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Aging Well

Surprising guideposts to a happier life

George Valliant

In an unprecedented series of studies, Harvard Medical School has followed 824 subjects from their teens to old age. Harvard’s George Vaillant now uses these studies (the most complete ever done anywhere in the world) and the subjects’ individual histories to illustrate the factors involved in reaching a happy, healthy old age. He shows why a person’s background has less to do with their eventual happiness than the specific lifestyle choices they make. And he offers step-by-step advice about how each of us can change our lifestyles and age successfully.

24x15cm

$30.00

Authentic Happiness

Using the New Positive Psyhology to realize your potential for lasting fulfillment.

Martin E P Seligman

Shows how Positive Psyhology is shifting the profession's paradign away from its narrow-minded focus on pathology, vitimology, and mental illness to positive emotion, virtue and strength, and positive institutions. Our signature strengths an be nurtured throughout our lives, with benefits to our health, relationships, and careers.

16x24cm

321 pages

$32.95

Blue Day Book

A Lesson in Cheering Yourself Up

Bradley Trevor Greive

Everybody has blue days. Oh, what to do, what to do? Who knows what fantastic things are in store just around the corner? Get out there and go for it! Live every day as if it were your last, because one day it will be.

15x15cm

92 pages

$14.95

Blue Day Book for Kids

A Lesson in Cheering Yourself Up

Bradley Trevor Grieve

This is the perfect book for those blue days when children feel tired, grumpy, left out or think that nothing ever goes as they planned. This book provides children with a literary umbrella to laugh off the unexpected rain life can bring.

24x24cm

44 pages

$19.95

Bounce Back! Teacher's Handbook

A Classroom Resiliency Program

Helen McGrath & Toni Noble

Increasing numbers of young people are struggling through school and life with serious emotional and social needs that greatly challenge schools and welfare agencies. Bullying, low self esteem, depression, youth suicide, and drug abuse are major issues.
The Bounce Back! classroom resiliency program offers practical strategies to help all young people cope with the complexity of their everyday lives and learn to bounce back when they experience sadness, difficulties, frustrations and hard times.
The program comprises a teachers’ handbook and three teachers’ resource books: junior primary; middle primary; upper primary to junior secondary. Together, these classroom resources offer schools (and other community agencies) a comprehensive program for enhancing student well being and resilience (and teacher resilience too!).
The teacher’s handbook explores the theory, rationale and research behind the Bounce Back! resiliency program and outlines strategies for its delivery.
Australian

21x30cm

203 pages

$65.95

Bounce Back! Teacher's Resource Book Level 1

Lower Primary

Helen McGrath & Toni Noble

The first of three Teacher Resource Books, Level 2 contains ten detailed curriculum units with hundreds of classroom activities and blackline masters. These resources and activities explore topics related to student well being and resilience such as:
developing positive values, developing courage and strategies for bouncing back, looking on the bright side, managing emotions, relationship skills, humour as a coping tool, dealing with bullying, and being successful.

21x30cm

323 pages

$69.95

Bounce Back! Teacher's Resource Book Level 2

Middle Primary

Helen McGrath & Toni Noble

The second of three Teacher Resource Books, Level 2 contains ten detailed curriculum units with hundreds of classroom activities and blackline masters. These resources and activities explore topics related to student well being and resilience such as:
developing positive values, developing courage and strategies for bouncing back, looking on the bright side, managing emotions, relationship skills, humour as a coping tool, dealing with bullying, and being successful.

21x30cm

296 pages

$69.95

Bounce Back! Teacher's Resource Book Level 3

Upper Primary to Junior Secondary

Helen McGrath & Toni Noble

The third of three Teacher Resource Books, Level 3 contains ten detailed curriculum units with hundreds of classroom activities and blackline masters. These resources and activities explore topics related to student well being and resilience such as:
developing positive values, developing courage and strategies for bouncing back, looking on the bright side, managing emotions, relationship skills, humour as a coping tool, dealing with bullying, and being successful.

21x30cm

252 pages

$69.95

Breaking Murphy's Law

How Optimists Get What They Want from Life - And Pessimists Can Too

Suzanne Segerstrome

According to psychologist Suzanne Segerstrom, rose-colored glasses may look silly, but they're actually quite practical. In this book she surveys the scientific data on optimism (including her own award-winning research) to reveal that it's not what you believe about the future that matters, but what you do about it. While pessimists debate whether their goals are attainable, optimists are out there trying to achieve them. Without insisting that readers learn to "think positive,the book teaches practical ways to appropriate the habits and skills that optimists use to get what they want from life.

