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Developing Emotional Literacy with Teenage Girls
by Tina Rae, Lorna Patricia Nelson, and Lisa Pedersen
`A timely book and targeted specifically at the needs of adolescents girls, which is a focus often not well me by published resources. It is highly recommended and good value at GBP18.99' - SNIP
As girls mature into adolescence they often experience a crisis in terms of loss of self-esteem and identity, leaving them vulnerable to both peer and society pressures. This resource creates an opportunity for teenage girls to be clearer and more positive about their developing identities as young women.
The 10-session programme improves confidence, self-esteem and self-awareness, with the talk element encouraging students to develop their own problem-solving strategies. Issues covered include:
* peer pressure
* sex
* role models
* drugs and alcohol
* being a parent.
Comprehensive facilitator's notes and all resources needed for the programme, which is suitable for use in mainstream schools, are provided. Once again, Tina Rae and her colleagues have devised an engaging, relevant and popular initiative.
'An ideal resource developed from research, practice and teaching, this book contains everything that a busy teacher needs to support the social and emotional development of her pupils. The scenarios are based upon real life situations and are therefore meaningful and engaging for young people. It can be used in whole class, group or individual work settings, either as a complete step by step teaching programme or as reference resource.'
Dr. Ruth MacConville, Author, Head of SENS, L.B. of Ealing
This new combined edition of the bestselling Dealing with Feeling and Dealing With More Feeling provides teachers of children aged 7-14 with structured opportunities to develop their emotional literacy and emotional well-being. It is firmly supported by a wealth of research which links children's mental and physical health to the development of emotional literacy.
In this second edition, Tina Rae emphasises the development of emotional literacy skills and specifically the development of an emotional vocabulary, empathy, tolerance, resilience and motivation. The focus upon managing more complex and uncomfortable feelings is central to the programme and pupils are introduced to a variety of techniques which can be applied across a broad range of contexts.
Included in this exciting resource pack are:
- 40 Lesson plans
- A CD Rom with 236 full-colour activity pages
- Role play activities to develop joint problem solving skills
Packed with teacher-friendly resources, this book clearly fulfils the requirements of the PSHE curriculum and Healthy Schools agenda whilst also complimenting and building upon many of the themes in the SEAL curriculum (Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning).
Creating Gender-Fair Schools & Classrooms
by Lynn Raphael Reed and Tina Rae
For many teachers, gender issues related to role models, image and expectations have an effect upon the behaviour and achievement of both boys and girls, often to their disadvantage.
This innovative and practical resource, for teachers of students aged 5-13 provides:
o a programme to promote gender equality and inclusivity in schools and colleges
o a rationale for the programme based on social justice
o a practical set of classroom activities to implement the programme
The book combines the talents and commitment of two leading authors to provide an 'action inquiry' methodology - engaging students and staff in the processes of investigating what is currently happening, and planning, implementing and reviewing improvements. This contributes to the development of the school as a self-evaluating organisation, which listens to the voice of the child.
The programme supports teachers and other school staff in developing as reflective practitioners, and children and young people in developing as reflective learners. It can also be used to engage schools and colleges in joining the UNICEF 'Rights Respecting' programme which is demonstrating positive results.
'A real strength of the resource is the inclusion of practical activities that have been carefully designed for pupils. These are excellent and lend themselves for use in a variety of ways. This is a thoroughly recommended resource.' - SENCO Update
All children experience loss, often a death or a family separation; sometimes a friend moves away or a pet dies. Loss is the inevitable consequence of the positive experience of attachment.
In this beautiful book Tina and Lorna offer teachers a resource that will support their understanding of the process and facilitate a range of activities which:
- acknowledge the experience of loss
- allow the expression of pain, fear, sadness
- present the process as a shared experience
- encourage communication
- facililate recovery.
This range of sensitive, positive and emotionally literate activities can be used in whole class, small group or individual settings and sit well in several primary and secondary PSCHE curriculum areas.
Teaching Anger Management and Problem-Solving Skills for 9-12 Year Olds
by Tina Rae and Brian Marris
Using the theme of a young boy writing letters from a Pupil Referral Unit, each session includes:
o warm up activities
o reading the letter
o group discussion
o activities
o a plenary session.
By creating this fictional character, Daniel, typical difficulties can be addressed safely by the participants. The book follows a similar format to the authors' popular Escape from Exclusion (shortlisted for the TES/NASEN Book for Teaching and Learning Award).
This exciting new series of 3 books, focuses on the real issues, problems and concerns of teenagers in today's increasingly diverse and complex society. It presents hard-hitting and realistic scenarios, based upon the real life experiences of pupils at the Hillingdon Tuition Centre, and the programme will help young people to reflect on their behaviours and the behaviours and motivations of others.
