Healing Conversations: What to Say When You Don't Know What to Say

by Nance Guilmartin (2002, Wiley, 14.95)
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A practical guide to help you step into someone else's shoes so that you can offer, ask for, or receive comfort. Reflections at the end of each chapter help you think more deeply about how to incorporate the principles of healing conversations and intentional kindness into your work and life. [7" x 7"...272 pages]

How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk

by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish (1999, Avon, 14.95)
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The basic methods of communication explained here are practical, sensible, and lucid. Illustrated with delightful cartoons showing the skills in action, these methods offer innovative ways to solve common problems. [5” x 8”...286 pages]

Time for Talking: Speaking & Listening Activities for Lower Primary Students

by Elizabeth Love & Sue Reilly (2000, Good Year Books, 17.95)
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A resource and ideas book that helps teachers promote oral language skills of students in the early years of schooling. More than 80 activities can be used independently, as part of the language arts program, or as "take home" ideas. Grades K-3. [8.5” x 11”...179 pages]

How to Say It to Your Kids: The Right Words to Solve Problems, Soothe Feelings, and Teach Values

by Paul Coleman (2000, Prentice Hall, 15.95)
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Offers wise comments and effective comebacks to help today's busy parents answer questions, encourage dialogue, explore feelings, and teach values. Forming the mnemonic TENDER—Teach, Empathize, Negotiate, Do's & Don'ts, Encourage, and Report—these six basic ways of communicating cover every conceivable issue of concern. [7” x 9”...374 pages]

How to Talk So Kids Can Learn: At Home and in School

by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish (1995, Fireside, 14.95)
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The popular authors spell out ways to handle problems that interfere with learning. They cover all the skills needed—from encouraging kids to cooperate, to avoiding the pitfalls of punishment, to offering praise and criticism that will inspire children to do their best. Includes 24 pages of cartoons. A must book for parents and teachers! [5.5” x 8.5”...272 pages]

Hearing Is Believing: How Words Can Make or Break Our Kids

by Elisa Medhus (2004, New World Library, 14.95)
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Exposing potentially harmful words and phrases, many that may surprise you. This book suggests language changes that are simple to implement and keep up. The author suggests that even seemingly harmless phrases such as "I'm so proud of you," or "You're such a good girl," can either encourage children to become approval seekers, thwart their ability to reason, or both. [6” x 9”...263 pages]

How to Talk to Teens About Really Important Things: Specific Questions & Answers & Useful Things to Say

by Charles Schaefer, et al. (1999, Jossey-Bass, 16.00)
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Organized alphabetically for easy access, this book covers such topics as date rape, depression and suicide, dieting and eating disorders, divorce, drinking and drugs, gangs, pornography, prejudice and racism, violence, STD’s, and much more. It advises when, and how, to talk to teens, what language to use, and what not to say. [5.5” x 8”...307 pages]

How to Talk to Your Kids About Really Important Things: Specific Questions & Answers & Useful Things to Say

by Charles Schaefer, et al. (1994, Jossey-Bass, 19.95)
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A question-and-answer format accompanied by short vignettes illustrates how to communicate with children on a level they will understand. Some of the subjects are—sex, death, values, drugs, divorce, moving, child abuse, AIDS, starting school, and money. [5.5” x 8”...311 pages]

Teaching Your Child the Language of Social Success

by Marshal Duke, et al. (1996, Peachtree, 15.95)
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The authors describe and explain the methods and rules of nonverbal communication. Together they have created an easy-to-use guide which offers definitions and techniques for assessing a child's strengths and weaknesses in this unspoken realm, as well as case studies, illustrations, and exercises for teaching or improving nonverbal skills at home or in the classroom. [7” x 9”...182 pages]

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