by Genie

Build Your Child’s Frustration Tolerance

Build Your Child’s Frustration Tolerance

“Build Your Child’s Frustration Tolerance“ is a self-paced growth mindset masterclass for parents and providers.

You’ll learn to foster your child’s grit and determination with practical and science-based strategies that go beyond simple encouragement.

The masterclass includes 4 video units with renowned guest parenting educators PLUS 2 bonus tracks with pre & early teen and neurodiverse parenting perspectives.

It also includes a comprehensive printable workbook with unit takeaways, journaling prompts, and activities and exercises to do with your child to help put the strategies in place.

In this on-demand course, you will learn:

  • How to uncover and avoid the hidden triggers that are the real causes of your child’s frustration.
  • How to develop a ‘frustration toolkit’ of practices and coping skills to use with your child to self-regulate and cope with challenges.
  • When to take a more emotion-based approach to help your child overcome obstacles and the urge to give up.
  • Practical strategies to help your child break free of the instant gratification mindset so they can work toward accomplishments.

Dr. Lisa Blackwell —President and Co-founder of Mindset Works with Carol Dweck, Ph.D.— has reviewed and approved this masterclass framework as being a valuable growth mindset parenting resource.

Includes lifetime access so you can go through all the materials at your own pace.

 by Genie

Transform Your Child’s Negative Self-Talk Into Self-Love

Transform Your Child’s Negative Self-Talk Into Self-Love

This is a masterclass for parents and caregivers where you’ll learn how to help your child quiet their inner critic to grow their confidence and self-worth.

In this on-demand course, you will learn:

  • How to respond when you hear your child’s negative self-talk (specific talking points for different situations)
  • How to avoid common shaming phrases that damage your child’s self-esteem
  • 4-step formula for responding to your child when they misbehave
  • Critical long-term strategies for growing your child’s Confidence

With your masterclass pass, you’ll get:

  • Video lessons by top parenting experts
  • Helpful printable checklists and templates

Watch a sample lesson from the Masterclass.

 by Genie

Teaching Guide PDF for Big Life Journal – Tween/Teen Edition (ages 11+)

Teaching Guide PDF for Big Life Journal – Tween/Teen Edition (ages 11+)

These growth mindset lesson plans help parents and educators to incorporate Social-Emotional Learning and growth mindset into homeschool or classroom.

This 75-page digital printable kit includes discussion questions, resources, extension activities, and teaching tips.

This teaching resource goes together with the Big Life Journal – Tween/Teen Edition (you need the journal to use the guide).

The recommended age range is 11 years old and above.

Download the sample lesson HERE.

Recommended Uses

Consider using this guide for any of these purposes:

  • One-on-one with a young learner;
  • Small groups in diverse settings like youth groups, homeschooling groups, and/or co-ops;
  • In the classroom infuse social-emotional learning and psychology into the content you teach;
  • As a central text or supporting resource for life skills classes, summer camps, after-school, or educational programs.
 by Genie

Lesson Plans PDF for Big Life Journal – 2nd Edition (ages 7-10)

Lesson Plans PDF for Big Life Journal – 2nd Edition (ages 7-10)

These lesson plans are designed to help you and the learners you’re guiding get the most out of Big Life Journal – 2nd Edition (you need the journal to use the lesson plans).

This is a digital product. Nothing will be mailed.

These lesson plans can be used by students in a wide variety of learning environments, from traditional classrooms to small group meetings to your kitchen table.

Whether you are a counselor coordinating a school-wide growth mindset initiative or a parent schooling your child at home, they include flexible elements and suggestions for adaptations to suit your needs.

These lessons align with essential competencies identified by the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) as well as supporting fundamental concepts of English Language Arts and Social Studies. 

Download the sample lesson HERE.

These lesson plans are provided FREE with orders of 10 or more hardcover Big Life Journals. Please write to support@biglifejournal.com for more information.

 by Genie

SEL & Growth Mindset Lesson Plans

SEL & Growth Mindset Lesson Plans

Introducing our comprehensive bundle of 12 engaging and empowering Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) and Growth Mindset lesson plans.

