Help! What Do I Do About...?: Biting, Tantrums, and 47 Other
Everyday Problems
Helping Kids Deal With Conflict: An Everyday Resource for All
Teachers and Parents
How I Learned Not to Be Bullied
How to Go From Mad to Glad
Help! What Do I Do About...?: Biting, Tantrums, and 47 Other Everyday Problems (Print-Non-Fiction). Dewsnap, Lois and Mitchell, Grace. Scholastic Canada Ltd. (SCH), 1993. 64 p. ISBN 0-590-49604-2 ($15.95 pbk.).
Help! What Do I Do About…? is an easy-to-use resource for dealing with the various behaviour problems that teachers encounter. It is divided into chapters that group these problems: managing the group, dealing with behaviour that harms others, working with a challenging child, and helping the individual child. The content of the book is based on the recognition that most behaviour problems stem from a combination of three factors: people, environment, and program. The suggestions involve behaviour management strategies and steps that can be incorporated into all parts of the school environment. Included is a table of contents.
Suggested Use: Classroom Management; Teacher Reference
Helping Kids Deal With Conflict: An Everyday Resource for All Teachers and Parents (Print-Non-Fiction). Sheanh, Gerry. Peguis Publishers Limited (LRDC), 1996. 148 p. Order no. 8318 ($16.40 pbk.).
(CAN) This everyday resource for all teachers and parents is readable, practical, and usable. The content addresses conflict management and conflict resolution skills. It also deals with self-esteem, peer pressure, and bullying. Activities accompany valuable information. Included is a table of contents.
Suggested Use: Interaction; Personal/Social/Cultural; Problem Solving; Safety; Relationships; Teacher Reference
How I Learned Not to Be Bullied (Video). Sunburst Communications (SUN), 1995. 15 min. Order no. 2565-RD ($95.00).
This video presents a series of believable, realistic situations. A step-by-step process is illustrated for assertive behaviour in the face of being bullied. The program explains common motives behind the actions of bullies, shows non-violent, positive strategies for coping with bullies, and ways to maintain self-esteem despite bullies’ continued attempts to damage it.
Two children host the video presentation and enact the story of how they dealt with and overcame bullying.
A quiz is included in the teacher’s guide, as are several follow-up activities. Both male and female bullies are represented.
Suggested Use: Classroom Management; Decisions; Relationships
How to Go From Mad to Glad (Kit). Sunburst Communications (SUN), 1996. 16 min. Order no. 2593-QG ($99.95).
A video shows a series of situations in which students practice "step back" techniques with a variety of actions that help to make a student go from "mad to glad." Students learn that they are responsible for their own feelings. Realistic problems show students how to take that responsibility. The follow-up activities in the teacher’s guide and an audiotape reinforce the concepts and provide practice.
Suggested Use: Conflict in Relationships; Personal Self-Knowledge