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by Scott Cooper (Author)
A toolbox of twenty-one strategies kids can use to get along with others.
Every child could use help with social skills and making friends. This book provides twenty-one concrete strategies children can use to express themselves, build relationships, end arguments and fights, halt bullying, and beat unhappy feelings. It's like a toolbox of kid-friendly social skills--just open it up and pull out tools like:- Mighty Might, which takes all the fun out of teasing
- Thought Chop, which helps kids resist self-defeating thoughts
- Squeaky Wheel, a type of persistence that gets results
- Coin Toss, a simple way to resolve small conflicts
Author Biography
Scott Cooper is a bullying prevention advocate and has provided workshops on the topic throughout northern California.
He has been a school board president, city youth commissioner, and member of the Sonoma County Advisory Board of Drug Programs. Scott has past experience teaching, coaching basketball, and working as a bilingual aide. He is currently a Working Group member of Child Dignity in the Digital World, a world congress working for the better protection of minors online. He is a COO in private industry and a member of the National Audubon Society.
He is the author of Sticks and Stones: 7 Ways Your Child Can Deal with Teasing, Conflict, and Other Hard Times (Harmony, 2000) and Rock and Water: The Power of Thought, The Peace of Letting Go (DeVorss, 2017).