This resource is packed with ready-to-use materials to foster emotional well-being, develop resilience, and cultivate a growth mindset in children.

Each lesson plan comes with companion printable activities, worksheets, or vibrant posters, making it easy to implement impactful lessons in just 30 minutes.

Each lesson plan builds upon the previous ones, ensuring a cohesive and progressive learning experience.

The lesson plans are available for two different age groups: ages 4-6 and ages 7-10. They need to be purchased separately. 

Whether you are an educator or counselor coordinating a school-wide growth mindset initiative or a parent schooling your child at home, these lesson plans will help you seamlessly integrate SEL and growth mindset into your curriculum.

12 lesson plans cover the following topics: 

  • Building Positive Friendships
  • The Power of Kindness
  • Inclusiveness
  • Seeing Good in Others
  • Seeing Good in Myself
  • Teamwork
  • Emotional Literacy
  • Where Do I Feel My Emotions
  • Coping Strategies
  • How to Resolve Conflicts
  • The Power of Our Brains
  • Mistakes Help Our Brains Grow

 

 by Genie

Growth Mindset in the Classroom

Growth Mindset in the Classroom

The Growth Mindset in the Classroom Conference will help you learn how to integrate a growth mindset into your classroom and create a growth mindset culture directly from the expert educators who have already done it successfully.

Here’s what you’ll receive with your Premium Access:

  • IMMEDIATE and LIFETIME ACCESS to all conference videos and bonuses (go at your own pace).
  • 12 expert videos & written case studies of schools that have successfully integrated a growth mindset in their classrooms (Portfolio School, Silver Creek Leadership Academy, Acton Academy, and others).
  • BONUS: 40+ pages of companion worksheets, templates, and activities inspired by what the speakers are using in their classrooms.
  • BONUS: Unlimited access to an exclusive forum where educators share their tips, tools, and knowledge.
  • BONUS: Audio files of each presentation so you can listen on the go.

In this on-demand course, you will learn:

  • New ways to empower your students to build their self-efficacy
  • Tactical tips to make growth mindset lessons part of your teaching routine and how to fit them into a busy schedule
  • Practical strategies to overcome fixed mindset challenges in your own teaching approach
  • How to transform feedback into a tool that motivates students
  • Concrete ways to measure the effectiveness of a growth mindset curriculum in the classroom.
Book cover for Dyslexia and other learning difficulties Third Edition by Mark Selikowitz
 by Genie

Dyslexia and other learning difficulties

Dyslexia and other learning difficulties: The Facts addresses problems many intelligent children face who, while having normal IQ levels, still struggle to learn in the classroom setting. A short attention span, restlessness, an inability to write clearly, and reading comprehension well below age level are all indicators of learning disabilities, and this book offers a clear and sympathetic guide to the difficulties that parents and teachers face when working with a child with these sorts of obstacles to learning. The book deals with difficulties in traditional academic areas such as reading, spelling, and arithmetic, but also looks into lesser known conditions like clumsiness, social unease, and hyperactivity. Providing practical advice to parents to help understand their children’s difficulties and to help them overcome problems and improve their self-esteem, Dyslexia and other learning difficulties: The Facts also offers a number of suggestions for managing difficult behaviour. This new edition has been fully updated and draws on the most recent research on learning difficulties and some associated disorders and their treatments. It also provides information about electronic and computer aids that are now available to help individuals with learning difficulties. This encouraging approach and easy-to-read style will appeal to parents as well as to professionals who work with children with learning disabilities.

Cover of the book Rethinking Adult ADHD Helping Clients Turn Intentions Into Actions by J. Russell Ramsay
 by Genie

Rethinking Adult ADHD

Dr. J. Russell Ramsay provides a first-of-its-kind exploration of the thoughts and beliefs of adults with ADHD and the role they play in psychosocial treatment. While negative thinking does not cause ADHD, cognitive strategies play a key role in managing and overcoming symptoms. Dr. Ramsay summarizes emerging research on negative thoughts and beliefs in adults with ADHD, with a focus on escape-avoidance coping patterns. He emphasizes a cognitive theme within a cognitive behavior therapy model for adult ADHD, and targets emotional, behavioral, and relationship problems for work in therapy. The book explores traditional cognitive change tactics and shows how they can be adapted to adult ADHD to foster the implementation of coping strategies and skills essential for patients, as well as related issues encountered in clinical practice.

 by Vivian Dunstan

ADHD Made Simple

ADHD Made Simple is for anyone who has been diagnosed with ADHD as well as those who only suspect they may have it.