Each book contains:
- Background and rationale for the programme
- Notes for facilitators on how to deliver the programme including pre- and post course measures for students participating
- 8 topic areas presented in scenario form with additional resources including a question and answer session, image card activity, take home task and an evaluation form
- CD Rom containing PowerPoint presentation and OHT (questions and answers), audio version of each character card and copies of image cards and take home tasks.
With a focus on behavioural issues, the 8 chapters in this book cover aspects pertinent and relevant to adolescent students such as drug abuse, date rape, anti-social behaviours, and peer pressure. The scenarios are based upon real life situations and events and are truly meaningful and relevant to today's teenagers.
This exciting new series of 3 books, focuses on the real issues, problems and concerns of teenagers in today's increasingly diverse and complex society. It presents hard-hitting and realistic scenarios, based upon the real life experiences of pupils at the Hillingdon Tuition Centre, and the programme will help young people to reflect on their behaviours and the behaviours and motivations of others.
Each book contains:
- Background and rationale for the programme
- Notes for facilitators as to how to deliver the programme including pre- and post course measures for students participating
- 8 topic areas presented in scenario form with additional resources including a question and answer session, image card activity, take home task and an evaluation form
- CD Rom containing PowerPoint presentation and OHT (questions and answers), audio version of each character card and copies of image cards and take home tasks.
With a focus on emotional issues, the 8 chapters in this book cover aspects pertinent and relevant to adolescent students such as drug abuse, date rape, anti-social behaviours, and peer pressure. The scenarios are based upon real life situations and events and are truly meaningful and relevant to today's teenagers.
Teaching Peer Support for Caring and Co-Operation
by Tina Rae and Ruth M Macconville
'In light of Every Child Matters agenda and of the current emphasis on giving children a voice in important decision making situations, this book could be a valuable tool'- Educational Psychology in Practice
'This is a great little book designed to help children between the ages nine and 12 to develop good relationships with each other and with other people... [It] includes clear guidance on ways in which children themselves can raise the self-esteem and social status of their less popular peers through listening, talking and understanding others' - SENCO Update
Ruth and Tina draw upon their experiences to provide a peer support programme that encourages inclusive prosocial processes for young people aged nine to twelve. Drawing upon the philosophy of a Circle of Friends, they have developed a six-step programme that harnesses the skills of popular young people to help others who may have low social status.
The Talk Time programme builds on the message that relationships are what matter most and emphasizes that relationships happen through listening, talking and understanding others.
The book provides all the resources needed including:
* facilitators' notes
* pupil resources
* letter to parents
* staff briefing sheet
* pupil certificate.
The programme is intended to be run for a group of eight to twelve pupils once a week during lunch times for one term. The aim is to help all group members and hopefully carry over to improve the social climate of the classroom and create a positive and cooperative working environment.
Ruth MacConville is the Head of the Special Educational Needs service, based in Ealing.
Tina Rae is a Senior Educational Psychologist based in Hillingdon.
It is specifically aimed at students who appear to be experiencing unacceptable levels of stress in their lives and who require support in order to understand, acknowledge and cope with specific stressors/sources of stress.
There are 12 sessions in this book. These include comprehensive teacher notes and photocopiable worksheets for the students. The structure ensures active pupil participation and provides an opportunity to look at both the causes and effects of stress. With a greater understanding of stress, young people are helped to learn and practise better coping strategies.
Using this programme you can:
" fulfil the requirements of the literacy hour
" provide activities which are 'discursive, interactive, confident, ambitious'
" highly motivate your students.
This is an exceptional and exciting resource combining the literacy hour requirements with other teaching topics.
`This handbook is likely to be a very excellent addition to resource materials available for primary phase teachers to build on their knowledge of circle time and self-esteem activities. The structured format is very easy to follow and provides teachers with clearly planned activities to enable them to practice and extend their skills in this area' - Educational Psychology in Practice
This 12-session course for primary aged pupils builds on the Circle Time process to teach an extensive range of personal and social skills with activities and ideas for follow up work.
Strategies to teach include:
" listening
" turn taking
" accepting differences
" giving and receiving compliments
" co-operating with others
" confident speaking to peers.
Full lesson notes and beautifully drawn copiable resources provide everything a busy teacher needs to deliver this worthwhile programme of self-esteem activities.
` I would recommend this book to educational psychologists as it enables realistic interventions within realistic timeframes'-Educational Psychology in Practice
`Nothing is so exhausting as indecision, and nothing is so futile' - Bertrand Russell
.. and teachers, parents and carers worry that the decisions that children and young people make might be unwise or dangerous.
Decision making is a skill involving both a cognitive and an affective process. The ability to:
- recognize the thoughts and feelings;
- consider the consequences;
- choose the best outcome;
is a highly valued facility leading to resilience, achievement and responsibility. The skill can be taught and in these three volumes the authors provide all the materials needed to teach a course on decision making at each age level.