22x15cm

232 pages

$29.95

Creative Coping Skills for Children

Emotional Support through Arts and Crafts Activities

Bonnie Thomas

Some children need quiet and soothing activities to calm them down, whereas others require more physical activity or intense sensory input to relax their minds and bodies.
This resource comprises a collection of fun, flexible, tried-and-tested activities and make-it-yourself workbooks for parents and professionals to help a child in need of extra emotional support find the coping skills that fit them best. Each activity lists the materials required and includes clear directions for how to do it. There is something for every child: whether they are dynamic and creative or more cerebral and literal. Projects include making wish fairies, dream catchers, and mandalas; managing unstructured time with activities such as creating comics, dioramas and tongue twisters; and simple ideas for instant soothing, such as taking deep breaths, blowing bubbles, making silly faces, and playing music. Also includes specific interventions for anxious or grieving children such as making worry dolls and memory shrines.
This book is full of fun, easy, creative project ideas for parents of children aged 3-12, teachers, counselors, play therapists, social workers, and all professionals working with children.

28x22cm

192 pages

$42.95

Emotional Coaching for Resilience

A Practical Programme to Support Young People Aged 7-15 with Social, Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties (Incl CD-ROM)

Robyn Hromek

Young people's healthy emotional development is based on affirming relationships and positive experiences and for some young people the lack of these encouragements leads to personal, social, emotional and behavioural difficulties. This pack provides teachers, mentors, assistants and others with all they need to support these young people through an 'emotional coaching' programme. Author is an educational psychologist in NSW.

17x24cm

80 pages

$78.00

Heart Masters - Middle to Senior Primary

Johnston, Guthrie, Fuller & Bellhouse

A program for the promotion of emotional intelligence and resilience in the middle to senior years of primary school. Help students to motivate themselves, persist in the face of frustration, control their impulses, regulate their moods, keep distress from swamping their ability to think, achieve their goals.

31x19cm

160 pages

$55.00

Heart Masters - Junior Primary

Bellhouse

A program for the promotion of emotional intelligence and resilience in the junior years of primary school. Help students to motivate themselves, persist in the face of frustration, control their impulses, regulate their moods, keep distress from swamping their ability to think, achieve their goals.

30x21cm

160 pages

$55.00

Heart Masters - Junior to Middle Secondary

Johnston, Guthrie, Fuller & Bellhouse

A program for the promotion of emotional intelligence and resilience in the junior years of primary school. Help students to motivate themselves, persist in the face of frustration, control their impulses, regulate their moods, keep distress from swamping their ability to think, achieve their goals. Helps children have a sense of belonging at school, be aware of their own feelings and those of other, control their impulses, put things in perspective and solve problems, and have friendly and positive relationships.

30x21cm

162 pages

$55.00

Helping Teens Handle Tough Experiences

Strategies to Foster Resilience with CDROM

Jill Nelson

Educators, mentors, congregational leaders, counselors, and other youth-serving professionals will find the tools they need to help young people with personal, familial, social, or cultural adversities in this resource. Specific crises are addressed, including youths who physically harm themselves, parents who are chemically dependent, abusive dating relationships, depression, and homelessness--and solutions are offered for managing them. With reproducible handouts, examples of real-life situations, and ideas and topics for group discussion, this strength-based approach to working with youths empowers them to avoid becoming paralyzed by obstacles and instead face life with confidence.

27x21cm

119 pages

$59.95

I've Got This Friend Who

Advice for Teens and Their Friends on Alcohol, Drugs, Eating Disorders, Risky Behavior, and More

The experts at KidsPeace, a nonprofit organization serving children and families in crisis, have created this lively, interactive book to help teens handle difficult issues. Personal stories, fast facts, and self-tests help teens learn how to recognize when a friend or family member is in trouble and find help.

23x18cm

188 pages

$33.00

Optimistic Child

A Proven Program to Safeguard Children Against Depression and Build Lifelong Resilience

Martin E P Seligman

Offers parents, teachers, and coaches a well-validated program to prevent depression in children. In a thirty-year study, Seligman and his colleagues discovered the link between pessimism - dwelling on the most catastrophic cause of any setback - and depression. Seligman shows adults how to teach children the skills of optimism that can help them combat depression, achieve more on the playing field and at school, and improve their physical health. As Seligman states in his new afterword for this edition, "Teaching children optimism is more, I realized, than just correcting pessimism . . . It is the creation of a positive strength, a sunny but solid future-mindedness that can be deployed throughout life - not only to fight depression and to come back from failure, but also to be the foundation of success and vitality."

