I'm Okay Being Me: Activities to Promote Self-Acceptance and Self-esteem in Young People Aged 12 to 18 Years offers a program to encourage positive self-esteem by recognizing the 'me' in each individual.
Aimed at children aged 12 years and older, this resource supports professionals working with young people who have demonstrated difficulties in achievement and behavior by providing innovative and creative activities and exercises which help to reduce behaviors common in adolescents with low self-esteem. The book includes a...
I'm Okay Being Me: Activities to Promote Self-Acceptance and Self-esteem in Young People Aged 12 to 18 Years
I would recommend Running on Empty to young people suspecting they or someone they know may have an eating disorder' - Signpost
The book is easy to read and deals with the issue of eating disorders in a matter of fact style, offering sensible advice' - Educational Psychology in Practice
A book to recommend to any young person to increase understanding, as well as to sufferers, their families and friends' - Times Educational Supplement
WINNER OF TES/NASEN BEST ACADEMIC BOOK AWARD 2002
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I would recommend Running on Empty to young people suspecting they or someone they know may have an eating disorder' - Signpost
For those wishing to continue or extend their teaching of emotional literacy this is an unusual and invaluable resource. Developed in collaboration with Professor Simon Baron-Cohen and using his research on human emotions Barbara has devised a programme that makes this accessible and useful in the classroom or small group setting.
Simon identified 412 discreet emotions falling into 24 feeling groups. From this we have selected 78 and developed a photo library with two examples of each emotion. One of each is printed in the book for copying and all are available on the CD-ROM...
For those wishing to continue or extend their teaching of emotional literacy this is an unusual and invaluable resource. Developed in collaboration wi...
The book is concise and persuasive. The evidence presented in it does indicate that in certain circumstances the approach can be highly successful. It is a useful resource for those schools re-evaluating their policy documents on bullying and a valuable training resource for those involved in teacher education. It will certainly provoke debate in staff rooms and lecture theatres alike' - Maggie Bowen, North East Wales Institute of Higher Education
You have probably heard of the 'No-Blame-Approach' to bullying. The method was featured in the BBC 2...
The book is concise and persuasive. The evidence presented in it does indicate that in certain circumstances the approach can be highly successful. It...
The manual provides a structured programme that offers coping strategies to troubled pupils. As it is so well focused, teachers and LSAs would feel able to effectively deliver this support to pupils who are struggling to cope emotionally and behaviourally' - SNIP
The Getting it Right materials provide a motivating, structured and comprehensive programme which aims to offer even the most troubled pupils the opportunity to develop the skills, knowledge, understanding and self-belief which will help them to survive school.
Structured for small...
The manual provides a structured programme that offers coping strategies to troubled pupils. As it is so well focused, teachers and LSAs would feel ab...
The book which accompanies the video, gives an excellent and detailed step-by-step guide to setting up a peer mediation system in your own school' - Special
This publication provides a comprehensive guide to those who aspire to introduce, teach, support and maintain mediation processes for all young people in school.
In a world that fails to manage conflict, those who seek peaceful resolution are urged to promote mediation as a positive solution.
Topics covered include:
- Circle Time
- emotional literacy
-...
The book which accompanies the video, gives an excellent and detailed step-by-step guide to setting up a peer mediation system in your own school' ...
Learning about the relationship between thoughts and behaviour is stimulating and enjoyable. These seven stories teach children to:
- reflect on behaviour and consequences
- learn to control impulsivity stop and think
- manage feelings and practise positive self-talk.
The publication contains all the necessary teaching materials, lesson notes and copiable resources needed to work on self-control techniques and problem-solving strategies in the primary classroom.
This resource provides teachers with a new and different approach to the...
Learning about the relationship between thoughts and behaviour is stimulating and enjoyable. These seven stories teach children to:
This programme is aimed at students (aged 11 to 16) with challenging and angry behaviours leading to disaffection and disciplinary problems. The handbook includes teacher notes, lesson plans and photocopiable resources.
The 10 lessons and follow up work empower students to:
- reflect on behaviour and consequences
- recognise and understand feelings
- develop strategies to control angry outbursts
- respond to conflict without anger
- resolve relationship difficulties.
The programme promotes self-belief in students that...
This programme is aimed at students (aged 11 to 16) with challenging and angry behaviours leading to disaffection and disciplinary problems. The handb...
This book is the result of more than 6 years of work in schools in Hertfordshire, helping children make the transition from primary education to the big school.
The 6 sessions are based on a Circle Time approach and supplemented by follow-up activities. Each session has comprehensive teacher instructions with the necessary worksheets. A memory map technique provides a unifying element to the programme.
Issues covered include:
- bullying
- friendship
- meeting new people
- organisation and induction day
Teacher comments...
This book is the result of more than 6 years of work in schools in Hertfordshire, helping children make the transition from primary education to the b...