The programme provides a menu of stories related to the real life experiences of the young people. Topics are selected to be age appropriate and the series includes:
" Stealing;
" Lying;
" Social behaviours;
" Risks;
" Justice;
" Loss,Grief and Bereavement;
" Prejudice;
" First love;
" Disability;
" Leaving home;
" Family relationships.
The teacher notes indicate 'stopping points' where reflection and discussion is encouraged. A choice of endings is offered or the young people can develop their own ideas about what might happen next.
The course can be introduced at any age or used to develop the skills through school life from early years to the teens.
'You'd be hard pushed to find a better decision-making programme than this excellent set of books... This series will undoubtedly kick-start conversation, prod thinking and stimulate classroom debate' - Times Educational Supplement Magazine
Other books in the series include Margaret Collins's First Choices and Phil Carradice's Life Choices
`There is a wealth of supporting resources in the form of suggested warm up activities and the specifics are the problem solving format as applied to different situations. The accompanying CD contains A4 copies of all worksheets, which are accessible, eye-catching and should appeal to the target age group (7-11)' - Nurturing Potential
This 14-session programme was initially developed for junior age children who had been permanently excluded. It has been adapted to assist young people who are disaffected and difficult, and could be at risk of exclusion.
The format is built around Circle Time activities and solution focused thinking. The theme of each session is a problem postcard from a young person highlighting a problem that will have a relevance to the participants. The participants then try to act as agony aunts to solve the problem, focussing their thinking on how to make things better, proving to them that they do possess the knowledge and the skills and can choose these behaviours.
The resource includes comprehensive facilitator instructions, warm ups, activities, Circle Time questions and worksheets.
The programme can be delivered to groups or whole classes and will:
* improve self-esteem
* develop your Social, Emotional and Behavioural Skills (SEBS) programme.
These resources aim to encourage teachers, parents or carers and children to work in partnership in setting appropriate targets which will promote positive attitudes to learning and behaviour within the classroom and school context.
Children are encouraged to see themselves as learners in a positive way, enhancing their self-image and in turn affecting their learning and behaviour.
The resources can be used to reinforce positive learning patterns and behaviour in all children, but they are particularly useful for work with children who exhibit learning and emotional and behavioural difficulties.
There are facilitator notes on how to use the 12 sections, which include:
* target book covers
* daily reward sheets
* weekly reward sheets
* playtime reward charts
* reward charts for home and school.
There is an increasing demand for resources to support teachers in developing young peoples emotional literacy. The 20 lessons explore a range of feelings and provide facilitator notes and activities to help young people:
" recognise their emotions in order to be able to label or define them
" manage their emotions in order to develop and sustain positive relationships.
The 20 lessons include:
" introduction to an emotion and warm-up
" questions for Circle Time and activities
" take home tasks and reinforcement
" ideas for a plenary session.
Includes photocopiable resources and printable worksheets on the CD.
As with all Tinas books this is a practical resource which will engage young people.
Developing Emotional Literacy with Teenage Boys
by Tina Rae and Lisa Pedersen
`An excellent resource for those concerned with supporting particularly the emotional development of teenage boys' - SNIP
Includes CD-Rom
Growing concern about the emotional development and mental health of young men is often reported in the media, frequently accompanied by statistics showing that the majority of young people with behavioural and learning difficulties are male.
This programme, which has been developed from research, practice and teaching, and has been tried and tested in a pupil referral unit, helps the participants to acknowledge the importance of emotional development and the fact that they have a responsibility to do something about it.
Drawing on the authors' work and experiences, the activities are suitable for a wide range of students, including boys who present as extremely challenging in terms of their behaviour and social skills development.
The 12 sessions cover:
- appearance
- girlfriends
- sex
- problem-solving
- future goals.
Comprehensive facilitator's notes and all the resources needed for the programme are provided, making it ideal, even for those relatively new to this kind of work or less experienced in working with groups of teenage boys. All the worksheets are easily printable from the CD-rom that accompanies the book. This is an excellent resource for all those concerned with boys' emotional development.
Terri Harrison, Nature Nurture Project, Camphill School, Aberdeen
An ideal resource for primary teachers, this practical book helps children understand anger and identify links with other emotions with an interactive programme using 26 elements. They will learn skills to effectively manage their anger with activities and exercises.
New to this edition is:
- information on recent initiatives on anger management in schools
- models and top tips for coping with anger
- new activities and ideas
- further information for young children aged 5-9
This instructional guide for teachers comes with photocopiable worksheets and activities suitable for both group and individual work for the whole-class which are available to download online.
Tina Rae has 25 years experience working with children, adults and families in both clinical and educational contexts within local authorities. She is currently a Professional and Academic tutor on the Doctorate in Child and Educational Psychology at University of East London.