Anger Control and Conflict Management for Kids: a Learning Guide for the Elementary Grades. Terri Akin & Susanna Palomares, $29.95

Ready-to-use lessons and dozens of reproducible student worksheets designed to help K-6 students learn skills for anger management and successful conflict resolution.

Anger and conflict are natural. We all get angry and we all get involved in conflicts. But, learning how to manage these issues and developing positive responses can be hard work. This book provides guidance, sound ideas, and engaging activities to help teachers and counselors give their children lifelong techniques for working with and working through anger and conflict. Get students to take responsibility for settling their own disputes!

Conflict Resolution Skills for Teens. David Cowan, Susan Palomares & Dianne Schilling, $29.95

This practical book provides a variety of engaging activities, group discussions, reproducible handouts and other ideas – all designed to help teens develop the knowledge, skills and techniques necessary for effective conflict resolution.

Doing Good Together: 101 Easy, Meaningful Service Projects for Families, Schools and Communities. Jenny Friedman & Jolene Roehlkepartain, $29.99

What happens when families volunteer together with other families? Communities benefit, kids and families benefit and your organization benefits.

With activities focused on helping the environment, easing poverty, promoting literacy and more, the 101 ready-to-use projects in this book are a great way to reap the many benefits of family service.  These self-contained projects are easy to implement and include everything leaders need to plan, organize, conduct and help participants reflect on the experience.

Helping Teens Stop Violence, Build Community and Stand for Social Justice. Allan Creighton & Paul Kivel, $23.50

Allan Creighton and Paul Kivel, veteran youth educators and community activists, use their decades of experience with teens to offer:

• a framework and vocabulary for teaching violence prevention and social justice
• road-tested exercises for adult, staff and youth training and development
• guidelines for facilitating discussions on sensitive contemporary issues

These tools have been used successfully in schools, residential programs, after-school and recreation programs, youth detention facilities, and colleges and universities. Any adult determined to help young people become active, critically thinking community members will find a strong ally in this empowering resource.

Less Student Stress, More School Success: Strategies and Activities for Creating Optimal Learning Environments K-12. Susanna Palomares & Dianne Schilling, $30.95

Stress has an enormous impact on the ability of children to learn. The body’s defense system is built for short-term physical stressors, not long-term psychological and emotional stress, which can lead to health problems, memory loss, and severe learning difficulties. LESS STUDENT STRESS, MORE SCHOOL SUCCESS includes dozens of activities and reproducible student “experience sheets” designed to help students understand what causes stress, identify sources of stress, and learn strategies for managing stress on a daily basis. Activities cover relaxation techniques; the roles of nutrition and exercise; success strategies such as goal setting, time management; and positive self-talk; and tips for dealing with anger, worry, and high-stakes testing. The teacher/counselor introduction covers relevant learning theory and brain science basics.

The Little Book of Conflict Transformation. John Paul Lederach, $4.95

Conflict transformation offers a hopeful and workable approach to conflict on all levels. This simple yet profound book is a clear articulation of the guiding principles developed by a pioneer in the field.

Me to We: Finding Meaning in a Material World. Craig Kielburger & Marc Kielburger, $16.95

For everyone who has ever yearned for a better life and a better world, Craig and Marc Kielburger share a blueprint for personal and social change that has the power to transform lives, one act at a time. Me to We is an approach to life that leads us to recognize what is truly valuable, make new decisions about the way we want to live, and re-define the goals we set for ourselves and the legacy we want to leave. Above all, it creates new ways of measuring happiness, meaning, and success in our lives, and makes sure these elusive goals are attainable at last.

The No-Fault Classroom: Tools to Resolve Conflict & Foster Relationship Intelligence. Sura Hart & Victoria Kindle Hodson, $27.95

Offering far more than discipline techniques that move aggressive behavior out of the classroom to the playground or sidewalk, THE NO-FAULT CLASSROOM leads students ages 7–12 in developing skills in problem solving, empathic listening and conflict resolution that will last a lifetime. Interactive and step-by-step lessons, construction materials and adaptable scripts give educators the tools they need to return order and co-operation to the classroom and jumpstart engaged learning.

Story Solutions. Kevin Strauss, $50.50

Using tales to build character and teach bully prevention, drug prevention and conflict resolution.

Teaching Empathy: a Blueprint for Caring, Compassion and Community. David Levine, $33.50 (book & CD set)

Empathy is the core dynamic for creating emotionally satisfying relationships in the school community and beyond. The TEACHING EMPATHY resource set (book and CD) focuses on teaching this pro-social skill and building a culture of caring in your school.

Teaching the Skills of Conflict Resolution: Activities and Strategies, Grades K-8. David Cowan, Susanna Palomares & Dianne Schilling, $30.95

Our best-selling conflict management activity book is a must have for anyone working with elementary/middle school students today. These prevention-oriented activities and strategies will help you reduce conflict through the creation of a more peaceful, cooperative environment and be able to use win-win strategies to resolve conflicts when they do occur. Seven thematic units provide over 70 enriching activities (many with reproducible handouts). All activities include discussion questions designed to promote awareness and higher level thinking.

Teaching in Troubled Times. Kathy Paterson, $24.95

TEACHING IN TROUBLED TIMES shows teachers how to explore major issues in the lives of their students in a healthy, positive way and how to build confidence in addressing students' troubles. It offers valuable insights into dealing with any number of challenges, and suggests simple ways of guiding honest and responsive discussion, as well as liberating activities that encourage students to disengage from their fears.

Training Peer Helpers: Coaching Youth to Communicate, Solve Problems and Make Decisions. Barbara Varenhorst, $39.95

When young people struggle with problems, to whom do they turn for help? Most often, it’s their friends. TRAINING PEER HELPERS provides 15 sessions an adult can use to train students in the skills necessary to more effectively help their peers. Through discussion and fun, engaging activities, students will learn the basic but crucial skills necessary for building healthy relationships, including the following:

• Communication: asking questions and listening for content and feelings
• Assertiveness: expressing rights and desires, dealing with peer pressure, and managing sensitive issues
• Confidentiality: honoring what others share and deciding when safety concerns override it
• Decision making: weighing information and evaluating choices
• Conflict mediation: dealing with disagreements and reaching peaceful solutions

This resource incorporates the 40 Developmental Assets — the essential building blocks of healthy development that young people need to succeed — and helps young people make a powerful difference in the lives of their peers. Includes a CD-ROM of handouts from the book.