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To read, click on this link:  Facts About Feelings A Call to All Teachers: Proudly announcing our new group for educators worldwide, “ We Teach the World .” Our aim is to connect teachers and related school personnel all over the world, so that we can share much-needed ideas, strategies, and lesson plans as well as all kinds of resources in classroom management and in student discipline. Coordinating our effort worldwide, we can tell each other where to find important resources and information. If you administer a teaching blog or have created educational resources to facilitate our job, you are welcome to share them here. As long as they contribute to education, we want to know of your business. Teachers with questions, post them here; mentors and seasoned teachers, your valuable experience and unique perspective matter to us, so make your voices heard. Because isolated, we teachers are imaginative, resourceful and resilient, but connected, connected we are imaginative, resou

To download this resource, click on this link: Social-Emotional Dictionary with Exercises A Call to All Teachers: Proudly announcing our new group for educators worldwide, “ We Teach the World .” Our aim is to connect teachers and related school personnel all over the world, so that we can share much-needed ideas, strategies, and lesson plans as well as all kinds of resources in classroom management and in student discipline. Coordinating our effort worldwide, we can tell each other where to find important resources and information. If you administer a teaching blog or have created educational resources to facilitate our job, you are welcome to share them here. As long as they contribute to education, we want to know of your business. Teachers with questions, post them here; mentors and seasoned teachers, your valuable experience and unique perspective matter to us, so make your voices heard. Because isolated, we teachers are imaginative, resourceful and resilient, but conne

To read article, click on this link: Child Guidance Skills for Teachers: Relaxation Techniques for Angry and Troubled Students A Call to All Teachers: Proudly announcing our new group for educators worldwide, “ We Teach the World .” Our aim is to connect teachers and related school personnel all over the world, so that we can share much-needed ideas, strategies, and lesson plans as well as all kinds of resources in classroom management and in student discipline. Coordinating our effort worldwide, we can tell each other where to find important resources and information. If you administer a teaching blog or have created educational resources to facilitate our job, you are welcome to share them here. As long as they contribute to education, we want to know of your business. Teachers with questions, post them here; mentors and seasoned teachers, your valuable experience and unique perspective matter to us, so make your voices heard. Because isolated, we teachers are imaginative,

To read this book excerpt, click on link: Essentials of Emotional Communication for Reaching the Unreachable Student Where Do I Start? What Do I Say? How Do I Do It? Book Excerpt A Call to All Teachers: Proudly announcing our new group for educators worldwide, “ We Teach the World .” Our aim is to connect teachers and related school personnel all over the world, so that we can share much-needed ideas, strategies, and lesson plans as well as all kinds of resources in classroom management and in student discipline. Coordinating our effort worldwide, we can tell each other where to find important resources and information. If you administer a teaching blog or have created educational resources to facilitate our job, you are welcome to share them here. As long as they contribute to education, we want to know of your business. Teachers with questions, post them here; mentors and seasoned teachers, your valuable experience and unique perspective matter to us, so make your voices h

Essentials of Emotional Communication for Reaching the Unreachable Student: Where Do I Start? What Do I Say? How Do I Do It? Table of Contents Introduction …..11 Part I: The Basics Chapter 1: Understanding Emotional Communication - The Magic We Create with the Words We Say …..17 Emotional Language Within the Broader Context of Interpersonal Communication Interpersonal Communication Principles The Interaction Between the Verbal and the Nonverbal Messages Chapter 2: The Role of Feelings in Emotional Communication …..27 Negative Feelings Positive Feelings Facts About Feelings Table 2.1. Feelings List Chapter 3: The Therapeutic Environment- Principles, Skills, and Steps …..35 Therapeutic Principles The “Therapeutic Attitude” The Therapeutic Process: Steps Part II: Where Do I Start? Chapter 4: Key Elements of a Therapeutic Interaction …..53 Reaching the Unreachable Child with Rapport Guidelines to Develop Empathic Understandi

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In today’s challenging schools, we need strong classroom management skills and strategies just to keep our classrooms operational. The better we communicate to students our rules, goals, and expectations—both for behavior and academics-- the better our management of behavior, including behavior that seems not conducive to learning. On the other hand, unspoken or misunderstood rules, goals, and expectations are an important contributor in classroom behavior difficulties. Clear communication then, is the key that opens the door to successful classroom management. Teachers that are good communicators are able to keep their students focused on goals and engaged in achieving their individual goals . Quoting Karns (1994), (good communicators) “come from a caring—not a scaring place” (p.17). Good communication skills are also revealed in the way teachers approach social problem-solving . Conversely, teachers that do not communicate well are at a disadvantage in the handling of important

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