The articles listed in the bibliography below are available by visiting the SERC Library and utilizing our print journals and online databases. If you are a member of the SERC Library, you can obtain full-text articles when you use your membership number to log on to our online catalog. Use the SAGE or EBSCO Discovery Service function on the Online Resources page on our catalog to access journal articles. If you have questions, please contact the SERC Library staff at library@ctserc.org.
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Making It Better by
For ages 3 -10. This 213 page book responds to the learning and behavioral needs of children who have experienced traumatic events or toxic stress - such as natural disasters, community violence, abuse or neglect within the child's familial relations, and more. In addition to more than 75 empowering and healing classroom activities, there is information to help understand the impact of children's disrupted attachment and early insecurities, as well as strategies to help children build resilience.
Socially Strong, Emotionally Secure by
Now more than ever, adults must help children develop the skills necessary to navigate successfully through life. By focusing on building social and emotional strength, adults increase children's resilience and prepare them to handle the challenges in life. The strategies and activities in this 160-page resource provide teachers with the tools they need to help children become socially and emotionally healthy for life. Organized into five chapters, the activities support and build resilience in children ages three to eight.
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Merrell's Strong Kids Series by
Teach social-emotional competence to children in grades K-2 with this 192-page edition of the Strong Start curriculum. Part of the Strong Kids series, Strong Start is the fun, easy way to help children develop the social-emotional skills they need to build a strong foundation for school success. Through engaging classroom activities, children learn about emotions and the social-emotional skills they'll use for the rest of their lives: managing anger, reducing stress, solving interpersonal problems, and more. This scientifically based curriculum runs for 10 weeks, and lessons are easy to fit into your existing schedule. Partially scripted lessons, handouts, and worksheets are included - all photocopiable and available as downloads so you have everything you need to implement the program with little added cost or preparation.
Social Decision Making/Social Problem Solving, Grades 2-3 (Book and CD) by
For Grades 2 - 3. Developed over three decades, this research-validated curriculum focuses on teaching skills that will enable students to be reflective, non-impulsive, and responsible decision makers and problem solvers while emphasizing critical thinking skills. This 432-page program impacts student behavior, academic learning, and social/emotional life. It promotes a multicultural perspective by building group cohesion, acceptance of differences, and the ability to understand different points of view. The activities build skills such as self-control, listening, respectful communication, how to give and receive help, and how to work cooperatively and fairly in groups.
Circle Solutions for Student Wellbeing by
Grade level: Preschool - Grade 12. First published as "Circle Time for Emotional Literacy", this new edition has been updated to reflect how the Circle Solutions philosophy and pedagogy can be used to build relationships and resilience for children and young people. Putting current research on wellbeing into practice, this 138-page resource addresses issues not incidents, solutions rather than problems, and strengths rather than deficits, providing a framework for student engagement and learning. Activities and games included in the book promote positive communication skills, empathy and connectedness, class cohesion and cooperation, friendship skills and ethical behavior.
Creating Emotionally Literate Classrooms by
Written by researchers and educators, and using the RULER approach: Recognizing, Understanding, Labeling, Expressing and Regulating, this book documents the importance of emotionally literate teachers and provides practical advice for the implementation of a researched emotional literacy program for upper elementary students. It reinforces the positive relationship between emotional literacy and effective teaching, successful academic performance and quality relationships.
Strong Kids Series by
Grades 3-5; 8-12 years. Teach social-emotional competence - the foundation of school and social success - with this 270-page edition of the Strong Kids - Grades 3-5 curriculum. Strong Kids is the fun and easy way to help your students develop the social-emotional skills they need to manage their challenges and succeed in school and life. Through engaging, thought-provoking classroom activities, students learn about emotions and the social-emotional skills they'll use for the rest of their lives: managing anger, reducing stress, solving interpersonal problems, and much more. This scientifically-based curriculum runs for 12 weeks, and lessons are easy to fit into your existing schedule (especially with the new options for breaking them into smaller chunks).