Heikkilä, Cecilia
Summary: Grandpa and Little Bear share a dream to visit Faraway Valley -- a special, hard-to-find place full of wild and wonderful creatures, a place where the air smells of pine needles, a place they've only seen on a postcard. The determined pair study maps, read books and practice camping to prepare for their adventure, then set sail for the long journey. But when they arrive in the north, they find...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Floris Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HEICrist, James J.
Summary: "Mental health problems continue to escalate in schools across the country. At the same time, many schools lack enough school psychologists and counselors to respond to the needs of their students. This guide teaches tweens and teens the skills they need to help fill this gap and make a positive impact on their relationships, schools, and communities. It offers advice for teens wanting to help...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Spirit Publishing, an imprint of Teacher Created Materials 2024
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 371.4 CRISummary: Experts are increasingly focusing on prevention efforts based on community and family. This documentary looks at two of those efforts. One works with parents addicted to heroin by teaching them how to repair the damage to family wrought by drug abuse, and in spite of it, how to raise strong, resilient children. In a second program, vigilant counselors in Dade County schools watch for kids at...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: What does it take to be popular? Quite often it has nothing to do with being nice. In this ABC News special, correspondent John Stossel visits middle and high schools to discover why kids dish out abuse, why they take it, and what parents and school administrators can do to make it better. He also visits schools with successful anti-bullying programs. Discussions with students, as well as with...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Peirce, Lincoln
Summary: Both Nate Wright and school bully Randy Betancourt have crushes on the new girl Ruby, and altercations between the two boys result in peer counseling sessions that eventually lead to an unlikely friendship and their becoming teammates on the school's ultimate frisbee Mud Bowl team.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway Products, LLC 2019