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About The Book
The Contract: Helping Children with Severe Anxiety and Panic Attacks
At the time “Seth” was going through this situation he was suffering through the most severe panic attacks I had ever seen as a school counselor. He is now a college student on a partial scholarship majoring in economics. He is happy and well adjusted with a nice group of friends.
Contracts can be excellent tools when helping children manage difficult situations. Maybe there is something about the written word that makes us all take the situation seriously.
The agreement, the contract, described in this story, greatly enhanced the students mental health and thereby had a massive impact on his academic progress.
With the support of his family, his wonderful teacher and an excellent school system, “Seth” was able to overcome a virtually debilitating time in his life and move forward to grow into a fine young man.
The story behind the book The Contract
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The Guidance Series
Solutions to Specific Childhood Problems
Books in “The Guidance Series” are meant to be read to children by parents, caretakers, school counselors or teachers. After the reading there would hopefully then be a discussion of what the book was about and what should be learned from the story.
The books in this series fall into two categories – problem solving or problem prevention:
- The problem solving generally deal with a specific issue [divorce, stealing ,sleep issues, etc.]
- The problem prevention stories are meant to be more educational in nature and teach skills used to avoid problems in the first place [personal space, bully proofing, making and keeping friends, etc.]
All the books in this series are about real issues I was involved in helping elevate or social skills I taught my students as their school counselor.
During my career I had many books I would read to my students to help teach them important lessons about such things as manners, responsibility, etc.. I had a small library in my office for that purpose and I also used that to loan parents and teachers books on various topics to read to their students or children.
I would suggest to my fellow elementary school counselors adding the books in this series to their personal or school library. You never know when one of them might come in handy and, compared to many books I purchased , they are not very expensive.
The Contract
Helping Children with Severe Anxiety and Panic Attacks
A young boy overcomes severe school anxiety with help from his teacher, parent, and counselor.
The Problem Patrol
A Problem Solving System for Kids
The problem solving technique described in this book is the system I taught kindergarten students.
The Banana Splits
Helping Children Cope with Divorce
Divorce, if mishandled, can be devastating for the child or children involved. The support group outlined in this book was offered by myself and a fellow counselor at our school.
Mrs. Williams's Dilemma
A Book About Stealing
This book describes a situation in which a child is stealing in school. As an elementary school counselor, I dealt with this issue numerous times.
Joseph, Froggy, and Mrs. Slattery
Helping a Child with Selective Mutism
Selective mutism is a difficult problem to overcome. But, with the student described in this book, we were successful—no easy task with this condition.
The Bubble Brigade
Teaching Children the Concept of Personal Space and How to Protect Themselves
This book explains the concept of personal space and the skill of self-protection, “bully-proofing,” in an easy way for children to understand.
Four Friends
A Book about Making and Keeping Friends
Some children seem to make friends easily while others struggle. Children can be taught friendship making skills as well as conflict resolution.
The Dream Box
Helping Children with Sleep Issues
The story of a second-grade girl who is having sleep issues. The technique illustrated in this book was used successfully numerous times by the author in dealing with students with the same problem.
