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An adaptation of Developing understanding of self and others (DUSO), a guidance program developed by Don Dinkmeyer and published by American Guidance Services. Helps students become more aware of their own needs and goals, and how they fit in with other people. Students can enjoy six simple stories that help them learn that feelings, goals, and behavior are related; learn words for feelings; and learn to talk freely about these topics. It is most...
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In The Body Image Workbook for Teens, you'll find practical exercises and tips that address the most common factors that can lead to negative body image, including: comparison, negative self-talk, unrealistic media images, societal and family pressures, perfectionism, toxic friendships, and a fear of disappointing others. You'll also learn powerful coping strategies to deal with the daily, intense pressures of being a teenage girl.
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"From artist and curator Bex Ollerton comes an anthology featuring comics from thirty autistic creators about their experiences of living in a world that doesn't always understand or accept them. Sensory: Life on the Spectrum contains illustrated explorations of everything from life pre-diagnosis to tips on how to explain autism to someone who isn't autistic, to suggestions for how to soothe yourself when you're feeling overstimulated. With unique,...
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"Third-grader Braden loves to be the center of attention. His comic genius, as he sees it, causes his friends to look at him in awe. But when his ill-timed jokes and actions result in interrupting class or hurting others, it's time for a lesson about impulse control"--Provided by publisher.
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"The first book written specifically for men, Victims No Longer examines the changing cultural attitudes toward male survivors of incest and other sexual trauma. In this second edition, this invaluable resource continues to offer compassionate and practical advice, supported by personal anecdotes and statements of male survivors. Victims No Longer helps survivors to: identify and validate their childhood experiences; explore strategies of survival...
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"On a clear May afternoon at the end of his junior year at Harvard, Howard Axelrod left his dorm-room to play a pick-up game of basketball. In the skirmish for a loose ball, a boy's finger hooked behind Axelrod's eyeball and severed his optic nerve. Permanently blinded in his right eye, Axelrod returned a week later to the same dorm-room, but to a different world. A world where nothing looked solid, where the smooth veneer of reality had been broken,...
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"Provides a number of options for evaluating and instructing students in the too often overlooked areas that can and do have a tremendous impact on all students' abilities to make progress in the general education curriculum: social interaction and conversational skills, communication repair, self-concept and self-advocacy skills, and classroom access. These areas are assessed in three hypothetical students ranging in grade level (grades 1, 3 and...
295) Cultivating strong girls: library programming that builds self-esteem and challenges inequality
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"An essential "how-to" book for youth services librarians who are interested in effecting social change and offering a dynamic, relevant program for girls."--Publisher's description