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Books
All Alone After School by Muriel Stanke
Andrew's Angry Words by Dorothea Lachner
** At Daddy's on Saturday's by Linda Walvoord Girard
The Bear Who Lost His Sleep by Jessica Lamb-Shapiro
Big Moon Tortilla by Joy Cowley
** Black, White, Just Right by Marguerite W. Davol
** Bottles Break by Nancy Maria Grande Tabor
Bullies Are a Pain in the Brain by Trevor Romain
** A Child's Grief Journey by Amy Jay Barry
** Child Support: Through Small Group Counseling by Lois Landy
Cliques, Phonies, & Other Baloney by Trevor Romain
** Divorce and Remarriage Activity Book My Story by Jim & Joan Boulden
** Don't Despair on Thursdays! by Adolph Moser Ed. D
** Don't Feed The Monster on Tuesdays! by Adolph Moser Ed. D
** Don't Pop Your Cork on Mondays! by Adolph Moser Ed. D.
** Don't Rant & Rave on Wednesdays by Adolph Moser Ed. D
** Early Separation and Divorce Activity Book Let's Talk by Jim & Joan Boulden
** An Elephant in the Living Room by Jill M. Hastings, M.S. and Marion H. Typpo, Ph. D.
** Face Your Feelings! book and cards by Lawrence E. Shapiro, Ph. D.
Fly Away Home by Eve Bunting
Grandpa Toad’s Secrets by Keiko Kasza
The Hate List by Arden Martenz
The House That Crack Built by Clark Taylor
** How I Weathered the Storm of Divorce by LaVon Dormeyer
The Hurt by Teddi Doleski
** I'm Afraid To Go Home by Patti Ransom & Kathleen Towne
** I Wish My Daddy Didn’t Drink So Much by Judith Vigna
My Big Sister Takes Drugs by Judith Vigna
** My Dad Loves Me, My Dad Has A Disease by Claudia Black
** My Family is Living with Cancer by Sandra Hazouri & Miriam McLaughlin
Pefect Pigs by Marc Brown and Stephen Krensky
** Putting On the Brakes Young People's Guide to Understanding Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) by Patricia O. Quinn, M.D. and Judith M. Stern, M.A.
The Principal’s New Clothes by Stephanie Calmenson
** Robert Lives with his Grandparents by Martha Whitmore Hickman
S.A.I.L. by Rosemarie S. Hughes, Ph.D. and Pamela C. Kloeppet, Ed. D.
Smoky Night by Eve Bunting
** Sometimes I Drive My Mom Crazy, But I Know She's Crazy About Me A Self-Esteem Book for ADHD Children by Lawrence E. Shapiro, Ph.D.
Sometimes I Feel Like I Don't Have Any Friends by Tracy Zimmerman and Lawrence E. Shapiro, Ph. D.
Sometimes I Like to Fight, But I Don't Do It Much Anymore by Lawrence E. Shapiro, Ph. D.
Special Situations
Stick Up For Yourself! Every Kid's Guide to Personal Power and Positive Self-Esteem (Revised and Updatd) by Gershen Kaufman, Ph. D., Lev Raphael, Ph. D., and Pamela Espeland
True or False? Tests Stink! by Trevor Romain & Elizabeth Verdick
** 12 Stepping Stones For Young Children Of Alcoholics & Other Addictive-Drug Users by Suzanne Diou & Lois Caldwell
** We Adopted You, Benjamin Koo by Linda Walvoord Girard
What Would You Do? A Kid's Guide to Tricky and Sticky Situations by Linda Schwartz
What Do You Think A Kid's Guide to Dealing with Daily Dilemmas by Linda Schwartz
** When A Family Is In Trouble Children Can Cope With Grief From Drug And Alcohol Addiction by Marge Heegaard
** When Mom and Dad Separate Children Can Learn to Cope with Grief from Divorce by Marge Heegaard
** When A Parent Marries Again Children Can Learn to Cope With Family Change by Marge Heegaard
** When Someone Has a Very Serious Illness Children Can Learn To Cope With Loss and Change by Marge Heegaard
** When Someone VERY Special DIES Children Can Learn to Cope with Grief by Marge Heegaard
** When Something Terrible Happens Children Can Learn To Cope With Grief by Marge Heegaard
Who Is a Stranger and What Should I Do? by Linda Walvoord Girard
Your Move by Eve Bunting

