Special Needs

Making Friends Is an Art!
Julia Cook • Illustrated by Bridget A. Barnes
PB: 978-1-934490-30-3
$13.95
9” x 9” • 32 pages • MARCH 2012
Meet Brown – the least used pencil in the box. He’s tall, geeky and lonely. Brown
envies Red, Purple, Blue and all the other pencils who have fun coloring and playing together. Dark Green is trustworthy, Pink
listens well, Orange has fun, and everybody likes Red! Brown doesn’t smile very often
because he doesn’t get used much and hardly ever needs sharpening. When Brown asks the other pencils why no one likes him, he discovers that to have friends, he needs to be a good friend. If Brown learns to
use all of the friendship skills the other pencils have, he can make friends and have fun too! This title is the first in a Happy to Be, You and Me series of books focusing on relationshipbuilding skills for children. Included in the book are tips for parents and teachers on how to help children who feel left out and have trouble making friends.

Show Me Your Mad Face
Teaching Children to Feel
Angry without Losing Control
Connie J. Schnoes, Ph.D.
PB: 978-1-934490-31-0 
$17.50
5½” x 8 ½” • approx. 200 pages
february 2012
Children get angry for many different reasons. Young children may throw tantrums when they
are tired, frustrated, or unhappy. Teens may use anger to either get what they want or get
out of doing something they don’t like, such as homework or chores. Exhausted or frightened
by frequent outbursts, parents often try to avoid doing or demanding anything of their
children that might trigger their anger. Author Connie Schnoes, however, tells parents not to shield children from situations that make them angry. Instead, all children must learn that feeling angry at times is a normal
emotion and there are appropriate ways to control and express anger without hurting
themselves or others.

Positive Visualizations
Solution-Based Strategies
To Empower Students To See Successful
Outcomes To Challenges They Face At School
Victoria Cull
PB: 978-1-57543-179-6
$27.50
8½" x11" • 128 pages © 2010
Intended to be an aid to the school counsellor whose student needs help right
away, this book includes 50 reproducible resource pages on the topics of problem solving, school skills, character education, anger, self-concept, and feelings. Perhaps the principal or another teacher has sent a student to you for help with a particular issue. That’s when you need a concrete format to help that student quickly visualize a solution in a safe place. The techniques
described in this book can turn a student’s day around.

Anger Control and Conflict Management for Kids
A Learning Guide for the Elementary Grades
Susanna Palomares & Terri Akin
PB: 978-1-56499-078-5 
$30.95
8½" x 11" • 134 pages • available
Ready-to-use lessons and dozens of reproducible
student worksheets designed to help K-6 students learn skills for anger management and successful conflict resolution. Anger and conflict are
natural. We all get angry and we all get involved in conflicts. But,learning how to manage these issues and developing positive responses can be
hard work. This book provides guidance, sound ideas, and engaging activities to help teachers and counsellors give their children lifelong techniques for working with and working through anger and conflict. Get students to take responsibility for settling their own disputes!
Step-by-step procedures, discussion prompts and
culminating questions are included with every activity.

The Girls’ Guide to Growing Up Choices & Changes in the Tween Years
Terri Couwenhoven, M.S.
PB: 978-1-60613-026-1 
$19.95
6" x 9"
160 pages
Photos & Illustrations
Ages 8-14
December 2011
This appealing and easy-to-follow guide for girls with intellectual disabilities is an introduction to the physical and emotional changes they’ll encounter during puberty. Written on a third-grade reading level for preteens or young teenaged girls to read by themselves or with a parent, it’s filled with age-appropriate facts, illustrations and photos, icons, and a Q&A. Parents, physicians, schools, and support groups
will want to share this encouraging book with girls to help answer their questions about puberty and reassure them it’s all part of growing up.

