Teaching Emotional Intelligence
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Description
"The sanest and safest kids on this planet are the ones who know who they are and how to make choices. The author has condensed this complex and critical process into one fantastic classroom manual."
—Michael Bradley, Psychologist and Author
"Well organized and comprehensive. A great resource for teachers and counselors who want to focus more on emotional intelligence. Practitioners can choose the topics most relevant to their students."
—Jennifer Betters, Elementary School Counselor, Madison, WI
Give students the tools to make effective choices in and out of the classroom!
Students make decisions every day that impact their academic success and personal futures. Developing emotional, social, and life skills is critical for making effective choices and becoming confident, engaged learners. Teaching Emotional Intelligence, Second Edition, provides educators with fresh and engaging techniques to help children increase self-awareness, manage emotions, build self-control, and develop positive relationships.
In a streamlined, teacher-friendly format, Adina Bloom Lewkowicz offers tools to promote students' personal and academic success. This practical text provides a generous collection of fully developed lesson plans with role plays, ready-to-use reproducibles, and suggestions for adapting the activities to individual learning levels.
This revised edition features:
- Expanded coverage of relevant research
- New lessons on topics such as bullying and violence prevention
- Lesson modifications for middle school students
- Guidelines for positive classroom management
Designed to help students learn to make informed and positive life choices, this comprehensive resource gives teachers strategies for promoting healthy classroom environments and supports students in building happy and successful lives.
Contents
Preface
Preface
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Author
About the Author
Introduction: A Teacher Laments
Introduction: A Teacher Laments
Section 1: Developing Emotional Skills
- 1. Understanding Choice-Making
- 2. Developing Group Choice-Making
- 3. Identifying Feelings
- 4. Understanding Assumptions
- 5. Examining and Lowering Anxiety
- 6. Becoming Aware of Feelings
- 7. Dealing With Anger
- 8. Examining and Accepting Responsibility
- 9. Choosing Happiness
Section 2: Developing Social Skills
- 10. Developing Self-Acceptance
- 11. Examining Self-Measurement
- 12. Evaluating Unrealistic Expectations
- 13. Promoting Friendship
- 14. Strengthening Family
- 15. Learning About Put-Downs
- 16. Dealing With Peer Pressure
- 17. Examining Prejudice
Section 3: Developing Life Skills
- 18. Looking at Manipulation
- 19. Strengthening Active Listening and Feedback Skills
- 20. Developing Assertiveness
- 21. Learning Communication and Negotiation
- 22. Building Study Skills
- 23. Clarifying Values and Consequences
- 24. Investigating Cheating
- 25. Investigating Stealing
- 26. Investigating Bullying
- 27. Investigating Abuse of Alcohol and Other Drugs
- 28. Getting Help
- 29. Taking Risks and Setting Goals
Epilogue: A Teacher Rejoices
Epilogue: A Teacher Rejoices
Resource A: Reproducible Masters
Resource A: Reproducible Masters
Resource B: Summary Activities
Resource B: Summary Activities
References
References
Index
Index
Additional materials
Description
"The sanest and safest kids on this planet are the ones who know who they are and how to make choices. The author has condensed this complex and critical process into one fantastic classroom manual."
—Michael Bradley, Psychologist and Author
"Well organized and comprehensive. A great resource for teachers and counselors who want to focus more on emotional intelligence. Practitioners can choose the topics most relevant to their students."
—Jennifer Betters, Elementary School Counselor, Madison, WI
Give students the tools to make effective choices in and out of the classroom!
Students make decisions every day that impact their academic success and personal futures. Developing emotional, social, and life skills is critical for making effective choices and becoming confident, engaged learners. Teaching Emotional Intelligence, Second Edition, provides educators with fresh and engaging techniques to help children increase self-awareness, manage emotions, build self-control, and develop positive relationships.
In a streamlined, teacher-friendly format, Adina Bloom Lewkowicz offers tools to promote students' personal and academic success. This practical text provides a generous collection of fully developed lesson plans with role plays, ready-to-use reproducibles, and suggestions for adapting the activities to individual learning levels.
This revised edition features:
- Expanded coverage of relevant research
- New lessons on topics such as bullying and violence prevention
- Lesson modifications for middle school students
- Guidelines for positive classroom management
Designed to help students learn to make informed and positive life choices, this comprehensive resource gives teachers strategies for promoting healthy classroom environments and supports students in building happy and successful lives.