Videos
Broken Toy
The ButterCream Gang
I Can Be Responsible
Kids and Alcohol Don't Mix
Resisting Pressure to Join Gangs
McGee and Me! Back to the Drawing Board
McGee and Me! The Big Lie
McGee and Me! Do the Bright Thing
McGee and Me! The Not-So-Great Escape
McGee and Me! Skate Expectations
McGee and Me! Take Me Out of The Ball Game
Respect Yourself and Others, Too
Set Your Own Goals
Something Wrong at Home: The Alcoholic Family

Kits
** Creative Coaching A Support Group for Children with ADHD by Nancy McDougall & Janet Roper
Kelso by Barbara O'Neill, Ph. D. & Diane Glass
Learning to Play, Playing to Learn Games and Activities to Teach Sharirng, Caring, and Compromise by Charlie Steffens & Spencer Gorin
Study Skills IV by JoAnn Cooper & Arden Martenz

Games
** The Anger Solution Game
** The Angry Monster Machine
** Building Confidence: A Self-Esteem Game by Dorothy Goldwasser, B.S., M.S.
Career Bingo II Gamebox by Mable Lee
Character Fun Gamebox by Marianne Vandawalker
** Choose! game by Helen R. Frank, Samuel T. Poston, and Paul W. Skogstrom
** Circle of Friends Game
** The Classroom Behavior Game
** The Coping Skills Game and Workbook by Lisa M. Schab, LCSW
** Face Your Feelings! book and cards by Lawrence E. Shapiro, Ph. D.
** Getting Along: Conflict Resolution Game by Dorothy Goldwasser, B.S., M.S.
** Keep Your Cool Game by Angela Johnson
Less Stress ball
LifeStories
Look Before You Leap!
** My 2 Homes
Postive Attitude ball
Responsibility Bingo by Maryann Hudgins
** The Secret Door by Jim Deacove
** The Self-Control Patrol Game and Workbook by Terry Trower
** Sleeping Grump
** Stop, Relax, and Think
Study Skills Bingo by JoAnn Cooper
** Teamwork
Think Test Bingo by Paula Jackson
** You and Me: A Game of Social Skills

Positive Attitude Ball
"full of affirmative statements such as 'Tell what you like about yourself' and 'Give someone a compliment.

The Less Stress Ball
"tells kids to 'Take 5 deep breaths' and 'Name someone who handles stress well,' it helps turn tension into fun-filled play."

My 2 Homes
"Designed for children who are having difficulty adjusting to their parents' divorce, this unique game lets children deal with problems on their own terms - through play."

You & Me: A Game of Social Skills
"teaches children important day-to-day social skills, including: helping others, sharing, being polite, understanding another's point of view, being a friend, and so on. As players move through the colorful board, they draw pictures, answer questions or act out charades about common social situations. When they cooperate, they are rewarded with special 'social events.'"

The Anger Solution Game
"helps children learn to control their behavioral responses to anger. As players make their way around the board, they are faced with a series of decisions and learn to choose the success route over the victim cycle."

All Alone After School
"Bringing new insight to the joys and trials of different kinds of family units, latch-key situations is detailed in this heartwarming story, which teaches children that even though their family might be different in one way, it really isn't so different form other families in many other ways."

Andrew's Angry Words
"In this cautionary tale . . . Andrew's bad mood has a ripple effect on the people around him when his swear words sour his sister first, then a poet, then a princess, and so on. . . ."

The Angry Monster Machine
"This ingenious game was designed to have a high play value for children who have problems with anger control. Each player uses a truck to pick up Play Doh monsters and cart the monsters back to the Transforming Machine, where he must say something that makes him angry. He then selects adaptive ways to transform the Play Doh monster too! This game is so much fun it makes kids want to work on this difficult problem."

Answer Me Game
"Students answer a social skills question each time they have a turn. They learn that positive behaviors allow them to move ahead and negative behaviors cause them to fall behind."

At Daddy's on Saturday's
"Bringing new insight to the joys and trials of different kinds of family units, joint custody/divorce issues is detailed in this heartwarming story, which teaches children that even though their family might be different in one way, it really isn't so different form other families in many other ways."

Bag Bingo: K-3 Study Skills
"Make study skills fun using bingo cards and related lessons to help young students learn, understand, and apply good study habits."

The Bear Who Lost His Sleep
"Benjamin was a bear who worried too much. In fact, he worried so much that he couldn't even fall asleep when it was time to hibernate for the winter. This engaging story book shows children how reasoning things out can help them reduce their anxiety and their need to be perfect."

