The Coaches , Parents and Players agree to the following standards when they are involved in team sports. We believe that each participant whether a player, coach or parent owes something to the team and the necessary cohesiveness required from playing a team sport. COACHES Acceptable standards of coaching behavior include: 1.Set a good example… Read more »
Be myself. Refuse requests without feeling selfish. Be competent and proud of my accomplishments. Feel and express anger (safely and responsibly) Ask for affection and help (I may be turned down, but I can ask). Be treated as a capable adult. Be illogical in making decisions. Make mistakes–and be responsible for them. Change my mind…. Read more »
Stepfathers Don’t Help, Study Finds Aug. 20
After Chicago’s recent child murder and the string of school shootings in Oregon, Arkansas, and elsewhere, we are apprehensive about the start of school this week. As director of a resource and support center for school counselors who work in all kinds of school settings, I know that many guidance counselors and school psychologists will… Read more »
I currently possess everything I have truly wanted and deserved. This is based on what I have handed out to date. Mypossessions, my savings, my lifestyle are an exact mirror of me, my efforts, and my contribution to society. What I give I get. If I am unhappy with what I have received it is… Read more »
Across the country, innovative steps to end schoolyard killings As the last bullet ricocheted through the latest schoolyard this spring, parents and teachers across the country were feeling helpless against the onslaught of violence that suddenly swept through suburban education. How can you protect innocent children at a time when American households still have more… Read more »
If it had been a plane crash rather than a school shooting that took the lives of two students in Springfield, Ore., the federal government would have sent teams of experts to dissect the incident to prevent it from happening again. It’s time to give the same attention to school violence, a national safety expert… Read more »
Bob is a Minister in the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas Isn’t it great when we recognize some potential in children or students? We can see that they have an ability to write or communicate well. Maybe we see a knack for understanding math, or the sciences just seem to come easily, or maybe… Read more »
A Reading List The Bridge Dancers – C. Saller – Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books, Inc., 1991 Call It Courage – A. Sperry – New York: Macmillan (Collier Books), 1978 The Courage of Sarah Noble – A. Dalgliesh – New York: Scribner’s & Sons, 1954 El Chino – A. Say – Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1990 The… Read more »
Using Tom and Huck to Develop Moral Reasoning Brief Description Demonstrates how to use dilemma situations for literature to develop adolescent moral reasoning. Dilemmas involve questions of responsibility, fairness, rightness and wrongness, empathy and caring, and motive or intention. Sample activities focus on The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Adapt these activities to any piece of… Read more »
