Social Decision Making/Social Problem Solving for Middle School Students (Book and CD): Skills and Activities for Academic, Social and Emotional Success
"School counseling staff, as well as teachers and others running advisory or related groups, will find this manual to be useful for helping students succeed in middle school. At this critical point in their lives, young adolescents can move in a positive and hopeful direction, or they can enter into a negative, downward spiral." "SDM/SPS provides students with basic school survival skills and research-based strategies for responsible decision making and problem solving. SDM/SPS uses a...
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"School counseling staff, as well as teachers and others running advisory or related groups, will find this manual to be useful for helping students succeed in middle school. At this critical point in their lives, young adolescents can move in a positive and hopeful direction, or they can enter into a negative, downward spiral." "SDM/SPS provides students with basic school survival skills and research-based strategies for responsible decision making and problem solving. SDM/SPS uses a positive, project-oriented approach to help reduce school violence, foster social and emotional intelligence, improve academic effort and attention, develop multicultural perspectives, and prevent at-risk students from giving up on school." The authors present a thoroughly tested and effective approach for working with a broad spectrum of learners, including those with emotional and behavioral disorders. The manual includes numerous reproducible worksheets and assessment tools for tracking progress. It provides strategies for supporting academic achievement, improving media literacy skills, encouraging parent involvement, and implementing a school-community service project.
Ch. 1Developmental issues and key skills for social and academic growth11Ch. 2The pedagogy for building lasting skills23Ch. 3A short course or time-limited group on social decision making and social problem solving41Ch. 4Transition to the new learning tasks of middle school : organizational and study skills activities91Ch. 5Applying a social decision making approach to social studies, current events, and history to promote citizenship and community service121Ch. 6Building social problem solving and social decision making skills through literature analysis149Ch. 7Prepare your students to understand and use the tools of media literacy and social decision making159Ch. 8A school-community environmental service project to promote social decision making skills211Ch. 9Parent involvement and engagement in middle school : communicating, collaborating, connecting231Ch. 10Promoting a multicultural perspective in students249Ch. 11Tools for monitoring and evaluating middle school programs269
