In addition to learning empathy, books provide an endless supply of social interaction examples from which to learn. Scenes full of character dialogue show children effective – and ineffective – ways to handle conflict in a variety of situations. If your student would like to check out a book from my counseling library, please let me know!

EMPATHY - Teaching students to understand the feelings of another person.

POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS - teaching students how to interact with one another in kind and respectful ways.

RECOGNIZING AND MANAGING EMOTIONS - Teaching students how to manage their feelings.

PROBLEM-SOLVING - Teaching students how to find a solution to a complicated problem or issue.

GRIT & PERSEVERANCE - Teaching students to achieve success despite obstacles in their way.

PERSPECTIVE -TAKING - Teaching students about seeing a situation from another person's point of view.