A PSHS programme for managing stress, improving behaviour and developing study skills.  This interactive resource is based on the work of the late Dr Chris Madden.  His research with teenagers found that they had eight styles of coping with pressure ranging from positive strategies such as self care and problem-solving to negative styles such as denial and acting out.  This book focuses on three important themes that cause problems for teenagers: stress, behaviour and study.  This resource will help teenagers to understand positive and negative responses to the challenges of teenage life.  The programme includes discussion, card games and activities related to: Making choices; positive and negative responses; implementing choices; consequences of their choices.  Copiable teacher resource isbn 1904315399.                     

€40.60

Effective Stress management – A series of 12 sessions for high school students.  This is an ideal resource for use as part of a PHSE programme with a whole class or smaller group work.  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 andprovides an opportunity to look at both the causes and Snappy Ideas Pastoral Care and Tutor Group Ideas Snappy ideas covers issues relevant to students in the middle years of secondary school.  The lessons are developed in a way that encourages students to experience and reflect on a range of emotions, thoughts and behaviours.  The main themes of the resource are: Relationship; resilience; identity; conformity; success; future; careers.  The activities have been extensively trialled in Australian schools by teachers with varied levels of experience and confidence, as well as with students from diverse backgrounds.  Copiable teaching resource isbn 1904315372.

€33.80

Tina Rae, a teacher, psychologist and artist, brings this exciting and attractive pack of materials to you.  Activity worksheets, the self-control strategy and the specific traffic light method are aimed at promoting behavioural skills.  They encourage pupils to conduct an inner dialogue, make use of a stepped approach to solving problems, and to attempt to control certain impulses.  There are lessons for 20 different feelings.
The new edition emphasises developing emotional literacy, particularly developing emotional vocabulary, empathy, tolerance, resilience and motivation.
Includes 40 lesson plans and a CD rom with 236 full colour activity pages for ages 7-14.  Copiable teaching resource isbn 9781412930314.                    

€48.30

An Emotional Literacy Course for High School Students.  There is an increasing demand for resources to support teachers in developing young people’s 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 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.  Photocopiable resources and printable worksheets are also included on the on the CD.  As with all Tina’s books this is a practical resource which will engage young people.  Book and CD ROM isbn 1904315291.                     

€45.10

Helps practitioners in their work with vulnerable children – school age.  Specific areas focused on are home life, talents, interests, friendships and social competencies.  It explores ways of nurturing resilience in different aspects of everyday life.  Nurturing factors relevant to children across the school years age range are discussed such as moral reasoning and empathy, awareness of other people’s intentions and the ability to see situations from different perspectives.  This book uses stories, questions and activities to draw out this positive behaviour.  Also available in Early Years and Adolescence.

€28.80