QUICK AND LIVELY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES
Meaningful Ways to Keep Kids Engaged During
Transition Time, Downtime, or Anytime

by Linda Nason McElherne, M.A.

Copyright © 2006

 

Make the most of every moment in the classroom. These brief, meaningful, enjoyable activities are perfect for 15- to 20-minute periods during the school day-advisory, homeroom, or “between” times too short to start something big and too long to waste. The 260 activities are grouped into 52 themes (one for each week of the year) with quotations, discussion questions, affirmations, and resources. Includes 53 reproducible handout masters. The included CD-ROM (PC and Macintosh) features all of the reproducible forms from the book. Previously titled Jump Starters. Grades 3-6

 

176 Pages/Paperback
AFS59	Quick and Lively Classroom Activities	$36.50

SECTION 504 AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS
A Practical Guide for Determining Eligibility, Developing
Accommodation Plans, and Documenting Compliance
Second Edition

 

by Tom E. C. Smith & James R. Patton

Copyright © 2007

This practical resource, now in its second edition, navigates the public school personnel through the process of determining eligibility for students with disabilities as outlined in Section 504. It also acts as a reference guide to the basics of both the legal formalities and practical applications of Section 504 in the school settings. Included are Eligibility Determination Forms that provide a format for documentation of the appropriate steps taken in considering eligibility.

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112 Pages/Paperback
AP12307	Section 504 and Public Schools	$44.00

 

TRAINING PEER HELPERS
Coaching Youth to Communicate, Solve Problems,
and Make Decisions

 

by Barbara B. Varenhorst, Ph.D.

Copyright © 2010

This updated resource incorporates the 40 Developmental Assets—the essential building blocks of healthy development that young people need to succeed—and helps young people make a powerful difference in the lives of their peers.

It provides 15 sessions an adult can use to train students in the skills necessary to more effectively help their peers. Through discussion and fun, engaging activities, students will learn the basic but crucial skills necessary for building healthy relationships, including

• communication: asking questions and listening for
  content and feelings;

• assertiveness: expressing rights and desires, dealing
  with peer pressure, and managing sensitive issues;

• confidentiality: honoring what others share and deciding when safety
  concerns override it;

• decision Making: weighing information and evaluating choices; and
  conflict Mediation: dealing with disagreements and reaching peaceful
  solutions.
  

158 Pages
AIPG4902	Training Peer Helpers	$39.50

YOU CAN HANDLE THEM ALL
A Discipline Model for Handling Over One Hundred
Different Misbehaviors at School and at Home

Second Edition

 

by Robert L. DeBruyn & Jack L. Larson

Copyright © 1984

You Can Handle Them All is a systematic, easy-to-use reference guide for educators to help them define and correct 124 student behaviors. PResented in outline form it

• identifies the primary cause of each behavior;
  
  
• tells how each misbehavior affects teachers, students, and the learning environment;
  
  
• offers up to 34 techniquesfor managing each student behavior;
  
  
• reveals the common mistakes teachers often make when trying to correct behaviors; and
  
  
• cross references other realted behaviors.

You Can Handle Them All reveals the common mistakes a teacher makes with problem students and gives cross-references to related misbehaviors.

 

320 Pages/Hardcover
AMTI171025	You Can Handle Them All	$30.00

 

 

THE ELEMENTARY/MIDDLE SCHOOL
COUNSELOR'S SURVIVAL GUIDE
Third Edition

 

by John J. Schmidt, Ed.D

Copyright © 2010

 

An expanded edition filled with ideas, strategies, and tools for school counselors.

This Survival Guide helps counselors plan and implement an effective counseling program tailored to the needs of all students. Step by step, the book walks readers through every aspect of the school counselor job, including: designing a comprehensive counseling program, communicating with students and fellow staff, facilitating groups, promoting positive school discipline, integrating a guidance curriculum, intervening in times of crisis, and taking personal and professional care of oneself.

• Discusses how to reach out to diverse student and parent populations

• Shows how to integrate the American School Counselor Association’s
  National Model for designing, delivering, and evaluating a school’s
  counseling program

• Reveals how new technology can improve services to students and
  parents

This comprehensive resource also includes a wealth of reproducible worksheets, letters, checklists, and forms designed to save time and effort for busy school counselors.

 

293 Pages/Paperback
AWI55	The Elementary/Middle School Counselor's Survival Guide	$36.50