21x14cm

342 pages

$28.00

Other Side of Blue

What We Learn Through Overcoming Adversity

Michael Colling, ed

At some point we all face tragedy, misfortune or hardship. This book is an anthology of stories, from Australians mainly in their 20s and 30s, that provide hope for those struggling with tough issues in their lives. The contributions span many daunting and complex challenges: from surviving childhood sexual abuse, to family breakdowns, 'coming out', domestic violence, depression, recovery from severe injury and coping with the death of a loved one.
While the majority of stories are from everyday people, some well-known personalities also share their struggles. Life spares no-one tough times.
As many of these stories demonstrate, adversity in the midst of vulnerability provides the impetus for courage, personal determination and new insights.

22x15cm

182 pages

$24.95

Power Tools for Positive Living

Positive optimism for young people.

Elizabeth McLean & Ian Redman

Simple and practical ways to meet daily challenges and help teenagers to think and act positively, showing how they can make helpful choices.
With chapters on What we think, Self-Talk, When something happens, We choose what we think, Explaining what we think, Rotten ruminating, Choices and consequences, the Tools you need.

17x20cm

105 pages

$27.50

Promoting Children's Well-Being

In the Primary Years

Andrew Burrell

Promoting Children's Well-Being in the Primary Years is an important new book that takes a refreshing approach to primary education in the twenty-first century. It provides a valuable source of inspiration for all those involved in the teaching of young children.

29x21cm

236 pages

$49.95

Promoting Resilience in the Classroom

A Guide to Developing Pupils' Emotional and Cognitive Skills ( Innovation Learning for All )

Carmel Cefai

'In tackling the development of social, emotional and cognitive competence, Dr Cefai provides the relevant theory and practical guidance on how to apply the ideas in classroom practice... This book will be invaluable to classroom teachers, to staff working in support services and to those involved in teacher training.' - Professor Peter Farrell, Manchester University Resilience is a set of qualities that enable children to adapt and transform, to overcome risk and adversity, and to develop social competence, problem-solving skills, autonomy and a sense of purpose. For children and young people it is as vital to possess these qualities in school environments as in the family and the community at large. This handbook for teachers and educators explores ways of nurturing resilience in vulnerable students. It proposes a new, positive way of thinking about schools as institutions that can foster cognitive and socio-emotional competence in all students. Individual chapters examine effective practices in schools and classrooms, and assess a range of classroom processes, such as engagement, inclusion, collaboration and prosocial behaviour. The author makes use of case studies throughout to bring to life classroom activities and concrete strategies that will promote best practice for enhancing student resilience, and offers a framework that can be adapted to the existing nature, culture and needs of each individual school community and its members. Promoting Resilience in the Classroom is a valuable resource for educational practitioners as well as educational officers and policy makers engaged in school development and educational improvement

22x16cm

175 pages

$41.95

Raising Resilient Children

Fostering Strength, Hope, and Optimism in Your Child

Robert Brooks, Sam Goldstein

The perfect book for parents who want their children to readily handle life's difficulties and see the world with an optimistic outlook. An excellent chapter on the school-parent-child partnership. These highly regarded authors discuss seeing strengths and solutions rather than focusing on deficits and hegatives. Excellent book!

16x23cm

336 pages

$29.95

Resilience at Work

How to Succeed No Matter What Life Throws at You

Salvadore R Maddi & Deborah M Khoshaba

Resilience is the key not just to coping with unwanted change and stressful circumstances, but to truly thriving in the workplace. Resilience at Work shows readers how to withstand problems large and small, increasing positive attitudes like commitment, control, and challenge, while decreasing those of isolation, powerlessness, and threat. Packed with practical techniques and real-life examples, the book presents resilience as a powerful skill anyone can develop in order to maximize their potential and change their life for the better.

24x17cm

213 pages

$39.95

Resilience Factor

7 Keys to Finding Your Inner Strength and Overcoming Life's Hurdles

Karen Reivich & Andrew Shatte

Readers will first complete the Resilience Questionnaire to determine their own innate levels of resilience. Then, the system at the heart of "The Resilience Factor will teach them to: - Cast off harsh self-criticisms and negative self-images - Navigate through the fallout of any kind of crisis - Cope with grief and anxiety - Overcome obstacles in relationships, parenting, or on the job - Achieve greater physical health - Bolster optimism, take chances, and embrace life In light of the unprecedented challenges we've recently faced, there's never been a greater need to boost our resilience.

