Life Skills

Authors: Laurie Eckenrode, Pat Fennell, Kathy Hearsey, Beth ReynoldsTasks Galore: Book 3 (Blue): Making Groups MeaningfulThis book aids teachers, parents and therapists in applying structured teaching techniques within classroom groups, school specials and even parties!Designing meaningful home and school group activities involve integrating IEP goals, individualising structure and communication and teaching rules.Tasks Galore Publishing Inc. was created to provide parents and professionals with...

Authors: Laurie Eckenrode, Pat Fennell, Kathy Hearsey, Beth ReynoldsTasks Galore – Book 4 (Green) – Let’s Play – Structured Steps to Social Engagement and Symbolic PlayTasks Galore Let’s Play, the fourth book in the popular resource series for parents, teachers, and therapists, utilises play as the program for learning. There is more and more evidence that direct teaching of play skills can increase young children’s symbolic understanding and, thus, have an impact on their imitation, language,...

Authors: Laurie Eckenrode, Pat Fennell, Kathy Hearsey, Beth ReynoldsTasks Galore: Book 5 (Grey): Literature-Based Thematic Units (includes accompanying boardbook: I’m Hungry, I’m Hungry, What shall I do?)The fifth book in the popular resource series for parents, teachers, and therapists, integrates instruction across core curriculum areas by utilising multi-sensory learning.Using the accompanying storybook as a guide for creating literature-based thematic units, the authors have designed...

By Lori Ann CopelandThis companion guide provides a series of 10 lesson topics with more than 50 activities and handouts to help children learn self-regulation and impulse control skills. The program features fun and memorable lessons with activities that teach concepts and skills children can apply to their day-to-day lives. These lessons can be presented to children in classrooms and small groups or to individuals who may need more intensive help with self-control issues. The digital files...

Authors: Robert J. Marzano, Tammy Heflebower, Debra J. PickeringStudent engagement happens as a result of a teacher’s careful planning and execution of specific strategies. This self-study text provides in-depth understanding of how to generate high levels of student attention and engagement. Using the suggestions in this book, every teacher can create a classroom environment where engagement is the norm, not the exception.Read relatable classroom stories that depict the presented...

Authors: Leah Kuypers and Elizabeth Sautter Adapted from the colourful 2-page layout in The Regulation Station storybook, this 24” x 18” poster summarises lessons taught throughout The Zones of Regulation 2-Storybook Set. The poster is an in-the-moment reminder of the four steps needed to (1) recognise your feelings, (2) identify your Zone, (3) choose a tool, and (4) use the tool to help regulate your feelings experienced across different situations. Use the poster at home, school, or clinic to...

By Jeanetta Jones MillerStudent-centred classrooms make it possible for schools to fulfil their best and most enduring promise: to give students a fair chance to grow up literate, open-minded, and prepared to succeed. With this resource as your guide, you will learn six teaching practices to help you leave behind one-size-fits-all lessons, tests, and grades in favour of a student-centred approach that is interactive, individualised and rigorous.Features:Learn how to use the two essential...

THIS ITEM IS DISCOUNTED AS IT HAS BEEN DAMAGED, SCUFFED, CREASED OR DENTED IN TRANSIT OR IN THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS. THIS ITEM IS PERFECTLY USABLE BUT WILL HAVE SOME COSMETIC DAMAGE.RETURNS WILL NOT BE POSSIBLE FOR THIS ITEM Ages: 5-11Pages: 152Format: 2-storybook set (shrink-wrapped)Published: 2021Authors: Leah Kuypers and Elizabeth Sautter The two children’s books in the The Zones of Regulation Storybook Set were created to provide an easy, kid friendly way to kick off and support lessons...

By Paula Cox and Farra CriswellTherapeutic Interventions Using Non-Therapeutic Games is a creative twist on the traditional practice of using games in therapy. This book takes games that everyone knows and loves and gives a concrete hands-on example of behavioural strategies for children from Key Stage 1 through to Key Stage 3. The sessions and activity pages can be used by anyone who is in the role of helping children determine appropriate behaviours.The sections within this book are divided by...

