Books

By Ryan E. Hendrix, Kari Zweber Palmer, Nancy Tarshis and Michelle Garcia WinnerThe We Thinkers! series helps children build fundamental social competencies and improve their social and academic performance. Teachers, clinicians, and parents give it rave reviews!We Thinkers! Volume 2 picks up where Volume 1 left off. The concepts across the series are sequential. It's important to use Volume 1 before moving on to Volume 2.In Volume 2 Social Problem Solvers we explore how to figure out the social...

by Amy Kahofer and Jack Pranksy Illustrated by T.M. DuSablon This poetic and engaging book introduces young readers to the amazing, creative power within us all: thought. It is not a book about changing thoughts or changing behaviours, but rather a story to help children (and adults!) see how their own thinking creates their lives, moment to moment, day to day. "As a primary headteacher for over 27 years I have been searching for a simple way to help children realise their own wellbeing....

A Relaxation Book for Children Who Live with AnxietyWritten and Illustrated by Kari Dunn Buron Worry and anxiety are on an upswing. In fact, anxiety is the most frequent of all mental disorders in children. High levels of stress and big emotions related to social situations, sensory issues, or general frustration are common in children who live with anxiety. Such stress can lead to a loss of control, resulting in aggressive behaviour, such as screaming, throwing things or even hurting someone....

Written by Kristen Wilson and Elizabeth Sautterr Illustrated by Kyle Richardson Also available: Whole Body Listening Larry at SchoolBeing a good listener means much more than just hearing what is said with the ears. It is important to break down ALL of the components of listening, to teach your kids to listen with their eyes, hands, feet, brains, hearts - indeed their whole bodies! Designed to stimulate discussions at home and at school about how we listen as a member of our family and in...

Written by Kristen Wilson and Elizabeth Sautter Illustrated by Eric Hutchison Also available: Whole Body Listening Larry at HomeThis is the 2nd book in our two-part series to help our students develop a better concept of holistic listening, or Whole Body Listening. In this charming comic book, based on the idea created by Susanne P. Truesdale (1990), the authors, Sautter and Wilson explore how two siblings, Leah and Luka struggle to focus their brains and bodies during the school day. Kindly, a...

By Susan Bowman and Karen Dean Recent research has shown that an average of 8% of children as young as 8 years old are engaging in self-injuring behaviours. This book provides a first-of-its-kind, story-based tool for helping these young people. Elisa, 11 years old, has started purposely hurting herself. No one understands why she wants to do these things, not even her mother. When her self-injuring becomes more noticeable, a teacher takes her to speak with the school counsellor. Elisa...

Questioning Our Assumptions About What It Means To Learn Social SkillsToday's children (both neurotypical and those with social learning challenges) are entering school with declining abilities to learn in a group, attend to a lesson, be considerate toward others, or self-regulate their own behaviour. Teachers are increasingly finding themselves ill-equipped with the know-how, tools, and strategies to teach students about social awareness, emotional intelligence, and self-regulation of...

Winston the Worried Whale is a fun and captivating storytime resource that will help teachers approach the sensitive subject of worries with young children. Written by Alice GriffinIllustrated by Heidi Rivolta In this imaginatively illustrated picture book, loveable character Winston takes children on a journey through his worries, in turn helping them to think about how they can ease their own. The additional resources - printable from a FREE CD-Rom - offer numerous opportunities to stimulate...

Authors: Michelle Garcia Winner and Pamela Crooke The social world is a big, complicated place where we are all social detectives as we observe, gather, and make sense of the clues in different social contexts (settings, situations, and the people in them) to figure out the hidden rules for expected behaviors, as well as to understand how we each feel and think about others in a situation. This 2nd edition teaches social learners the power of observation, reading context, and interpreting clues...