Boosting All Children′s Social and Emotional Brain Power: Life Transforming Activities

Proven, brain-based techniques that build social and emotional intelligence and problem-solving skills!

For a child to thrive in school today and succeed in life tomorrow, there's no more important quality than social and emotional intelligence. Since children's brains are still developing during the K-12 years, educators can positively influence students' development, including strengthening essential skills such as empathy, self-management and problem-solving.

Dr. Marie-Nathalie Beaudoin, one of the world's leading experts on children and brain development, shares award-winning techniques that connect with students' lives and concerns. Readers will find:

• A research-based approach refined through ongoing work in public schools
• Classroom exercises grouped by age, but adaptable for all grade levels
• Lively activities that keep students engaged
• Valuable content for anti-bullying initiatives and counseling programs

This new guide is an essential resource for teachers, counselors and other K-12 educators, helping them to positively shape classroom dynamics and school culture.

"The author has a way of clearly and succinctly stating how brain-based research relates to student decision-making that leads to higher levels of emotional stability, self-efficacy, and individual intelligence."
--Laura Linde, Mentor/ Field Supervisor/ Coordinator
District 77 and Minnesota State University

Author: Marie-Nathalie Beaudoin
Publisher: Corwin Publishers
Published: 10/24/2013
Pages: 248
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.90h x 7.00w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781452258362

About the Author

Marie-Nathalie Beaudoin, Ph.D., is currently the Training Director for Bay Area Family Therapy & Training Associates (BAFTTA) and an adjunct professor John F. Kennedy University and the Hincks Dellcrest Institute in Toronto, Canada. BAFTTA is a world re-known training center for narrative therapy pioneered by Michael White and David Epston, with whom Dr. Beaudoin has personally trained. As Training Director, she currently supervises the counseling work of doctoral interns in two school districts.

The recipient of numerous research scholarships and awards, Dr. Beaudoin is the author of 16 articles and 4 books, as well as a board member for the prestigious Journal of Systemic Therapies (Guilford Press). Her first book, Working with Groups to Enhance Relationships (Whole Person Associates, 1998), was greatly influenced by her expertise in teaching improvisation and creativity, a knowledge base that informs the proposed book. In 1999, she developed a unique anti-bullying program for schools, reconnecting with her old interest in violence prevention, which was the subject of her dissertation.

Dr. Beaudoin has also previous published two books with Corwin, Creating a Positive School Culture: How Principals and Teachers Can Solve Problems Together (LOE: 2,916 units, $74,850) and Responding to the Culture of Bullying and Disrespect: New Perspectives on Collaboration, Compassion, and Responsibility, which is currently in its second edition. Both editions of Responding to Culture of Bullying and Disrespect combined have sold well both in the US and abroad (combined LOEs: 8,144 units, $186,100).

In 2010, Dr. Beaudoin published a parenting book, The SKiLL-ionaire in Every Child: Boosting Children′s Socio-Emotional Intelligence Using the Latest in Brain Research, which has received a lot of international attention. See a video clip here: http: //www.skillionaire.org/ed_teacher.html. Since its publication, Dr. Beaudoin has been speaking to even larger audiences in a number of countries. In the past six month, she has presented these ideas in the USA, Canada, and Brazil. She has been invited to speak in Vancouver, Canada in May 2012, in Oslo, Norway, and Copenhagen, Denmark in June 2012, and Australia in November 2012. Her presentations will include material from The SKiLL-ionaire in every child and the proposed book for educators, building a marketing plan for this proposed book.

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