This is an excellent resource for practicing elementary school counselors as well as a textbook for use in counselor preparation courses. Full of information and activities, the book is designed to assist new and existing elementary school counseling programs and provides ways to narrow the gap between what is and what could be. It expands five developmental dimensions and contains 89 activities.

Elementary School Counseling: A Blueprint For Today And Tomorrow

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Worzbyt, John C.

O'Rourke, Kathleen

Dandeneau, Claire

Psychology & Counseling

Routledge

Elementary School Counseling: A Commitment to Caring and Community Building

Support Groups For Children

Designed for use with children in grades K-6, this book provides a review of support groups: their nature and value; the tripartite model of children's needs, behaviours they need to learn and environmental conditions that support learning; the Keystone Learning Model, which encompasses the tripartite model, strengths and decision-making; and "nuts and bolts" suggestions for creating and managing child support groups. The book also addresses various support groups chapter by chapter and homework ideas are provided with each chapter.

Mental Health

Taylor&Francis

First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &amp; Francis, an informa company.

Business & Money

Education & Reference

Innovative, practical, easy-to-use, and packed with over 175 meaningful activities and experiences, Teaching Kids to Care and to be Careful revolutionizes, simplifies, and captures the essence of a quality education―the purpose of which is to teach children to become caring human beings and builders of caring communities. Author John Worzbyt involves the home, school, and community in teaching children that caring is central to all life decisions and is the unifying force that brings meaning and purpose to life and living and relevancy to learning. The contents of this book will help children understand that caring is at the core of their existence, their purpose for being, and the source of their attitudes, values, and behaviors that prepares them for a life of service, advocates for social justice, and promoters of social change. With Teaching Kids to Care and to be Careful, kids can manage life's risks more responsibly, and experience life more fully as caring human beings and builders of caring communities. It is a must read for teachers, school counselors (K-8), parents, and community workers who strive to teach children how they can live, learn, and work from a caring perspective.

Teaching Kids to Care and to be Careful: A Practical Guide for Teachers, Counselors, and Parents

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

R&L Education

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