Contents
Preface
Preface
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Author
About the Author
Introduction: A Teacher Laments
Introduction: A Teacher Laments
Section 1: Developing Emotional Skills
- 1. Understanding Choice-Making
- 2. Developing Group Choice-Making
- 3. Identifying Feelings
- 4. Understanding Assumptions
- 5. Examining and Lowering Anxiety
- 6. Becoming Aware of Feelings
- 7. Dealing With Anger
- 8. Examining and Accepting Responsibility
- 9. Choosing Happiness
Section 2: Developing Social Skills
- 10. Developing Self-Acceptance
- 11. Examining Self-Measurement
- 12. Evaluating Unrealistic Expectations
- 13. Promoting Friendship
- 14. Strengthening Family
- 15. Learning About Put-Downs
- 16. Dealing With Peer Pressure
- 17. Examining Prejudice
Section 3: Developing Life Skills
- 18. Looking at Manipulation
- 19. Strengthening Active Listening and Feedback Skills
- 20. Developing Assertiveness
- 21. Learning Communication and Negotiation
- 22. Building Study Skills
- 23. Clarifying Values and Consequences
- 24. Investigating Cheating
- 25. Investigating Stealing
- 26. Investigating Bullying
- 27. Investigating Abuse of Alcohol and Other Drugs
- 28. Getting Help
- 29. Taking Risks and Setting Goals
Epilogue: A Teacher Rejoices
Epilogue: A Teacher Rejoices
Resource A: Reproducible Masters
Resource A: Reproducible Masters
Resource B: Summary Activities
Resource B: Summary Activities
References
References
Index
Index
Additional materials
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Teaching Emotional Intelligence
Strategies and Activities for Helping Students Make Effective Choices
December 2006 | 224 pages | Corwin
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paperback | 27/02/2023 | 9781412940580 | $43.95 |
| Lifetime | 30/09/2024 | 9781452280790 | $40.00 |
"The sanest and safest kids on this planet are the ones who know who they are and how to make choices. The author has condensed this complex and critical process into one fantastic classroom manual."
—Michael Bradley, Psychologist and Author
"Well organized and comprehensive. A great resource for teachers and counselors who want to focus more on emotional intelligence. Practitioners can choose the topics most relevant to their students."
—Jennifer Betters, Elementary School Counselor, Madison, WI
Give students the tools to make effective choices in and out of the classroom!
Students make decisions every day that impact their academic success and personal futures. Developing emotional, social, and life skills is critical for making effective choices and becoming confident, engaged learners. Teaching Emotional Intelligence, Second Edition, provides educators with fresh and engaging techniques to help children increase self-awareness, manage emotions, build self-control, and develop positive relationships.
In a streamlined, teacher-friendly format, Adina Bloom Lewkowicz offers tools to promote students' personal and academic success. This practical text provides a generous collection of fully developed lesson plans with role plays, ready-to-use reproducibles, and suggestions for adapting the activities to individual learning levels.
This revised edition features:
- Expanded coverage of relevant research
- New lessons on topics such as bullying and violence prevention
- Lesson modifications for middle school students
- Guidelines for positive classroom management
Designed to help students learn to make informed and positive life choices, this comprehensive resource gives teachers strategies for promoting healthy classroom environments and supports students in building happy and successful lives.
Table Of Contents:
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Introduction: A Teacher Laments
- Section 1: Developing Emotional Skills
- 1. Understanding Choice-Making
- 2. Developing Group Choice-Making
- 3. Identifying Feelings
- 4. Understanding Assumptions
- 5. Examining and Lowering Anxiety
- 6. Becoming Aware of Feelings
- 7. Dealing With Anger
- 8. Examining and Accepting Responsibility
- 9. Choosing Happiness
- Section 2: Developing Social Skills
- 10. Developing Self-Acceptance
- 11. Examining Self-Measurement
- 12. Evaluating Unrealistic Expectations
- 13. Promoting Friendship
- 14. Strengthening Family
- 15. Learning About Put-Downs
- 16. Dealing With Peer Pressure
- 17. Examining Prejudice
- Section 3: Developing Life Skills
- 18. Looking at Manipulation
- 19. Strengthening Active Listening and Feedback Skills
- 20. Developing Assertiveness
- 21. Learning Communication and Negotiation
- 22. Building Study Skills
- 23. Clarifying Values and Consequences
- 24. Investigating Cheating
- 25. Investigating Stealing
- 26. Investigating Bullying
- 27. Investigating Abuse of Alcohol and Other Drugs
- 28. Getting Help
- 29. Taking Risks and Setting Goals
- Epilogue: A Teacher Rejoices
- Resource A: Reproducible Masters
- Resource B: Summary Activities
- References
- Index