Life Skills/Social Skills
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Friendship Play-2-Learn Dominoes
In this new game, players have fun playing dominoes while learning how to make new friends, be a good friend, and resolve conflicts in a win-win way. Before playing a domino, a player picks a card from one of four decks and either answers a question or practices a skill. The Ups and Downs cards help players deal successfully with the inevitable problems that arise between friends. The Four W's cards deal with challenging friendship situations; each question starts with Who,
$42.95
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From My Head to My Toes, I Say What Goes
From My Head to My Toes, I Say What Goes! is a light-hearted exploration of boundaries, nestled in a fun and lively story. The book discusses consent and control for a young audience, through a story that is bold and beautiful, loud and proud. With the feel-good factor turned up to eleven, it also celebrates individualism, inclusivity and empathy.
$28.99
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Gaining Insight for Teens Cards
Our insights help us to know what we do well and in what areas we might do better. When we share these insights with others, we give voice to our strengths and weaknesses. Each of the 75 cards in this deck pose self-reflection questions that look at values, skills, and behavior. As a result of insights gained, opportunities for growth are explored. Ages: 13-Adults.
$40.95
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Gaining Insights For Adults Cards
Insight is a valuable asset. Our insights help us to know what we do well and in what areas we might do better. Each of the 75 cards pose self-reflective questions to the participants. The first question on the cards looks at a value, skill, or behavior and asks players to rank themselves on a 1-10 scale. The next three questions on the card delve deeper into the issue, providing new ways to look at oneself. As a result of insights gained, opportunities for growth are explored. Complete instructions include group process suggestions. 75 cards, instructions.
$40.95
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Joseph V. Ciarrochi, Louise L. Hayes, Ann Bailey Get Out Of Your Mind And Into Your Life for Teens: A Guide to Living an Extraordinary Life
This book brings essential skills to teen readers, presenting a comprehensive acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), positive psychology, and emotional intelligence plan for moving past depression, anxiety, unhealthy behaviors, and simple self-doubt. This engaging book follows the journey of the characters Jess and Sam as they learn to control their impulses and focus on becoming the captains of their own ship. Readers come to see their dreams clearly and take steps to make them happen, even though these actions may risk criticism from others and cause them to feel temporarily embarrassed or afraid. By learning that feelings do not need to be translated into actions, teens learn to see their lives in the long term and gain self-control and emotion regulation skills that will serve them well as they move into adulthood.
$34.95
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Judy Galbraith, Jim Delisle Gifted Teen Survival Guide
Support the social, emotional, and educational needs of gifted students with the fifth edition of The Gifted Teen Survival Guide, a one-of-a-kind book full of sage advice to help teens understand themselves, relate well with others, and reach their potential in life.The fifth edition continues to be the ultimate teen guide to thriving in a world that doesn't always support or understand high ability. Based on surveys from more than 1,400 teens, The Gifted Teen Survival Guide covers the topics that gifted teens want and need to know about. Full of surprising facts, cutting-edge research, revealing quizzes and survey results, step-by-step strategies, inspiring quotes and stories, and insightful expert essays, the guide gives readers the tools they need to appreciate their giftedness as an asset and use it to make the most of who they are.The fifth edition has been revised to meet the needs of gifted students today, including:- The thinking about twice-exceptionality and multiple intelligences- Terminology of autism spectrum disorder- Equity in gifted programs and underserved gifted students- Homeschooling- Gender and sexuality- Mental health- New research findings about brain development in gifted teens- Sections on concepts such as mindfulness, meditation, introversion, and intensities- Exploration into school-related topics, such as online schooling, taking a gap year after high school, going to college, and finding scholarships- Up-to-date guidelines for socializing online and using social media
$41.95
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Girl Games: Five Fun Card Games for Girls That Teach Important Social Skills
The 5 games are played similar to the traditional card games which makes them fun and easy to play. Cards include different topics with thought-provoking questions that can help facilitate meaningful discussions. Each card game focuses on one aspect of bullying or relational aggression. 1. Crazy Dates (Crazy Eights) Respect; Appreciation; Support; Safety; Trust; Put-Downs; Ignoring; Feeling Uncomfortable; Pressure; Fights; Control; Possessiveness 2. Queen of Mean (Old Maid) Lying; Gossip; Fights; Bullying; Rumors; Best Friends; Exclusion; Jealousy; Secrets; Accusations; Put-Downs; Violence 3. Peace Not War (War) Peaceful Relationships; Self-Improvement; Affirmations; Self-Reflection; Consequences of Rumors; Helping Others; Looking at Accomplishments 4. Confidence Concentration (Memory) Body Image; Likes & Dislikes; Hobbies; Difficulties; Goals; Achievements; Pride; Appearance; Strengths 5. Go Talk (Go Fish) Emotions & Communication; Accusing; Defensiveness; Emotions; Adult Helpers; Conflicts; Listening; Patience
$29.95
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GIRL: Love, Sex, Romance, and Being You
This book is an inclusive growing-up guide for teen girls with information on gender and identity, dating and romance, relationships, and sex. It gives teen girls practical information that is uncensored, factual, and unbiased, and aims to help readers develop into responsible and informed adults and prepare them for healthy romantic relationships. This book also includes self-reflection questions, media resources lists, illustrations, and diary entries as additional supplemental materials. This book is unique in that it is accessible and nonjudgmental to all who self-identify as a girl.
