just Teasing! chapter book, which focuses on teaching the difference between teasing and bullying through relatable examples...

Winner of the Counselor's Choice Award! This teacher and counselor activity guide is designed to accompany the I Lost My BFF chapter book, which focuses on the evolution of friendships that happen over time, particularly with girls. This guide includes...

This teacher and counselor activity guide is designed to accompany the My Anxiety is Messing Things Up chapter book, an empowering story about managing and overcoming stress and worry.  The guide includes text from the story, along with clarifying...

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...

This book can help teachers, school counselors, social workers, probation officers, psychologists, foster parents, childcare staff, and administrators teach angry youth how to calm down, use self-control strategies, and solve problems in positive ways...

Father Flanagan was a true visionary because he wanted to transform America’s entire childcare system, doing away with the reform schools, orphanages and workhouses where children were abused and mistreated, and replacing them with communities of...

Using Your Head as Well as Your Heart to Raise School-Aged Children This 4th edition of Common Sense Parenting® offers parents of children ages 6-16 a menu of proven techniques to use while facing family challenges: a teen who’s defiant;...

Find out how to cope with and correct these common behavioral challenges of young children ages 2 thru 6. Hitting, kicking, pinching and biting Refusing to eat at mealtime Refusing to sleep at bedtime Throwing tantrums for attention Ignoring...