Best Selling Books by Marilyn E. Gootman

Updated third edition offers sensitive advice and genuine understanding for teens coping with grief and loss. The death of a friend is a wrenching event for anyone at any age and can spark feelings that range from sadness to guilt to anxiety. Teenagers especially need help coping with grief and loss. This sensitive book answers questions grieving teens often have, like “How should I be acting?” “How long will this last?” and “What if I can’t handle my grief on my own?” The book also addresses the complicated emotions that can accompany the death of an acquaintance, as opposed to a close friend. The advice is gentle, non-preachy, and compassionate; recommended for parents and teachers of teens who have experienced a painful loss. This updated edition of a classic resource includes new quotes from teens as well as insights into losing a friend or an acquaintance in a school shooting or through other violence. The book also features updated resources and recommended reading, including information on suicide hotlines and other support for anyone in crisis.

`A delight to read! This book is thoughtful, practical, and extremely respectful of teachers and the multiple judgements needed to educate young children well.′ Carl D Glickman University of Georgia This fully updated Second Edition-including a new chapter on bullying-is a practical guide to teaching students the skills of appropriate behavior and ways to avoid inappropriate behavior. This approach helps students develop self-control and offers strategies for setting limits, giving students responsibility, and helping them develop self-control and offers strategies for setting limits, giving students responsibility and helping them develop confidence in their abilities. Students learn to solve problems, make good judgements, and correct their own misbehaviour.

This straightforward guide shows readers how to set rules and limits, encourage good behavior by administering rewards and punishments fairly, handle conflicts between siblings, manage anger, and more.

"What a fresh approach to classroom management! The problem-solving approach makes so much sense if you want a friendly, caring, and safe classroom. Examples in the book illustrate ways to navigate the difficult behaviors that create barriers to learning." —Jennifer Lee Kumnick, School Social Worker Clarke County School District, Athens, GA Help students deal with anger, correct misbehavior, and prevent misunderstandings! Effective discipline goes hand in hand with both proficient teaching and a caring classroom community. This third edition of Marilyn E. Gootman′s bestseller shows novice and veteran teachers how to guide student behavior by developing positive, supportive relationships. Gootman′s approach to discipline focuses on two essentials: teaching students the skills of appropriate behavior and showing them how to avoid inappropriate behavior. Featuring summaries of key points at the end of each chapter, this revised edition offers a new chapter on establishing a caring classroom community, guidelines on how to handle cyberbullying, and an updated and expanded resource list featuring literature and programs on classroom discipline. Teachers can help children become good thinkers, good learners, and good classroom citizens by: Setting realistic rules and expectations for conduct Developing students′ problem-solving techniques Encouraging open communication to resolve disagreements Creating partnerships with parents By creating a nurturing environment in the classroom, teachers can make a difference in children′s lives—and maintain their own enthusiasm and idealism!

Happy Tu B/Shevat! On Tu B''Shevat, we plant a tree / Baskets of fruit for you and me This is a lovely rhyming story about giving thanks for the gifts trees provide on the occasion of Tu B’Shevat, Jewish Arbor Day.

Revised and updated to include the latest research, "The Loving Parents'' Guide to Discipline" offers advice for parents who want to raise happy, healthy, well-behaved children. "Stands out among its competition by virtue of its holistic, cumulative approach to child guidance".--"Booklist".