Big Moon Tortilla
“Marta Enos has been working hard on her homework and is hungry for a taste of Grandmother’s big moon tortillas, ‘the best in the world.’ But as she rushes out to the cookhouse, disasters happen. Her homework blows out the window and is ruined by dogs. She drops her glasses and breaks them. Grandmother comforts her broken-hearted granddaughter with the wisdom of an old healing song: ‘When we have a problem, we must choose what we shall be.’ Marta chooses to fly high and laugh at her problems, like the eagle.”

Black, White, Just Right
"Bringing new insight to the joys and trials of different kinds of family units, interracial marriage is detailed in this heartwarming story, which teaches children that even though their family might be different in one way, it really isn't so different form other families in many other ways."

Bottles Break
“Sometimes helping a parent who drinks too much means learning to take better care of yourself.”

Broken Toy
"Raymond is a 12-year old boy who lives with his grandmother. His lonely life is made even lonier by the cruel verbal and physical treatment he receives from other children at school. In the halls, on the playground, even in the classroom. Raymond is the victim of constant bullying, namely from Mike, Troy, and their 'followers'. To these youngsters, Raymond's feelings mean nothing. That is until one day . . . when they go too far. Nobody meant for it to get out of hand, and certainly the children didn't mean for the accident to happen . . . but it did. In the face of tragedy, these 'unfeeling' youngsters will finally wake up."

Building Confidence: A Self-Esteem Game
"An absorbing board game that lays the foundation for self-esteem by challenging students to shed their negative thoughts and feelings about themselves and help their fellow players do the same."

Bullies Are a Pain in the Brain
"Children are often relunctan to speak to parents or teachers about being bullied. This book offers a humorous yet effective way to get children talking."

The ButterCream Gang
"Summer for 14-year old Scott, Pete, Eldon, and Lanny means having fun and helping those in need around town. The boys become known as 'The ButterCream Gang,' a term coined during the early days of Elk Ridge when the local minister asked boys to help widows churn their cream into butter. Then Pete makes some new friends and forms a very different kind of gang. But Scott, Eldon, and Lanny won't give up on their friend, and they strive, with help from their community, to bring Pete back to his former values."

Career Bingo II Gamebox
"Each set of bingo cards focuses on five career clusters. By using different sets, all 15 career clusters can be presented."

Character Fun Gamebox
"20 character-building games and activities in one convenient gamebox. Energize students and at the same time broaden their knowledge of desirable and undesirable character traits."

A Child's Grief Journey
"takes the reader into the heart of a boy who has lost his mother to death. Jared's feelings vividly describe his emptiness, confusion, anger, and deep sadness in a way that children will relate to and adults will understand."

Child Support: Through Small Group Counseling
". . . features more than 100 complete sessions covering the hottest topics in counseling today, including anger and aggression, death, decision making, divorce, peer relationships, responsibility, self-concept, and shyness."

Choose! game
"a fun-filled, entertaining tool which stimulates youngster's social, intellectual, personal, and moral growth. It helps children make good decisions, communicate effectively, improve coping skills and mobilize their inner resources."

Circle of Friends Game
"Kids learn friendship-building skills such as listening, patience and paying attention, and how to deal with various friendship issues, such as teasing, bullies, jealousy, anger, and more. This game features a "small town" board where the friends live and socialize. The players are asked questions, and, with the right answer, acquire new friends and Pop-it beads. When enough beads are collected to form a 'circle of friends' around all the players, everyone wins!"

The Classroom Behavior Game
"teaches 12 positive behaviors including Raising Your Hand, Taking Turns, Ignoring Inappropriate Behavior of Others, Having a Positive Attitude, and Listening."

Cliques, Phonies, & Other Baloney
“If you’re on the outside, you’re treated like dirt. And if you’re on the inside, you have to follow the rules. Who needs more rules? Trevor Romain knows all about cliques and why they exist: Because everyone wants to have friends. As you laugh along with his jokes and cartoons, you’ll learn important facts about friendship and popularity like: Real friends like the real you. I fyou stay inside by yourself all day watching TV and picking your nose, you won’t meet any new people. Popular people aren’t better than everyone else. You’ll discover : four dorky things cliques do, how to spot a phony, the Top 10 ways to keep your friends, and tricks for dealing with cliques.”

