NAMS Guidance

Welcome to NAMS 2025-2026!!!

We welcome all students back to NAMS. Here is a copy of the slideshow we played during a newly registered student orientation in August. Looking forward to having a great school year!

Welcome New Students 2025-2026

Social/Emotional Resource List:

Social-Emotional Learning:

• http://www.northandoverpublicschools.com/departments/student-services/social-emotional-learning

Local Resource and Counseling Guide:

• Care Solace

Community Support Resources:

• https://www.northandoverma.gov/275/Community-Services

Anxiety Resources:

• Back to School Decisions

• reopening-parents-decision-kids.html?searchResultPosition=1

Brief guided meditation:

• The Daily Calm on YouTube has many videos - here is a link to one that is 10 minutes  

• The Daily Calm

• The Daily Calm - Present

Stress Relief in 2 Minutes Video:

• https://youtu.be/lrhPTqholcc

Coping Clips (from BU Anxiety Clinic):

• Sleep Hygiene

• Thinking Flexibly

• Self Compassion

• Behavioral Activation

Short Yoga Videos:

• This will make most middle schoolers laugh, but might be good for the younger students Jamie's Yoga Break

• This one is long (30 mins) Yoga for Beginners

How to Stay Motivated Video (approx. 6 minutes):

• https://youtu.be/8ZhoeSaPF-k

How to Stop Procrastinating Video (approx. 5 minutes):

• https://youtu.be/xHr8y4hRYc0

In My Control:

• Students can use this activity to help them visualize what is in their control and what is out of their control In My Control Activity

Project Bread:

• www.projectbread.org/get-help/ 

How to Talk About Race and Racism with Children

• www.today.com/parenting-guides/how-talk-kids-about-race-racism-t179138 

Read Aloud Books

• www.embracerace.org/resources/want-to-nurture-kids-to-embrace-race-and-value-difference-check-out-these-fantastic-read-aloud-books-for-raising-a-brave-generation 

Teaching Tolerance-Beyond the Golden Rule

• www.tolerance.org/sites/default/files/general/beyond_golden_rule.pdf 

Talking About Race

• nmaahc.si.edu/learn/talking-about-race?fbclid=IwAR2TGpeQUvbiXfp5teepN7XA9y32YTIHwarSs7Bmekb1Rto24B01qfvckPc 

Academic Resource List:

Tutoring List:

docs.google.com/document/d/1KW8TgfMg4geSsvOgQB2tyIDEVLC2RW5qlfG428rPdlM/edit?ts=5f58d1d6 

Parent Resource List:

Parent Book List:

• All Grown Up and No Place To Go by David Elkind

• A Tribe Apart: A Journey Into the Heart of American Adolescence by Patricia Hersch

• Augusta, Gone by Martha Tod Dudman

• Best Friends, Worst Enemies: Understanding the Social Lives of Children by Michael Thompson

• Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul by Jack Canfield and Mark Hansen

• Don't Sweat the Small Stuff for Teens by Richard Carlson

• Fighting Invisible Tigers: A Stress Management Guide for Teens by Earl Hipp

• Get A Clue by Ellen Rosenberg

• Get Out of My Life But First Drive Cheryl and Me to the Mall by Anthony Wolf

• Growing Up, Feeling Good by Ellen Rosenberg

• Healing Your Grieving Heart for Teens by Alan Wolfelt

• How To Say It To Teens: Talking About the Most Important Topics of Their Lives by Richard Heyman

• How To Talk So Kids Will Listen: How to Listen So Kids Will Talk by Faber and Mazlish

• It’s Not Fair by Anthony Wolf

• Keys To Parenting Your Teenager by Don Fontenelle

• Maybe You Know My Teen: A Parent's Guide to Helping Your Adolescent with ADHD by Mary Fowler

• Mother-Daughter Revolution by Debold, Wilson, Malave

• My Body, My Self for Boys" by Lynda Madaras

• My Body, My Self for Girls" by Lynda Madaras

• Our Daughter's Health: Advise for Raising Confident Girls by Sharon Roan

• Our Last Best Step - Guiding Our Children Through Early Adolescence by Laura Sessions Stepp

• Parenting Teens: Systematic Training for Effective Parents by AGS

• Please Stop the Rollercoaster:  How Parents of Teens Can Smooth Out the Ride by Sue Blaney

• Raising Cain by Michael Thompson

• Real Boys by William Pollack

• Reviving Ophelia by Mary Pipher

• School Girls by Peggy Ornstein

• Speaking of Boys by Michael Thompson

• Special Kids Need Special Parents - Resource for Parents of Children of Special Needs by Judith Lavin

• Stick Up For Yourself by Kaufman, Raphael, Espeland

• Talking with Children About Loss: Strategies to Help Children Cope with Death, Divorce and Difficult Times by Maria Trozzi

• Ten Talks Parents Must Have With Their Children by Cappello and Becher

• The Gift of Failure, Jessica Lahey; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5e-1wLFsj4

• The Middle School Years - A Parents’ Handbook by Berla, Henderson and Kerewsky

• The Roller Coaster Years:Raising Your Child Through the Maddening Yet Magical Middle School Years by Giannetti and Sagarese

• The Secret of Parenting by Anthony Wolf

• The Ties That Bind by David Elkind

• Too Old For This: Too Young For That: Your Survival Guide for the Middle School Years by Mosatche and Unger

• What's Happening To My Body Book for Girls by Lynda Madaras

• What's Happening To My Body Book for Boys by Lynda Madaras

• You're Grounded Till You're Thirty by Judi Craig  

Popular Parenting Tips:

• Routines

• Traditions, family activities

• Patience

• Acceptance-try not to make comparisons with peers, siblings…

• Active listening

• Consistency

• Encouragement to share feelings and validation of feelings

• Clear and fair limits

• Responsibilities…chores, children feel useful and valued if they help the family-tell them how much you appreciate and rely on their help

• Expectations that are clearly defined

• Privacy

• Logical and natural consequences

• Coping skills

• Point out and celebrate successes. Be sure he/she is aware of her strengths

• Opportunities to find interests and talents-encourage them and attend their events

• A great sense of humor 

• Inclusion in family decisions

• A positive learning environment-teach them to organize and manage their time

• Compromise, flexibility, and the ability to prioritize your battles