Author: Sue CostelloeGet your students thinking creatively, critically and reflectively. This series offers units that progressively help them to develop and strengthen these higher order processes. The emphasis is on inquiry learning, prompting your students to explore issues like personal identity, goals and direction, and relating to others. A wide range of thinking strategies and graphic organisers are employed. Book 1 caters for ages 5 - 6. Book 2 & 3 are also available.

Author: Sue CostelloeGet your students thinking creatively, critically and reflectively. This series offers units that progressively help them to develop and strengthen these higher order processes. The emphasis is on inquiry learning, prompting your students to explore issues like personal identity, goals and direction, and relating to others. A wide range of thinking strategies and graphic organisers are employed. Book 2 caters for ages 7-8. Books 1 and 3 are also available.

Author: Sue CostelloeGet your students thinking creatively, critically and reflectively. This series offers units that progressively help them to develop and strengthen these higher order processes. The emphasis is on inquiry learning, prompting your students to explore issues like personal identity, goals and direction, and relating to others. A wide range of thinking strategies and graphic organisers are employed. Book 3 caters for ages 9-11. Books 1 and 2 are also available.

Author: Sue CostelloeGet your students thinking creatively, critically and reflectively. This series offers units that progressively help them to develop and strengthen these higher order processes. The emphasis is on inquiry learning, prompting your students to explore issues like personal identity, goals and direction, and relating to others. A wide range of thinking strategies and graphic organisers are employed. Book 1 caters for ages 5-6. Book 2 caters for ages 7-8.Book 3 caters for ages...

Ages: 10+Format: Bundle with GamesPublished: 2016Authors: Michelle Garcia Winner, Pamela Crooke, Dominique Baudry, Linda K. MurphyThe social mind is dynamic. It changes and evolves continuously throughout the tween and teen years as kids begin to forge a stronger sense of self. But as they age, the social world also expands in its complexity. Expectations for how a child makes sense of the social world, socially responds, and behaves seem to suddenly shift and transform as more sophisticated...

60 user-friendly cards with practical ideas and strategies to promote and develop children’s attendanceBy Tina RaeA companion to Understanding & Supporting Children & Young People with Emotionally based School Avoidance (EBSA).Children and young people miss school for a variety of reasons – as a response to personal, family, school or wider environmental issues. Emotionally Based School Avoidance or Refusal (EBSA) is a pattern of absence where reluctance, or refusal, to attend or stay in...

Understanding & Supporting Emotionally Based School Avoidance Workbook, Discussion Cards and My Attendance Journal Set of 33 user-friendly resources to support Emotionally Based School Avoidance including Nasen Awards 2022 Shortlisted workbook Understanding & Supporting Children & Young People with Emotionally based School AvoidanceBy Tina RaeNow includes a FREE training webinar from Tina designed to provide an overview of the problems associated with school avoidance/phobia and also...

Understanding & Supporting Emotionally Based School Avoidance Workbook and Discussion Cards Set of 22 user-friendly resources to support Emotionally Based School Avoidance including Nasen Awards 2022 Shortlisted workbook Understanding & Supporting Children & Young People with Emotionally based School AvoidanceAuthor: Tina RaeChildren and young people miss school for a variety of reasons – as a response to personal, family, school or wider environmental issues. Emotionally Based...

Supporting the mental health of adolescentsby Michael Pohl Adolescence can be a time of great vulnerability as many teenagers grapple with changed expectations and demands, peer pressure, a desire to fit in, and the need to be valued and accepted as an individual. It is also a pivotal time of transition, as how a young person feels about themselves and their place in the world can profoundly shape the emerging adult. Understanding Feelings is all about equipping young people with the...

50 flash cards to stimulate discussion and sharing of how one feels and whyBy Pip Wilson & Ian LongCovering a huge range of emotions, each image can be interpreted differently by each individual leading to endless possibilities for discussing feelings and emotions. A ‘cool’ resource for use with all ages.All ages50 cards, 90 x 130mm.Teacher notes for guidance with suggested activities included.