How to Create Positive Relationships With Students: A Handbook of Group Activities and Teaching Strategies

Packed with innovative teaching strategies and easy-to- do group activities for upper elementary and middle school students, this book is ideal for use during classes, homerooms, or advisory periods. The first part of the book shows teachers how to become more effective adult-child communicators and how to "connect" with kids to become a positive influence in their lives. The second part contains 50 activities that help develop interpersonal sensitivity, teamwork, acceptance of cultural diversity, tolerance, effective communication skills, and more.

Michelle Karns has worked with schools throughout the country as a trainer with National Training Associates, an education consulting firm in Sebastopol, California. She originated the popular Kids Day program, now operating in more than a thousand schools, and has helped develop other programs that engender healthy relationships among kids, parents, and teachers. Her many keynote addresses and conference presentations have focused on increasing awareness of the reality experienced by today's children and on ways to build individual coping skills. She has also worked as a therapist, teacher, and writer.