21x14cm

352 pages

$28.00

Resilience, Volume 1:

Personal Skills for Effective Learning

Annie Greeff

This two-volume set, designed for primary and middle school teachers, will help you promote self-managed, resilient learning in your classroom. These practical workbooks detail a holistic approach to developing your students' resilience through activities, theory, and reflective exercises. Volume 1 concentrates on resilience and emotions while Volume 2 includes sections on interpersonal and adaptive skills. Reproducible worksheets and facilitator’s notes make these books extremely teacher-friendly. Key learning points are included to remind the teacher of the main focus and to assist the teacher in understanding what the specific exercises aim to achieve. They can also be used to introduce or clarify the topic to the students.

22x30cm

193 pages

$50.00

Resilience, Volume 2

Social Skills for Effective Learning

Annie Greeff

This two volume set, designed for primary and middle school teachers, will help you promote self-managed, resilient learning in your classroom. These practical workbooks detail a holistic approach to developing your students' resilience through activities, theory, and reflective exercises. Volume 1 concentrates on resilience and emotions while Volume 2 includes sections on interpersonal and adaptive skills. Reproducible worksheets and facilitators notes make these books extremely teacher-friendly. Key learning points are included to remind the teacher of the main focus and to assist the teacher in understanding what the specific exercises aim to achieve. They can also be used to introduce or clarify the topic to the students.

22x30cm

202 pages

$50.00

Resilient Therapy

Working with Children and Families

Angie Hart , Derek Blincow

Whilst much has been written about the identification of resilience in children and their families, comparatively little has been written about what practitioners can do to support those children and families who need the most pressing help.
This book explores a new therapeutic methodology designed to help children and young people find ways to keep positive when living amidst persistent disadvantage. Using detailed case material from a range of contexts, the authors illustrate how resilient mechanisms work in complex situations, and how resilient therapy works in real-life situations. In addition to work with families, helping welfare organisations achieve greater resilience is also tackled. This book will be essential reading for practitioners working with children, adolescents and their families who wish to help their clients cope with adversity and promote resilience

23x16cm

216 pages

$64.00

Strong Start: Grades K-2

A Social & Emotional Learning Curriculum [With CD-ROM]

Kem Merrell

Teachers work hard to give students outstanding instruction in academic subjects--but how can they teach social-emotional competence, the foundation of school and social success? Strong Kids has the answers. Divided into five proven, age-appropriate curricula from preschool through high school (see page 38 to learn about the NEW Pre-K edition), Strong Kids is the fun and easy way to help students develop the social-emotional skills they need to succeed: managing anger, relieving stress, solving interpersonal problems, and much more. And field testing shows the Strong Kids curricula generate positive responses from students and teachers and really help increase students' knowledge of healthy social-emotional behavior.

27x21cm

132 pages

$49.50

Talking Is for All

How Children and Teenagers Develop Emotional Literacy (Second - CD-ROM)

Betty Rudd

This book and CD-Rom is an activity and worksheet packed resource for anyone wanting a unified programme to assist emotional development in those aged 4 to 19 years old. Implementing emotional literacy within the whole school curriculum is made simple for the facilitator and fun for the participants. In one volume, Talking Is for All provides updated new editions of Betty Rudd's three bestselling books: Talking is for Kids, Talking is for Us and Talking is for Teens. This book will be useful for all those working with young people either in classroom, small group or individual settings. It contains: - practical activities and resources - illustrations, stories, and cartoons - assessment and record keeping advice. There are three age appropriate sections which include a description of the stages of emotional development and all the activities suited to that stage. It brings together theory and research findings on emotional health and puts them into a flexible programme which enables positive action for emotional wellness and resiliency.

24x17cm

140 pages

$68.00

Trauma-Proofing Your Kids

A Parents' Guide for Instilling Confidence, Joy and Resilience

Peter Levine

The number of anxious, depressed, hyperactive, and withdrawn children is staggering--and still growing. "Trauma-Proofing Your Kids" sends a lifeline to parents who wonder how they can help their worried and troubled children. This work offers simple but powerful tools to keep children safe.

22x15cm

235 pages

$34.00

What to Do When You Grumble Too Much

Too Much: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Negativity (What to Do Guides for Kids )

Dawn Huebner

This hands-on workbook features information and exercises for kids who are coping with excessive stress, anxiety, fears, and worry. It includes writing and drawing activities along with practical, proactive exercises and techniques to reduce anxiety and worry. Illustrations.

27x21cm

80 pages

$28.95

What to Do When You Worry Too Much

A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Anxiety (What to Do Guides for Kids )

28x21cm

80 pages

$28.95


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