From Distress to De-Stress

Ideas for Teachers, Parents and others helping anxious, worried kids

By Jerome Schultz, Ph.D.

Teach kids how to relax.

Consider this vignette:

Roxanne: (agitated and loudly) I can’t stand this freakin’ book!

Teacher: Roxanne, you need to take it easy. Just calm down! Try to relax. You need to finish your reading.

Roxanne: (to herself) […]

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• Attention
• Behavior
• Parents
• Social Skills
• Teaching

Social Skills And School

By Candy Lawson

While school can be a positive social experience for many children, for others it can be a nightmare.

School is not only a place where children learn reading, writing and math. It is also a place where they learn to get along with other people and develop social skills. Social skills are the skills […]

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• Social Skills

The Power To Change Your Life: Ten Keys To Resilient Living

By Robert Brooks, Ph.D. and Sam Goldstein, Ph.D.

In contrast to our previous works about resilience, which focused on developing hope and optimism in children, our latest book, The Power of Resilience: Achieving Balance, Confidence, and Personal Strength in Your Life, addresses the steps we can take as adults to pursue a more resilient lifestyle. We […]

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• Emotions
• Social Skills

Why We Must Stop Fixing Our Children: Solving The Parenting Paradox

By Robert Brooks, Ph.D. and Sam Goldstein, Ph.D.

From a distance, the lake and surrounding forests were an idyllic setting. Along the shore a father was teaching his young son to fish. This appeared to be a wonderful teaching moment. Yet as we approached it became clear that the father was frustrated and the child was […]

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• Emotions
• Social Skills

What Is Resilience?

By Robert Brooks, Ph.D. and Sam Goldstein, Ph.D.

If Beaver of Leave it to Beaver were alive today it is likely he would not be doing so well. The increased stress, pressure and demands placed upon youth might well result in Beaver experiencing multiple school and interpersonal problems. Yet the goals, dreams and wishes of Beaver’s […]

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• Social Skills