Thinking, Feeling, Behaving: An Emotional Education Curriculum for Children/Grades 1-6 [Paperback]

Ann Vernon (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1989

For grades 1-6. An essential resource for helping students learn to overcome irrational beliefs, negative feelings, and the negative consequences that may result. This 2006 revision is packed with 105 creative and easy-to-do activities 15 are new to this edition. The activities include games, stories, role plays, writing, drawing, and brainstorming. Each activity is identified by grade level and categorized into one of five important topic areas: Self-Acceptance; Feelings; Beliefs and Behavior; Problem Solving and Decision Making; and Interpersonal Relationships. Thinking, Feeling, Behaving is an emotional education curriculum based on the principles of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy. It can be used in classroom or small group settings.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Because the activites were interest-provoking and different from much of the regular classroom curriculum, the students were enthusiastic about the sessions. It was also rewarding to see the 'light bulb' go on when students started taking ownership for their own thoughts and feelings and stepping out of the victim role. --Rebecca Schmitz, School Social Work Journal

Ann Vernon has developed a curriculum that provides school counselors with lessons on all different facets of social and emotional barriers. . . The author provides actual scenarios that students can understand and relate to. . . The curriculum embraces the goal of positive behavior and flexible thinking. Topics presented in the lessons reflect peer perception, cliques, transition issues, and social pressures. . . a great resource for school counselors. --Deborah Hardy, New York State School Counselors Association Newsletter

It is critical for school districts to select a program that is empirically-based, cost-effective, and user-friendly. You will be delighted to know that Dr. Ann Vernon's emotional education curriculum meet all of the above criteria. . . . Dr. Vernon presents a framework of emotional education with a total of 210 experiential activities that are applications of Dr. Albert Ellis' rational emotive behavioral therapy. . . . I believe these two books are ideal for educators, counselors, and school psychologists who are looking for resources to foster healthy social and emotional development in their students. --Tony Wu, NCSP --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

About the Author

Ann Vernon, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls where she served as Coordinator of the School and Mental Health Counseling programs for 23 years, in addition to maintaining a large private practice where she specialized in working with children, adolescents, and their parents. Dr. Vernon has published 15 books and numerous chapters and articles on counseling techniques with youth, and in particular, applications of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy in individual and small group counseling as well as classroom guidance. Dr. Vernon is considered one of the leading experts on REBT with children and has presented workshops on this topic, as well as other topics related to counseling children, throughout the United States, Canada, Australia, and South America. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 252 pages
• Publisher: Research Pr Pub (September 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0878223053
• ISBN-13: 978-0878223053
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #464,368 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent activities, not only for use by the therapist, August 25, 2002

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K. Kircher (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Thinking, Feeling, Behaving: An Emotional Education Curriculum for Children/Grades 1-6 (Paperback)

This series gives great assignments, which are great for para-professionals or parents to utilize between sessions. The age targeted activites are great, especially for the little ones. The categories of activities are helpful in determining what activites will be appropriate with goals the client is working on. I appreciate that there are mutliple activites for each target area. This allows me to work through a spectrum of approaches to the same issue. The kids seem able to relate to the stories in the exercises. I have found the activities helpful in beginning to get them to approach difficult subjects, without feeling like they are in the 'hot seat'.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent tool for addressing needs of children in K-12., February 13, 1999

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This review is from: Thinking, Feeling, Behaving: An Emotional Education Curriculum for Children/Grades 1-6 (Paperback)

This book is an exceptional tool for providing exercises when working with children. It provides hours of activities that counselors, new and experienced, can apply in the K-12 school system.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great resource, April 18, 2009

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Elan Adler (Highland Park, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Thinking, Feeling, Behaving: An Emotional Education Curriculum for Children/Grades 1-6 (Paperback)

This book is a great resoruce in working with kids[...]. It can be adapted for special needs kids too. Easy to use.