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How to Navigate Middle School
How to Navigate Middle School shows readers how to handle the increasing academic demands of middle school, organizational skills and time management, how to be self-determined, have grit, and a sense of agency.
How to Handle Stress for Middle School Success
How to Handle Stress for Middle School Success: Kid Confident Book #3 defines stress and anxiety, and explains how it manifests physiologically and cognitively.
How to Manage Your Social Power in Middle School
Do you know what social power is? HINT: You experience every day, you share it with your friends and classmates, and when it is balanced and equal, you feel AWESOME. But when it's unequal or out of whack, you feel All. That. Drama... right? Kid Confident (Book #1): How to Manage Your SOCIAL POWER in Middle School gives you a real look at the social life of middle graders and offers expert ways to deal when unbalanced social power situations and unfriendly peers happen. Loaded with safe and appropriate strategies and easy-to-apply advice, you'll get just what to need to blossom and grow though an often turbulent time in your life. With this, you will thrive in your friendships, figure out who you are, become the best version of yourself, and have a rock-solid sense of confidence.
How to Master Your Mood in Middle School
Some kids sail through their middle school years without any drama, but most kids get stuck on a rollercoaster of up and down moods. How is it possible to feel sad and happy at the same time? Why is everything so embarrassing? How does one eye-roll from a friend make you suddenly doubt everything about yourself? The truth is you are growing into the amazing person you are meant to be and your many moods and emotions are helping you figure it all out. Not everyone nerds out on mood and emotions, but Kid Confident: How to Master Your MOOD in Middle School Middle is packed with cool brain science and info on mental health and wellness, plus real-life stories from kids your age! Soon you'll be an expert on YOU and will figure out what your emotions and feelings are saying. And all that adds up to feeling so much lighter and more confident about yourself and your future.
Perfectionism: When good is never good enough, with Gordon Flett, PhD, and Bonnie Zucker, PsyD
Gordon Flett, PhD, and Bonnie Zucker, PsyD, discuss where perfectionism comes from, why it’s an increasing problem, how it affects people’s mental and physical health and how to treat it.
Não te deixes ficar! livro eletrônico [PDF]
Livro eletrônico Não te deixes ficar! de APA Magination Press.
A Perfectionist's Guide to Not Being Perfect
It's hard for teens to be happy when they've created a very narrow window of what defines success. The goal of this helpful book is to encourage teens to maintain their desire to achieve without striving to always be perfect and to appreciate and love who they are just as they are, not for what they do or accomplish. Finding a balance between work and play is key. Challenging perfectionism is about the pursuit of happiness.
Não te deixes ficar!
Neste momento de stress, há perdas, incertezas e mudanças, que podem gerar vários sentimentos. Este livro inclui atividades e pequenas mensagens escritas para ajudar.
¡No te quedes estancado!
Este libro de actividades incluye indicaciones de diario y actividades para ayudar a los preadolescentes y adolescentes a manejar el estrés y la ansiedad, expresar emociones y cultivar la creatividad y la gratitud. Incluye una nota para los lectores con más información sobre afrontamiento saludable.
Unstuck! 10 Things to Do to Stay Safe and Sane During the Pandemic
This activity book includes journal prompts and activities to help tweens and teens manage stress and anxiety, express emotions, and cultivate creativity and gratitude. Includes a Note to Readers with more information about healthy coping.
Children Experiencing Fear and Anxiety
This DVD demonstrates cognitive–behavioral therapy techniques and strategies that can equip children in therapy with tools to effectively handle stressful situations and learn how to face their fears.
Children, loss, and stress, with Bonnie Zucker, PsyD
Bonnie Zucker, PsyD, talks about how to explain death to young children as well as the research into the effectiveness of relaxation and mindfulness techniques for kids.
Something Very Sad Happened
The book explains death and loss to a very young child in a simple and age-appropriate way.