Resources for Parents and
Students
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There are many
resources in the office and in my classroom.
Please stop by and pick some
up.
Otherwise
please enjoy the links below.
Character
Counts We use the six pillars of character counts in all of our
lesson plans please visit this site to learn more.
Love
and Logic this is a great program and information to have
if you are dealing with power struggles at home.
Suicide
Prevention some great resources on this
site. It never hurts to be
prepared.
www.netsmartz.org
is dedicated to keeping kids safer on the internet.
Parents, this also
has sites for kids to play games.
Grandma
Rose's Neighborhood is an interactive site to assist children with dealing
with teasing.
Out on a
Limb:
A guide to getting along is designed by
the University of Illinois Extension to teach children conflict
resolution
skills.
Public
Broadcasting Service: (PBS) About Face is an
interactive game teaching children about feelings.
Rotating
Faces is an interactive activity that
teaches children about
feelings.
RESOURCES
FOR CYBER-BULLYING AND BULLYING among GIRLS...
This information target how to help your student that is dealing with
"mean girls", cliques, and peer pressure among girls (which starts
early and can
destroy
self-esteem).
WorkBooks:
Mean
Girls: 101 1/2 Creative Strategies for Working with Relational Agression
by Kaye Randall, LISW-CP and Allyson K. Bowman, LISW-CP
Salvaging
Sisterhood by Julia V. Taylor
Girls
in Real Life Situations (G.I.R.L.S.) by Shannon Trice-Black and
Julia V. Taylor Available for grades K-5 and 6 - 12
Books:
Girl Wars: 12 Strategies That Will
End Female Bullying by Cheryl Dellasega, PhD
Odd Girl Out by Rachel
Simmons
Odd Girls Speak Out by
Rachel Simmons
Mean Chicks, Cliques, and
Dirty Tricks by Erika V. Shearin Karres
Please Stop Laughing at Me: One
Woman's Inspirational Journey by Jodee Blanco
Surviving Ophelia by Chryl
Dellasega, PhD
Reviving Ophelia: Saving the
Selves of Adolescent Girls by Mary Pipher
Websites
about RA (Relational Agression)
www.opheliaproject.org/main
Parent
Resources
Chapman Weston, Denise and Mark
Weston. Playful
Parenting.
New York: Putnam, 1993.
Domash, Leanne and Judith Sachs.
Wanna Be My Friend?:
How to Strengthen Your Child’s Social Skills. New York:
Hearst Books, 1994
Faber, Adele and Elaine Mazlish.
Siblings Without
Rivalry.
New York: Avon Books, 1987.
Frankel, Fred and Barry Wetmore.
Good Friends Are Hard
to Find: Help Your Child Find, Make and Keep Friends.
Glendale, CA: Perspective
Publishing, 1996.
Schaefer,
Charles and
Theresa Foy DiGeronimo. Ages & Stages: A Parent’s
Guide to Normal Childhood Development. New York: John
Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2000.
Taffel, Ron and Melinda Blau.
Nurturing Good
Children
Now: 10 Basic Skills to Protect and Strengthen Your Child's Core Self.
New York: Golden Books, 1999.
Taffel, Ron. And Melinda Blau.
Parenting by Heart:
How
to Be in Charge, Stay Connected, and Instill Your Values, When It Feels
like You've Got Only 15 Minutes a Day. Reading,
MA: Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., 1991.
Thompson, Michael. Best Friends, Worst Enemies:
Understanding the Social Lives of Children. New
York:
Ballantine Publishing, 2001