The Coping Skills Game and Workbook
"Kids grow up in an adult world. Adults have learned to cope; kids haven't." Lessons are "how to deal with feelings, adjust attitude, discover choices, accept imperfection, and more." The workbook has "activities and scenarios that challenge children to learn nine coping skills, including: becoming adept at labeling feelings, deciding what they need, listing things they can and can't change, and suggesting ways to make things better."

Creative Coaching
"This program is a practical resource for conducting educational groups for children. Short-term, educational, curriculum-based groups provide a supportive and nurturing environment within which children can learn and practice specfic life skills. And, although applicable for almost all children, Creative Coaching can be specifically referenced when working with children who have Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. In addition to providing specific suggestions for learning objectives and activities, this program includes detailed instructions for implementing groups and resource materials which provide training for teachers and parents who wish to enhance student skills."

Divorce and Remarriage Activity Book My Story and Early Separation and Divorce Activity Book Let's Talk
"The feelings of confusion, anger, sadness, and responsibility often experienced by children whose parents are separated or divorced are explored in reassuring activities and easy-to-read text. Coloring opportunities are interwoven with springboards for discussion in the two books that help young people come to terms with - and realize they are not to blame for - their parent's divorce. Let's Talk focuses on what happens when parents argue and can no longer live together, while My Story looks at a parent's dating and remarriage and guides young children in coping with a blended family."

Don't Despair on Thursdays!
"The practical, easy-to-follow methods presented help children to understand that grieving is a normal response to loss."

Don't Feed The Monster on Tuesdays!
"Presents techniques for building and maintaining positive attitudes and strengthening self-esteem in a way that is easy for students to understand."

Don't Pop Your Cork on Mondays!
"explores the causes and effects of stress and offers practical approaches and techniques for dealing with the stress factors that effect everyday lives."

Don't Rant & Rave on Wednesdays
"explains the causes of anger and offers methods that can help children reduce the amount of anger they feel."

An Elephant in the Living Room
“Living in a family where drinking is a problem is a lot like living with an ELEPHANT in the living room. This book is a way to begin talking about things that are hard to talk about.”

** Face Your Feelings! book and cards
"Both the book and card deck show 52 pictures of children, teens, adults, and seniors expression the 12 basic feelings." The book has examples of the feelings. The cards can be used to play ten different games.

My Family is Living with Cancer
"This story tells of a mother stricken with cancer and how the child's initial fear and confusion turns to understanding and acceptance. Includes suggestions for answering children's questions, ways to prepare them for hospital visits, and how to make the homecoming go smoothly."

Fast Forward Future
"Includes three episodes modeling effective responses for dealing with peer pressure to try drugs and alcohol, and for responding to the alcohol and drug abuse of older siblings and parents. Emphasizes the use of problem solving skills."

Fly Away Home
A book about a homeless dad and his son from the little boy’s point of view.

Getting Along: Conflict Resolution Game
"A board game in which students have fun while effortlessly absorbing the skills of conflict resolution. As players roll the die and move along the board's roadway of colorful squares, they learn and practice problem-solving skills."

Grandpa Toad’s Secrets
“Grandpa Toad seems to know all the secrets for outwitting hungry enemies. But when an enormous monster proves to be too scary even for Grandpa, can Little Toad save the day?”

The Hate List
"is a story about a young girl who learns that by changing her reactions to unpleasant situations, she can control her anger and have more friends. Jessie has a 'Hate List' that includes just about everybody in her family and all her classmates. During her summer vacation, she is invited to visit her grandmother. When she arrives, she learns that Grandmother had a special reason for the invitation. She needs Jessie's help. Jessie's cousin Mark has also been invited to stay at Grandmother's. He doesn't have any friends and Grandmother is worried about him. She wants Jessie to work with her to help Mark so that he knows what he is doing to make the kids dislike him. As Jessie observes Mark, she learns how she herself can change. She goes home from Grandmother's with a new outlook on life."

The House That Crack Built
"Cumulative verses describe the creation, distribution, and destructive effects of crack cocaine."

How I Weathered the Storm of Divorce
"is a clever way to help children cope with the reality of a divorce. It provides the opportunity to: interact with an adult, create a personal story, confront emotional issues, and understand that negative thoughts, feelings, and actions can be controlled."

The Hurt
“When his best friend Gabriel calls him a name, Justin reacts by going home to his room and nursing his Hurt. As he adds even more hurts to it, the Hurt grows bigger and bigger. Finally, through sharing his feelings and experiencing reconciliation, Justin is able to let the Hurt go and enjoy life with his family and friends.”

