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Teach to inspire

Teach to inspireThe Teach to Inspire series aims to give adults the tools to help young people towards a life of emotional stability and resilience. The series is edited by Barbara Maines and George Robinson who are both well-known for their expert inset training, along with their best-selling titles under the Lucky Duck publishing imprint. 

After working in special needs teaching and educational psychology, Barbara and George embarked upon a publishing career that has produced award-winning titles for nearly two decades. They have introduced many influential new authors, some of whom have become leading authorities or household names. The books are radical, sometimes edgy, and always brilliant in bringing progressive practical solutions with strong theoretical underpinning, to you as a professional audience. We are pleased to be working with Barbara and George to produce a range of material ideal for addressing the urgent agendas, dilemmas and situations of today, including initiatives such as SEAL in primary and secondary schools and in the wider community, self-awareness, managing feelings, motivation, empathy and social skills.

Teaching Happiness: A ten-step curriculum for creating positive classrooms

Author: Ruth MacConville

SEAL BESTSELLER! Teaching Happiness explains how to create a positive learning environment. It explores the key aspects of positive psychology using social and emotional aspects of learning (SEAL), and takes you through ten steps for creating a positive classroom environment for your students

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The Emotional Curriculum for Early Teens KS3

Author: Tina Rae and Patricia Black

The Emotional Curriculum for Early Teens KS3 is from the Teach to Inspire range, designed to give support to secondary school staff and provide a flexible and comprehensive approach to promoting the emotional literacy and wellbeing of KS3 early teens in their care

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The Emotional Curriculum for Young Adults KS4

Author: Written by Tina Rae and Patricia Black

The Emotional Curriculum for Young Adults KS4 is from the Teach to Inspire range, designed to give support to secondary school staff and provide a flexible and comprehensive approach to promoting the emotional literacy and wellbeing of KS4 young adults in their care

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Controlling Anger: A Solution Focused Approach for Children

Author: Authors: Tina Rae & Sara Daly

Controlling Anger: A Solution Focused Approach for Children will help to empower children to manage strong feelings more positively

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Self-Harm and Suicide

Author: Tina Rae & Elizabeth Smith

This resource, Self-Harm and Suicide, will help professionals to understand the difficult problems of self-harm and suicide among young people and provides a background to interventions, facilitation and staff training

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Tough Issues, Tough Choices

Author: Tina Rae and Brian Marris

Tough Issues, Tough Choices aims to help young people tackle problems and challenges. It addresses the difficult issues and decisions facing young people in today's society, – those with behavioural problems and those without – and promotes the development of emotional literacy, equal opportunities and social justice

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Emotional Wellbeing: An Introductory Handbook

Author: Gillian Shotton and Sheila Burton

The Emotional Wellbeing: An Introductory Handbook helps school staff learn about emotional literacy, and promote SEAL topics to their students using activities and resources

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Emotional Health and Wellbeing

Author: Belinda Heaven

Emotional Health and Wellbeingprovides activities and resources to promote a whole-school approach to emotional wellbeing, focusing on a number of SEAL areas

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Controlling Anger: A Solution Focused Approach for Young People

Author: Tina Rae & Sara Daly

Controlling Anger: A Solution Focused Approach for Young People will help to empower pupils, including teenagers and young adults, to manage their anger and other strong feelings more positively

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Transition: A Peer Mentoring System

Author: Teresa Bliss, Rachel Down, Isobel Hollis & Christina Lythgoe

Transition: A Peer Mentoring System is a guide to organising a 'buddy' programme, which will help ease the transition process for Year 7 pupils

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Emotional Resilience and Problem Solving for Young People

Author: Tina Rae, Nisha Nakarja & Patricia Velinor

Emotional Resilience and Problem Solving for Young People will help promote the mental health and wellbeing of young people. It is aimed at teachers, social workers and all those involved in supporting young adults

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Mediation and Restoration in Circle Time

Author: Teresa Bliss

Mediation and Restoration in Circle Time will help increase participation and help develop emotional literacy

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Inclusion in the Primary Classroom

Author: Margaret Collins

Inclusion in the Primary Classroom, suitable for children aged 5-11, is a practical resource to help promote inclusion and disability awareness

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101 Playground Games

Author: Thérèse Hoyle

101 Playground Games, written by Thérèse Hoyle, is a collection of active and engaging games, ideal for teachers, lunchtime supervisors and any adult involved with children at play. It is one of nine titles in the Teach to Inspire series

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