 
Study Skills Fun Game Kit & CD
95 Class room or Small-Group
Activities That Promote
Positive Study Habits
Marianne B. Vandawalker
PB & CD RO M:
978-1-57543-178-9 
$29.95
72 pages • with CD-Rom of reproducible activity sheets and game cards 
available
Study Skills Fun Game Kit & CD brings a new dimension to this important topic. Through the use of activity-oriented games,
students will see the importance of good listening habits, organizational skills, positive work habits, and goal-setting.
As students become involved in these motivating activities, they are acquiring the study skills necessary for academic
achievement. It includes a manual with complete directions for each activity as well a CD with PDF files for the reproducible activity sheets and game cards. 

Tough Enough To Cry
Wanda S. Cook, M.Ed., LPC
PB W/ CD: 978-1-57543-181-9 
$35.95
8½" X 11" • 144 pa ges • March
BOY S HAVE FEELINGS, TOO . Boys’ emotions are too often overlooked. Told from early childhood to “man up” or assured they’re “tougher than” any insult
or injury, boys have traditionally been socialized in ways that stifle emotional development and, as they grow older, impairs their ability to express their true
feelings. Tough Enough To Cry gives counselors and therapists the tools they need to understand and remediate issues that boys deal with in everyday life. This
valuable resource discusses 50 human emotions and appropriate ways to handle each of them. This all-inclusive research-based program gives facilitators the tools they need to identify and respond to boys’ feelings. Includes CD of reproducible items.

Activities for Teaching Social Skills, Self Management & Respectful Living

Susanna Palomares & Dianne Schilling

PB: 978-1-56499-081-5 • $33.95

156 pa ges • 8½"½" x 11" •
Ages 5-12

reproducibles • march

The lessons in this easy-to-use activity book are designed to develop in your students the skills, behaviours, attitudes, and perspectives that lead

to emotional literacy. Social competence, self-management abilities, and respectful, responsible living are all vital aspects of healthy social and emotional development. As such these skills and behaviours support learning, positive

behaviour, personal development and well-being. The carefully designed activities in this book will engage your student’s minds

in learning and their heart’s in embracing such valuable life lessons as:

• Respecting Self and Others • Encouraging Trust and Honesty

• Expressing Gratitude • Developing Empathy and Compassion

• Being Responsible and Dependable • Cooperating with Others

• Controlling Anger • Overcoming Harmful Peer Pressure

• Reducing Prejudice and Stereotyping • Valuing Differences

• Practicing Non-Violent Communication • Managing Conflict

• Exploring Win-Win Strategies • Making Friends

• Speaking Up Against Bullying

Down Syndrome Parenting 101 Must-Hav e Advice for Making Your Life Easier
Natalie Hale 
Foreword by Martha Beck
PB: 978-1-60613-020-9
$22.95
6" x 9"
160 pages
November 2011

Down Syndrome Parenting 101 is full of inspiration and savvy advice for parents, grandparents, and anyone who shares life with a person with Down syndrome! It’s full of uplifting wisdom and practical guidance gleaned
from personal and professional
experiences raising a son, now an adult, and 20 years spent tutoring children, teens, and adults with Down syndrome.

After-School Explorations
Fun, Ready-to-Us e Activities
for Kids Ages 5-12
PB: 978-1-56499-081-5 
$33.95
156 pa ges • 8½"½" x 11" • Ages 5-12
reproducibles • march
Susanna Palomares & Dianne Schilling
You’ll find this rich and ready resource to be a complete and creative collection of after-school
activities that engage kids in learning and having fun at the same time. This valuable resource is packed cover-to-cover with inviting, kid-friendly
games, arts and crafts, science projects, environmental lessons and more. Every activity comes with step-by-step directions and complete guidance for getting the most out of each lesson. All activities are readily adaptable to a variety of situations and skill levels. An ideal resource
for every after-school or other out-of-school venue. The activities help all children to: Cultivate
self-awareness and positive self-esteem
• Learn to value family and community connections and
develop a sense of belonging
• Work collaboratively, with consideration for others
• Focus on listening, speaking, reading, and writing –
important aspects of literacy and communication
• Develop effective problem-solving and decision-making
skills
• Engage their feelings of wonder and appreciation for
the natural world