I Can Be Responsible
"Using true-to-life scenarios, animated characters, and lively songs, program challenges children to decide on responsible courses of action. Gives children a fun-filled forum in which to consider questions of personal responsibility; taking care of themselves; helping out at home, keeping up in school; being a responsible friend. Helps children begin to set a standard of responsible behavior for themselves."

I'm Afraid To Go Home "is a program to help students learn ways to cope with their situations of living in violent homes or neighborhoods. Some of the topics include: The evaluation of homes and neighborhoods, ways to gain support, dealing with violence in homes and neighborhoods, ways to express anger, understanding responsibility, and dealing with feelings."

I Wish My Daddy Didn’t Drink So Much
“When Lisa gets the sled Daddy made her for Christma, she hopes he’ll keep his promis to take her sledding. But when the time comes, Daddy’s drinking - again. Though it’s not hard for Lisa to understand, Mommy explains that Daddy’s sick, and that ‘the true, kind Daddy is the one who loves you...’ With the help of Mommy and a wise neighbor, Lisa learns more about being hopeful, and about making not only Christmas but every day good for herself.”

Keep Your Cool Game
"A game that teaches students that good attitudes help them to have better days! Begin by reading a clever story about Self-Control Seth and Bad-Attitude Brittany. Then, have the students move around the colorful game board drawing cards and answering questions that reinforce the concept that people with a good attitude move forward during the day, but people with a bad attitude do not."

Kelso
"empowers children to use the skills of conflict management in school, in the community, and at home."

Kids and Alcohol Don't Mix "Fat Albert and the gang have a new friend who was a good soccer player until he started drinking. On the day of the big soccer game, he gets drunk and can't even stand up. He ends up in a detention home after taking his parents' car and smashing it up. He
finally learns that KIDS AND ALCHOHOL DON'T MIX."

LifeStories
"Get to know your family, your friends and yourself better with this delightful game that encourages everyone to talk about their life's experiences, thoughts, hopes, and dreams. The rules are simple, the questions are easy. A great way to reinforce family ties, pass on family history and enrich friendships."

Look Before You Leap! game
"Children learn to control their responses as well as their behavior in everyday situations by using forethought to guide the game play. They also learn to think ahead as they use real-life problem-solving and critical-thinking skills. The specially designed board keeps changing - challenging children to 'look before they leap!'"

McGee and Me! Back to the Drawing Board
“Nicholas Martin, Artist Supremo. The official ‘sketchpad wonderkid and class cartoonist. Until, that is, Todd moves to town! Before Nick can say, ‘Start your pencils,’ Todd is moving in on his turf! There’s just one thing to do: Nick has to win Eastfield’s Winter Carnival poster contest and prove who’s the best. But Nick has to face more than a contest. He has to face something tough, something that’s making him angry, scared, and prideful all at once: Jealousy. In ‘Back to the Drawing Board,’ Nicholas and McGee learn that jealousy causes a lot of hurt, anger and frustration - especially for the one who’s jealous.”

McGee and Me! The Big Lie
“You’re 11 years old. You’ve moved with your with your parents and sisters to a new town where you don’t know anybody. The school bully knows who you are, where to find you, and why he doesn’t like you before your first day of school is over. And your best friend is a cartoon character who can only be relied on to give you unreliable advice. In ‘The Big Lie,’ Nicholas and McGee discover that telling lies is not a convenient way to make friends. Instead, it’s a sure way to hurt others, especially if the lie is mistaken for the truth.”

McGee and Me! The Blunder Years
“Hip shades, just the right shirt, an arrogant swagger, and ‘attitude’ are all Nick needs to hang with the coolest kid in school. Eat your heart out, James Dean . . . The Nickster is stylin’, blowdryin’, definitely cool; totally nongeeky. Of course, Nick does have to make some sacrifices. Being in the hip crowd means being out with his “wanna-be’ family and friends. Nick is like every kid - stumbling through The Blunder Years making choices and hopefully discovering what’s really important in the process.”

McGee and Me! Do the Bright Thing
“To spend or not to spend, that is the question . . . that leads McGee on a wild journey to one of the most fascinating places in the world; the mind of an 11-year old! Take a ringside seat with McGee in the master control center of Nick’s brain. Explore the amazing ways litte (and not-so-little) decisions are made. Watch the gears grind and the sparks fly as Nick gets input on everything - from doing a wheelie to spending his savings - from all directions: his family, his friends and, of course, McGee. No question about it. Nick has a lot to think about. In ‘Do the Bright Thing,’ Nicholas and McGee learn about the process and the payoff of making right - and wrong - decisions.”

