{"product_id":"one-teenager-at-a-time-9781475851465","title":"One Teenager at a Time","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is a social-emotional education manual for middle and high school educators. The curriculum contained in this book is innovative, creative, and draws on the most current research in education, mindfulness, and adolescent brain development. It will add a vital piece to the growth and development of middle and high school students as it offers them soft skills they will need as they navigate higher education and the workforce. It offers no Right\/Wrong solutions and instead helps adolescents explore their own values and beliefs in a shared space that allows for an honest exchange of ideas. Content areas include Compassion, Mindfulness, Self-Worth, Positive Mindset, and Dealing with Stress, Anxiety, and Fear. Each lesson addresses more than one of the CASEL guidelines for social-emotional health, with an appendix mapping the specific skills to each lesson. Educators will find the lessons flexible in that there is no specific progression or required format. They can be delivered i\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOffering a compassionate, curious approach to personal growth and social emotional wellbeing, this book is a valuable tool for parents, teachers and adolescents. Author, Kari O’Driscoll is deeply conscious of the student’s need for multiple ways of engagement and offers plenty of activities for the mind and body. Role-play exercises, discussion and journaling prompts along with guided meditation scripts combine to make this a flexible resource I will return to again and again. -- Tanya Ward Goodman, author of “Leaving Tinkertown,” and co-founder of Girl Group Enterprises\u003cbr\u003eThis book features a rich, developmentally-appropriate collection of lessons for adolescents. Author Kari O’Driscoll offers secondary teachers and youth development leaders a range of discussion topics, social-emotional learning activities, and mindfulness practices that will enhance teens' sense of well-being. Each lesson is thoughtfully packaged to actively engage teens in deeper reflection about who they are in the world and how to be kinder to themselves and more compassionate toward others. -- Amy L. Eva, Associate Education Director, Greater Good Science Center, University of California, Berkeley\u003cbr\u003eI am so grateful for the abundance of tools and insight this books offers to me as a parent and a family therapist. Many of my teenage clients are not even aware of the amount of stress and anxiety they carry on a daily basis until they start to experience difficulties and break down in multiple areas of their lives. Kari provides reader friendly, user friendly, ways to both identify origins of stress and anxiety, and informative, compassionate, and practical interventions to manage these challenges creatively. The approach that fosters mindfulness as a skill and an accessible daily practice is exceptional. The exercises and activities allow each individual to become curious about their own unique experience and as well as creating supportive communities for adolescents.  I have used this book with teen clients, adults, and my own children in order to heal dysfunctional communication patterns, remedy a ‘stuck mindset’, and boost overall self confidence. I highly recommend this text for parents, educators, health care providers, and anybody who wants to help adolescents build healthier lives and thought patterns. -- Tracy Gibbons Piette, MA, LMFT\u003cbr\u003eThe interactions that adults have with tweens and teens can sometimes feel like open warfare. The SELF Project provides a robust curricular scaffold that can be used to win over the hearts and minds of these children we teach, care for, and love. Mindfulness, compassion, positive mindset, self-worth, and ways to address stress, anxiety and fear will become part of your expanding toolkit as you seek to connect with young people before you seek to correct. Kari offers her journey of motherhood and her expertise as a context for deploying these smart strategies with the ultimate goal of developing kind, resilient and good human beings. -- Rafael del Castillo, Head of School, Bertschi School, 2016+, Head of School, Seattle Girls' School, 2010-2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1- First Lessons Adolescent Brain Development 101 Learning\/Communication Styles Chapter 2- Mindfulness \tEducator Notes \tEnergy Follows Intention \tAnger Comes From Fear \tOwning Our Stories \tMindfulness \u0026amp; Conflict \tThe Trap of Superlatives \tLiving Your Values Chapter 3- Compassion \tEducator Notes \tSeeing Others in Pain \tDiffering Perspectives \tName-Calling v. Owning Our Emotions \tMyths \u0026amp; Misperceptions About Bullying \tWhat Don’t You Know? \tSelf-Compassion \tAlternative Forms of Wealth Chapter 4- Positive Mindset \tEducator Notes \tAltruism \tDeserving Joy \tFinding Joy \tConnection \tThe Three Crowns \tFinding Meaning Chapter 5- Self-Worth \tEducator Notes \tComparison as a Form of Self-Judgment \tShame \tFitting In \tPlatonic Ideals \tPressure to Perform Chapter 6- Stress, Anxiety \u0026amp; Fear \tEducator Notes \tGoing it Alone \tFear, Wisdom \u0026amp; Equanimity \tHow We Freak Ourselves Out \tThe Power of Story \tRewiring Your Brain to Chill Appendix A- Activities \tMindfulness  \tCompassion \tPositive Mindset \tSelf-Worth \tStress, Anxiety \u0026amp; Fear \tAdditional Activities Appendix B- Skills Reference Guide About the Author","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040300073303,"sku":"9781475851465","price":23.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781475851465.jpg?v=1750946303","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/one-teenager-at-a-time-9781475851465","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}