$21.95
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Grateful for the Fight
Using Inner Conflict to Transform Yourself and Your Relationships Grateful for the Fight goes beyond resolving conflict to using conflict to transform lives. Neufeld cautions that the urgency in today's society to resolve conflict might be a sophisticated way of bypassing the true value of conflict. If we let it, conflict can be our ally-an unusual window into the self. By investigating our fears and releasing them, we stand to make a true and lasting change that will improve our daily lives and every one of our relationships.
$20.95
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Greater Me Cards
This conversational tool made up of 52 cards and accompanying guidance, helps young people build their advocacy skills by establishing their own strengths and needs. Organised into 10 categories, the cards cover additional needs, feelings and communication, how to seek help, and many more useful topics to develop resilience. There are around 150 questions which can be used flexibly by young people and facilitating adults, such as: What do I think I am good at/not good at? What support from other people do I think will help me manage on my own more easily? Who might I choose to speak to when things become too hard or difficult?
$51.95
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Jean Morrison, Christine King GROKit! Facilitation Manual: 150 Exercises, Games, Resources and Materials for Teaching and Learning Nonviolent Communication
A 280-page illustrated manual for teachers, group leaders, facilitators, counselors, and all those who are working with groups to improve communication, learn NVC, or just to connect with each other in fun and engaging activities.
$74.95
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Cheri J. Meiners Grow Strong!: A Book About Healthy Habits
Establishing patterns of a healthy diet, exercise, and sleep helps children stay physically active, make friends, learn well, and enjoy emotional health—all of which lead to greater happiness. Children’s health and confidence can increase as they become more aware of their own unique bodies and abilities, and as they incorporate the self-care principles presented in this warm and encouraging book. A section for adults includes advice for motivating kids and teaching about being healthy at home, at school, and in childcare.
$18.50
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Eileen Kennedy-Moore, Christine McLaughlin Growing Feelings: A Kids' Guide to Dealing with Emotions about Friends and Other Kids
A Kids' Guide to Dealing with Emotions about Friends and Other Kids Everyone likes the idea of "best friends forever," but friendships are complicated, and often involve dealing with difficult feelings. It's common to feel shy at a party where you don't know anyone, furious during an argument with a friend, or sad when a friend moves away. This entertaining and empowering book addresses a wide range of feelings, including worry, guilt, jealousy, compassion, and gratitude. Kids learn how to recognize the Feelings Story behind common friendship rough spots, demonstrating the links between events, thoughts, emotions, actions, and social reactions through the situational cartoons and understand how their reactions fuel or resolve relationship problems. Here is a nuanced perspective on feelings about friends that emphasizes how all emotions are useful. Kids learn how to empathize with others' reactions, as well as how to understand, manage, and communicate in healthy ways about their own feelings. Caring friendships are a protective factor for children's mental health. Giving kids the tools they need to deal with the feelings about friends is a powerful step toward protecting and improving their well-being. Ages: 6-12
$23.99
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Eileen Kennedy-Moore, Christine McLaughlin Growing Friendships: A Kids' Guide to Making and Keeping Friends
With research-based, practical solutions and plenty of true-to-life-examples of social skills in practice-presented in lighthearted humorous cartoons-Growing Friendships is a toolkit for both boys and girls as they make sense of the social environment around them. They will learn how to be open to friendship, choose kind friends, and most important, be a good friend. Ages: 6-9
$23.99
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Growing Up Resilient : Ways To Build Resilience in Children and Youth
Bouncing back from today's stresses is one of the best life skills children and youth can develop. Growing Up Resilient is a must-read for adults (including parents, teachers and front-line workers) who want to increase resilience in the children and youth in their lives.
$16.95
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Growth Mindset Workbook
CBT Skills to Help You Build Resilience, Increase Confidence and Thrive through Life's Challenges The Growth Mindset Workbook offers essential skills grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to change the way you think about your own talents and abilities. Based on the core principles outlined in Mindset by Carol Dweck, this workbook will help you shed unhelpful and self-limiting attitudes and beliefs, and replace them with a growth mindset that can increase resiliency, boost self-confidence, and form the foundation of a meaningful, values-based life. The most important thing to remember is that a growth mindset can be learned, and doing so can positively impact how you think, feel and act. If you're ready to say yes to life's challenges and maximize your potential, this step-by-step guide can show you the way.