McGee and Me! The Not-So-Great Escape
“Monsters and mayhem. And things that go bump. That’s what kids are made of. Wait a second - that’s not how the rhyme goes! Unless, of course, you believe the latest big horror movie. Which is exactly why Nicholas’ parents won’t let him spend his Saturday afternoon going to the movie that ‘everybody else’ is going to see. But some kids insist on believing that they, not their parents, know what’s best - until it’s too late. In ‘Not-So-Great Escape,’ Nicholas and McGee learn the value of obedience and being wise when making decisions.”

McGee and Me! Skate Expectations
“Watch for screaming skateboard action as Nicholas and Derrick duel over the fate of the school nerd. Nick wants to defend him; Derrick wants to cream him! Thrilling jumps and chilling swerves lead to the non-stop excitement of the deadly ‘Trail of the Killer Worm.’ In ‘Skate Expectations,’ Nicholas and McGee learn the value of showing love and kindness to others - no matter who they are.”

McGee and Me! Take Me Out of The Ball Game
“Cheering fans! Thbe race for home plate! Double plays! Triple plays! All-American Little League baseball! Nicholas loves to play it. His dad loves to coach it. What they don’t love is getting clobbered every year by the Dodgers. This year it’s payback time. The Eastfield Braves are going to get even because this year they have a secret weapon: Thurman Miller! Twelve-year-od Thurman can pitch like lightning and hit a ball so hard it goes into orbit! So look out, Dodgers! Nick and his dad are determined the Braves will win. After all, with Thurman on their team, they can’t lose! In ‘Take Me Out of the Ball Game,’ Nicholas and McGee - with the help of special guest Orel Hershiser - learn about the importance of keeping things in the right perspective.”

My Big Sister Takes Drugs
“It’s bad enough when Paul’s big sister, Tina, turns mean and hangs out with mean kids. But when the family discovers Tina’s drug abuse problem, things turn much worse. Paul’s new friend doesn’t want to play wiht him, and Paul can’t go to soccer camp because Tina’s hospital program costs so much. Worst of all, Paul’s afraid that his sister may not recover. But with work and love, it looks as if all kinds of things in Paul’s life will soon be getting better.”

My Dad Loves Me, My Dad Has A Disease
“Working through the loneliness, fear, and frustration by expressing feelings is what this book is all about. This workbook gives children the opportunity to share their thoughts and feelings, and to better understand addiction.”

Perfect Pigs
This cartoon book is a fun book for children to learn about manners.

The Principal’s New Clothes
“Mr. Bundy, the principal of P. S. 88, is the sharpest dresser in school. In fact, he’s the sharpest dresser in the whole town! But when two tricksters come to town and design a suit of magic cloth for Mr. Bundy, everyone is in for a big surprise!”

Putting On the Brakes Young People's Guide to Understanding Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) "The authors of this book, never talk down to children, as they explain what causes ADHD and how to cope with it. The book includes a glossory of terms and simple tips to help kids organize their time, improve their study habits and test taking, and learn to follow directions."

Resisting Pressure to Join Gangs video. "Offers strategies for resisting pressure to join gangs. Presents: How to feel like you belong without joining a gang. Best alternatives to joining gang."

Respect Yourself and Others, Too "is designed to give children the opportunity to explore the concepts and applications of respect. Through short, dramatic scenarios the program presents specific problems for them to discuss and explore. By deciding such issues as the sacredness of another's property of another's right to their own ambitions and dreams, of honoring another person's way of doing things, and of respect for authority, they begin to develop their own ideas of how people should treat each other. And, in the process, they understand that at the heart of respect is their own respect for themselves."

Responsibility Bingo
"Responsibility for self, home, friends, school, and the world. These are topics addressed in this bingo game. Students learn the responsibility associated with the different aspects of their lives as they play a lively and fun game of bingo."

Robert Lives with his Grandparents
"Bringing new insight to the joys and trials of different kinds of family units, living with grandparents is detailed in this heartwarming story, which teaches children that even though their family might be different in one way, it really isn't so different form other families in many other ways."

S.A.I.L.
Several activities to help with self-esteem, decision making, and peer relationships.

The Secret Door
"Children to try to figure out what is behind the Secret Door, but they won't succeed unless they work cooperatively."

