Connecting With Others Lessons for Teaching Social and Emotional Competence/Grades 9-12

Connecting with Others is an effective curriculum for teaching social and emotional competence. It is a proactive program that helps students learn skills in self-advocacy, communication, interpersonal behaviors, and problem solving.The program integrates a variety of instructional strategies such as storytelling, relaxation, creative expression, cooperative learning, self-instruction, and transfer training. Each volume contains numerous fun-to-do activities that provide step-by-step instructions and teacher scripts. The learning activities take into consideration cultural, ethnic, and gender diversity. Appendices contain a selected bibliography of children's literature and reproducible parent handouts.Includes 40 learning activities divided into the following skill areas: Awareness of Self and Others, Communication, Responsibility, Conflict Resolution, Cooperation, Love and Empathy, Personal Growth, Preparing for Adulthood.Coombs-Richardson, Rita is the author of 'Connecting With Others Lessons for Teaching Social and Emotional Competence/Grades 9-12' with ISBN 9780878224647 and ISBN 0878224645.