Kategoria BISAC: Education >> Counseling - Academic Development

A long time ago at a private boys school in the suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio, a group of classmates banded together and formed a fraternity of sorts called the Varsity Beverage Team (VB). It periodically hosted banquets where they wore silly attire, drank, laughed, drank, sang, chanted, drank, roasted each other, and drank.

The Varsity Beverage Team expanded over the years into a group of thirty. Almost four decades later, they still cavort at VB banquets, drinking, laughing, and reminiscing about past glories. Over the years, the one constant has been their affinity for drinking games....

With the aim of showing how educators can use their skills to inform practical action on problematic drug issues, this text identifies the drug issues emerging in the classroom and highlights strategies for dealing with them.

Bullying: Experiences and Discourses of Sexuality and Gender provides a valuable insight into the experiences of young people and how bullying can impact upon them in the school environment. The book offers an introduction to the key issues associated with bullying on the grounds of sex and sexual orientation, and points to key policies and guidance on these difficult issues.

With cutting-edge research and applied studies from leading academics and practitioners in the field, Bullying combines theory with suggestions for practical intervention for practitioners in education and social...

The use of antidepressants has increased by 400% since 1988, and at least one out of every three Americans is dissatisfied with life.

Despite those sobering statistics, we are not doing enough to teach children how to become emotionally literate. We're failing to carry out one of our main duties: preparing the next generation to enjoy a life filled with joy and purpose.

Beatriz Martinez-Penalver, a psychotherapist with more than twenty-five years of experience, seeks to fix that problem with this fluid curriculum that helps students, educators, and parents live a life without...