The Self-Control Patrol Game and Workbook
"teaches children how to cope with a variety of social problems that typically evoke anger and loss of control." It is "designed to help children develop better listening skills, read social cues, understand the consequences of their behavior, learn to express themselves appropriately (with the 'Power Talk Formula') deal with name-calling and teasing, and use humor in a positive way to deal with conflicts."

Set Your Own Goals
"What can children accomplish once they learn to set their own goals? Almost anything! In this upbeat video, kids learn that setting a goal is important. They find out that when they begin with small steps, keep trying, and ask for help if needed, they can achieve their goals. Susan learns that some goals take time - like making new friends at school. When Amy sets a goal of raising $15 to join "Save the Whales", her first plan fails, but her whole class joins in and helps raise money. Both reach their goals in different ways."

Sleeping Grump
"In this popular board game, players must climb the stalk and recover treasures from the Grump without waking him. To win, players work together and help change the Grump with their kindness!"

Smoky Night
“Daniel and his mother look out of their window at the smoky night below. There are looters on the street, fires in the distance. Daniel clutches his cat, Jasmine. But later, when they’re forced to leave their apartment building, Jasmine can’t be found. Mrs. Kim’s cat is missing, too. Where are they? They can’t be with each other. Those cats don’t get along . . . Smoky Night is a story about cats - and people - who couldn’t get along until a night of rioting brings them together.”

Something Wrong at Home: The Alcoholic Family
"promotes a general understanding of the experience of children from alcoholic families, and to assist those children who have an alcoholic parent to understand that they are not alone, they are not to blame, and that they need to have other caring adults they can turn to when they feel unsafe. The program models positive problem solving via discussion of feelings, getting support from friends, family, and counselors, and finding satisfaction in a healthy routine of school and activities."

Sometimes I Like to Fight, But I Don't Do It Much Anymore
"Douglas is a boy who has always liked to fight. But as he gets older, his fighting gets him into more trouble, the other children begin to dislike him, and the principal of his school threatens to throw him out. Fortunately, a counselor, Ms. Stevenson, is there to help Douglas learn to control his fighting."

Sometimes I Feel Like I Don't Have Any Friends
"Meet Mark, a fourth-grader who knows he's not well-liked. He begins to see his shortcomings and - with the help of his parents and teacher - learns to communicate, listen and cooperate. New friends quickly follow."

** Sometimes I Drive My Mom Crazy, But I Know She's Crazy About Me A Self-Esteem Book for ADHD Children
"This true-to-life story of a young ADHD boy addresses the many difficult and frustrating issues kids like him confront every day; from sitting still in the classroom, to remaining calm, to feeling 'different' from other children."

Special Situations
"is a collection of 27 guidance lessons to be presented in classrooms or in small groups." "The topics include: Academic Improvement, Bullying, Career Awareness, Conflict-Management, Family Relationships, Feelings, Introducing the Counselor, Perfection, Personal Improvement, Personal Safety, Tattling, Teasing, and Understanding Others."

Stick Up For Yourself! Every Kid's Guide to Personal Power and Positive Self-Esteem (Revised and Updatd)
"Simple words and real-life examples help kids build genuine self-esteem, assertiveness skills, responsibility, and healthy relationships."

Stop, Relax, and Think
"In this ever-popular board game, active impulsive children learn motor control, relaxation skills, how to express their feelings, and how to problem-solve."

Study Skills IV
"A six-lesson program emphasizing organization, the importance of learning, and ways to establish good homework habits."

Study Skills Bingo
"Each game board includes 24 important skills that will help students improve academically."

Teamwork
"This game uses the exciting metaphor of a basketball game to teach children the important cooperative skills. Players "run" back and forth along the basketball court with their sneaker markers, expressing their opinions about various situations regarding cooperation, sharing, understand the point of view of others, and, of course, teamwork! If the player provides a good answer as determined by his teammates, he goes to the foul line of the enclosed miniature basketball game and shoots baskets to earn chips. The whole team is rewarded by doing a social activity together."

Think Test Bingo
"helps students enjoy learning test-taking skills that will improve their scores in standardized and teacher-made tests.

True or False? Tests Stink!
"This quick-reading book, filled with jokes and cartoons, will help the reader become a better test taker. Includes test-taking tips that really work, how to handle stress, and much more."

12 Stepping Stones For Young Children Of Alcoholics & Other Addictive-Drug Users “is a program for children of substance abusers. Based on the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous, these sessions allow children to: examine their own feelings, better understand the behavior of the substance abuser, and excuse themselves from guilt.”

