Helping Students Fix Problems and Avoid Crises

Lawrence J. Greene, a graduate of the Stanford University Graduate School of Education, is a nationally recognized author, educational therapist, consultant, and curriculum developer who has worked with more than ten thousand strug-gling students during a clinical career spanning thirty years. He has written eighteen books, and he has trained thousands of teachers in graduate programs at the university level. His educational curricula are currently used in elemen-tary schools, middle schools, high schools, colleges, and universities throughout the world, and his books have been translated into languages ranging from Chinese to Spanish. Other Books by Lawrence J. Greene Kids Who Hate School Kids Who Underachieve Learning Disabilities and Your Child Getting Smarter Think Smart, Study Smart Smarter Kids Teachers' Desk Reference Guide to Learning Problems Improving Your Child's Schoolwork The Life-Smart Kid Finding Help When Your Child Is Struggling in School Roadblocks to Learning Winning the Study Game Study Wise Study Max: Improving Study Skills in Grades 9-12 The Resistant Learner Strategies for Success (forthcoming)

Introduction Being Attuned Can I Really Do It? How the Program Works Acknowledgments About the Author Unit 1: The Child Who Doesn't Have Friends For Educators: Examining the Dynamics and Implications of Social Rejection Struggling With Seemingly Insoluble Problems The Nuts and Bolts of Self-Esteem Identifying and Expressing Feelings Concept and Application Developing Analytical Thinking Skills Key Objectives for Enhancing Students' Awareness Can Children Be Taught to Be More Empathetic? Examining the Story The Questions That Follow the Story Cause-and-Effect Principles Brainstorming Getting Started For Students: The Child Who Doesn't Have Friends The Story Oral Questions Optional Activity: Careful Reading and Analysis of the Story Supplemental Reproducible Exercises Follow-Up and Application Additional Concrete Reinforcements Unit 2: The Child Who Has Difficulty Learning For Educators: Examining the Emotional Implications of Learning Problems The Effects of Learning Differences Conduct Commonly Associated With Learning Problems Classroom Scripts Restrictive Assessment Criteria Identifying and Applying Multiple Intelligences Learning Preferences Identifying Preferred Learning Modalities Learning Modality Inventory Interpreting the Survey Using Dominant and Preferred Learning Modalities Examining the Story The Questions That Follow the Story For Students: The Child Who Has Difficulty Learning The Story Oral Questions Optional Activity: Careful Reading and Analysis of the Story Supplemental Reproducible Exercises Follow-Up and Application Concrete Reinforcements Unit 3: The Child Who Steals For Educators: Examining the Dynamics and Implications of Stealing Common Explanations for Stealing An Alternative to the Traditional Adult Responses to Stealing Examining the Story The Questions That Follow the Story For Students: The Child Who Steals The Story Oral Questions Optional Activity: Careful Reading and Analysis of the Story Supplemental Reproducible Exercises Follow-Up and Application Concrete Reinforcements Unit 4: The Child Who Tells Lies For Educators: Examining the Dynamics and Implications of Lying Training Children to Be Truthful Expanding the List of Explanations for Lying Traditional Adult Responses to Lying The Role of the Teacher Examining the Story The Questions That Follow the Story For Students: The Child Who Tells Lies The Story Oral Questions Optional Activity: Careful Reading and Analysis of the Story Supplemental Reproducible Exercises Follow-Up and Application Concrete Reinforcements Unit 5: The Child Who Is a Bully For Educators: Examining the Dynamics and Implications of Bullying Power as a Surrogate Social Acceptance Training Children to Be Kind The Role of the Teacher Examining the Story The Questions That Follow the Story For Students: The Child Who Is a Bully The Story Oral Questions Optional Activity: Careful Reading and Analysis of the Story Supplemental Reproducible Exercises Follow-Up and Application Concrete Reinforcements Unit 6: The Child Who Does Poorly in Sports For Educators: Examining the Implications of Being Poorly Coordinated The Ethos of Sports The Consequences of Poor Coordination Antidotes for Athletic Insufficiencies Examining the Story The Questions That Follow the Story For Students: The Child Who Does Poorly in Sports The Story Oral Questions Optional Activity: Careful Reading and Analysis of the Story Supplemental Reproducible Exercises Follow-up and Application Concrete Reinforcements Appendix 1: Psychological Overlay and Learning Differences Understanding Psychological Overlay Identifying the Symptoms of Psychological Overlay Behaviors and Attitudes That May Indicate Psychological Overlay Appendix 2: Psychological Problems Red Flag Symptoms of a Possible Psychological Problem Referral and Intervention Index

"Provides a sequential method for teaching the skills children need to help themselves. . . I can see where this book will be one that is dog-eared and never just sitting on the shelf." -- Mary Ann Sweet, Counselor "This book offers real steps for helping empower kids. The lessons are designed so that all children within a classroom would benefit, whether they are the child for whom the lesson was designed or the one for whom the lesson will build empathy, compassion, and understanding. Most books are not user friendly, providing off-the-shelf lessons. Mr. Greene has taken a truly easy-to-use methodical approach to problems kids face that can become a pivotal point in turning them around at an earlier age." -- Beverly Eidmann, Principal "Very practical and usable units, easy to understand and carry out. . . . Child-centered and internally empowering for the student." -- Robert DiGiulio, Author and Educator "I appreciate the book's informal tone and the flow of material. It is very readable; free of complicated psychobabble and excessive jargon. Although teachers get classroom management in the education curriculum, the strategies are laced with common sense that often gets passed over in the general education curriculum. (The) writing is clear: stories are useful and appropriate to the content area discussed, table of contents is comprehensive; exercises are helpful." -- Kevin Fall "A welcome intervention guide for teachers in the early grades. This book is a valuable tool with ideas that can be implemented within language arts, social studies, or health curriculum." -- Professionally Speaking, September 2006