$37.95
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H is for Healing Card Deck
52 Everyday Practices to Strengthen Children's Emotional, Physical, and Mental Well-Being H is for Healing is a soothing and powerful social-emotional learning (SEL) card deck that provides children with the language for mindfulness, self-compassion, and empowerment. Each card corresponds with a letter of the alphabet and introduces children to an affirmation or activity that will allow them to: Regulate their nervous system and find a sense of calm in the world; Connect to themselves and those around them; Uncover their delight, joy, and wonder. Together, we can teach our children that they are enough, they are loved, and they belong.
$29.95
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Loretta Graziano Breuning Habits of a Happy Brain: Retrain Your Brain to Boost Your Serotonin, Dopamine, Oxytocin, & Endorphin Levels
Get ready to boost your happiness in just 45 days. This book shows you how to retrain your brain to turn on the chemicals that make you happy. Each page offers simple activities that help you understand the roles of your "happy chemicals"--serotonin, dopamine, oxytocin, and endorphin. You'll also learn how to build new habits by rerouting the electricity in your brain to flow down a new pathway, making it even easier to trigger these happy chemicals and increase feelings of satisfaction when you need them most. Filled with dozens of exercises that will help your reprogram your brain, Habits of a Happy Brain shows you how to live a happier, healthier life
$22.99
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Tim Lomas Happiness
In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, psychologist Tim Lomas offers a concise and engaging overview of our current understanding of happiness. Lomas explains that although the field of positive psychology, which focuses on happiness, emerged only in the last twenty-five years, interest in the meaning of happiness goes back several millennia. Drawing on a variety of disciplines, from philosophy and sociology to economics and anthropology, Lomas offers an expansive vision of what happiness means, exploring a significant range of experiential territory.
$22.95
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Gretchen Rubin Happiness Project, Tenth Anniversary Edition
Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun Gretchen Rubin's year-long experiment to discover how to create true happiness. Drawing on cutting-edge science, classical philosophy, and real-world examples, Rubin delivers an engaging, eminently relatable chronicle of transformation. This special 10th Anniversary edition features a Conversation with Gretchen Rubin, Happiness Project Stories, a guide to creating your own happiness project, a list of dozens of free resources, and more.
$24.99
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Suzann Pileggi Pawelski, James O. Pawelski Happy Together: Using the Science of Positive Psychology to Build Love that Lasts
In fairy tales, lasting love just happens. But in real life, healthy habits are what build happiness over the long haul. Happy Together, written by positive psychology experts and husband-and-wife team Suzann Pileggi Pawelski and James O. Pawelski, is the first book on using the principles of positive psychology to create thriving romantic relationships. Combining extensive scientific research and real-life examples, this book will help you find and feed the good in yourself and your partner. You will learn to develop key habits for building and sustaining long-term love.
$24.95
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Hardwiring Happiness
The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence Why is it easier to ruminate over hurt feelings than it is to bask in the warmth of being appreciated? Because your brain evolved to learn quickly from bad experiences but slowly from the good ones. You can change this. This simple method uses the hidden power of everyday experiences to build new neural structures full of happiness, love, confidence, and peace. Dr. Hanson's four steps build strengths into your brain, balancing its ancient negativity bias, making contentment and a powerful sense of resilience the new normal. In minutes a day, we can transform our brains into power centers of calm and happiness.
$23.99
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Cheri J. Meiners Have Courage!: A Book About Being Brave
Help children develop the attitudes and skills of courage and assertiveness in order to make wise choices and work through challenges. Children learn to do what they think is right and be brave, even if it’s hard. They learn to distinguish between expectations set by trusted adults and hurtful, wrong, or dangerous things adults or children might pressure them to do. The book also highlights trying new things, taking reasonable risks, and speaking up.
$18.50
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Healing Grief At Work
100 Practical Ideas After Your Workplace Is Touched By Loss With a gentle and considerate style, this handbook explores what happens when grief and the workplace meet, and the drastic effects of grieving on employees, their performance, and the overall workplace environment. Touching on the different kinds of grief workers can experience, such as death, divorce, and layoffs, the effective ways to channel grief during the workday, how to support coworkers who mourn, participation in group memorials, and negotiating appropriate bereavement leave, this concise and practical resource gives both ideas for the mourner and the mourner's coworkers. A special introduction for employers, owners, managers, and human resource personnel addresses the economic impact of grief in the workplace and provides practical and cost effective ideas for maintaining morale and creating a productive yet compassionate work environment. From the Healing Your Grieving Heart Series all available for purchase at ODIN BOOKS
$16.95
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