We Adopted You, Benjamin Koo
“My parents started early telling me I was from Korea and was adopted. But that didn’t mean much to me until one day I noticed that I didn’t look like my mom and dad. I had lots of questions then, and I didn’t always like the answers. But through talking and explaining and struggling, I found out what makes a real family. And I know that’s exactly what we are.”

What Would You Do? A Kid's Guide to Tricky and Sticky Situations
"What would your kids do if they were followed by a stranger? If they forgot their lunch? If they got stuck in an elevator alone? This commonsense guide prepares children to handle more than 70 unexpected, puzzling, and frightening situations that they may encounter at home, at school and on the way, or out on their own, or in an emergency."

What Do You Think A Kid's Guide to Dealing with Daily Dilemmas
"Help kids develop the skills they need to resolve conflicts and make good decisions at school, at home, and within themselves. This inviting book encourages young people to consider issues from more than one perspective and to clarify their thinking before real-life conflicts arise. Over 70 dilemmas cover topics as diverse as hairstyles, drug use, cheating, privacy, discrimination, peer pressure, making friends, and helping people in need. Kids learn that they are responsible for their own lives and they can make wise choices."

When A Family Is In Trouble Children Can Cope With Grief From Drug And Alcohol Addiction
“When a family member has an addiction to alcohol or other drugs the entire family is effected. This book gives parents, counselors and other professionals an organized approach to help children ages 6-12 understand and cope with the problems addicted families face. The art process invites children to release repressed concerns and difficult feelings in an appropriate way. Awareness and communication is the first step to making positive changes.”

When Mom and Dad Separate Children Can Learn to Cope with Grief from Divorce
"This book was designed to teach children some concepts about divorce and to recognize and express feelings of grief from family change, to encourage open communication and to help adults discover unhealthy misconceptions children may have."

When A Parent Marries Again Children Can Learn to Cope With Family Change
"Stepfamilies are born out of loss and grief. First families ending in death or divorce often leave children feeling abandoned and insecure in a world upside down. The remarriage of a parent may feel more like a loss than a gain to children after close single parent/child relationships. Merging two families with unrealistic expectations, divided loyalties, different values and histories bring rivalries, conflicts and confusion. This book was designed to help children express feelings and concerns about the changes in their lives to help family members understand each other better and build bonds based on mutual respect and trust."

When Someone Has a Very Serious Illness Children Can Learn To Cope With Loss and Change
" This book will help families communicate and evaluate a child's understanding and feelings about family change while teaching basic concepts of illness and healthy coping skills."

When Someone VERY Special DIES Children Can Learn to Cope with Grief
"This book was designed to teach basic concepts of death and help children understand and express the many feelings they have when someone special dies. Communication is increased and coping skills are developed as they illustrate their books with their personal story."

When Something Terrible Happens Children Can Learn To Cope With Grief
"Terrible things happen to children. Traumatic events in the lives of their families, their friends or in the world leave children feeling confused, insecure, and frightened. Some things happen in nature like floods and earthquakes. People, also cause violence and trauma. This book is designed to help children understand and cope with overwhelming feelings from loss and change. Creating art provides a method for expressing feelings children are unable to understand or express verbally. Drawing a fearful event puts the drawer in charge and presents an opportunity to overcome feelings of helplessness and fear."

Who is a Stranger and What Should I Do?
"Most kids know not to talk to strangers, but this book takes the idea further by explaining about 'kind' strangers, the stranger who is not a child's friend, strangers in public places, 'doorbell' strangers, and others. Includes 10 'what if?' situations and topics for discussion."

Your Move
“The K-Bones are not a gang or a crew, they say; they’re just a bunch of guys who get together to have some fun. Like a club. James wants to have fun with them, and he’s willing to ‘prove’ himself to get into the group. So James and his little brother, Isaac, are watching out the window, waiting until they’re sure their mother is on the bus and off to work. Tonight’s the night.”

Learning to Play, Playing to Learn Games and Activities to Teach Sharirng, Caring, and Compromise
“This book is all about helping kids learn more about living in the world through the dynamics of play. Divided into three parts, creative play, compassionate play, and soft aggression, this book provides a selection of games and activities that are fun and challenging. This book has over sixty unique and entertaining activities that will help to manage aggressive behaviors, foster cooperation, and nurture positive conduct.”