It’s also for those people – parents, siblings, partners, children, colleagues – who love, care for or work with someone who has a diagnosis or characteristics of ADHD.

ADHD is a condition that is largely misunderstood and much of what individuals and the community at large think about ADHD is incorrect and carries negative connotations. This is not only unhelpful, it is unnecessary and potentially quite harmful.

In this short, concise, easy to follow book, Author, Dr. Alison Poulton, brings clarity and understanding to a complex neurodevelopmental condition.

It is written by an expert who has studied and worked in this field for many, many years, yet it is presented in refreshingly plain language that is easy to understand.

Just what the doctor ordered!!

What does ADHD look like in day-to-day life?

How does it manifest and does it show up differently in children to how it presents in adults?

What options are available to those who are searching for answers?

Whether you’re seeking self-understanding, trying to figure out how best to help a friend or loved one or just want to learn more about it, Dr Poulton is the person with the expertise and ADHD Made Simple has the information you are looking for.

 by Vivian Dunstan

ADHD 2.0: New Science and Essential Strategies for Thriving with Distraction – from Childhood through Adulthood

ADHD 2.0: New Science and Essential Strategies for Thriving with Distraction – from Childhood through Adulthood

A revolutionary new approach to ADD/ADHD featuring cutting-edge research and strategies to help readers thrive, by the bestselling authors of the seminal books Driven to Distraction and Delivered from Distraction “An inspired road map for living with a distractible brain . . . If you or your child suffer from ADHD, this book should be on your shelf. It will give you courage and hope.”–Michael Thompson, Ph.D., New York Times bestselling co-author of Raising Cain World-renowned authors Dr. Edward M. Hallowell and Dr. John J. Ratey literally “wrote the book” on ADD/ADHD more than two decades ago. Their bestseller, Driven to Distraction, largely introduced this diagnosis to the public and sold more than a million copies along the way. Now, most people have heard of ADHD and know someone who may have it. But lost in the discussion of both childhood and adult diagnosis of ADHD is the potential upside: Many hugely successful entrepreneurs and highly creative people attribute their achievements to ADHD. Also unknown to most are the recent research developments, including innovations that give a clearer understanding of the ADHD brain in action. In ADHD 2.0, Drs. Hallowell and Ratey, both of whom have this “variable attention trait,” draw on the latest science to provide both parents and adults with ADHD a plan for minimizing the downside and maximizing the benefits of ADHD at any age. They offer an arsenal of new strategies and lifestyle hacks for thriving with ADHD, including – Find the right kind of difficult. Use these behavior assessments to discover the work, activity, or creative outlet best suited to an individual’s unique strengths.
– Reimagine environment. What specific elements to look for–at home, at school, or in the workplace–to enhance the creativity and entrepreneurial spirit inherent in the ADHD mind.
– Embrace innate neurological tendencies. Take advantage of new findings about the brain’s default mode network and cerebellum, which confer major benefits for people with ADHD.
– Tap into the healing power of connection. Tips for establishing and maintaining positive connection “the other Vitamind C” and the best antidote to the negativity that plagues so many people with ADHD.
– Consider medication. Gets the facts about the underlying chemistry, side effects, and proven benefits of all the pharmaceutical options. As inspiring as it is practical, ADHD 2.0 will help you tap into the power of this mercurial condition and find the key that unlocks potential.

 by Vivian Dunstan

What Your ADHD Child Wished You Knew: Working Together to Empower Kids for Success in School and Life

What Your ADHD Child Wishes You Knew : Working Together to Empower Kids for Success in School and Life

A 2018 Best Book Awards winner in Parenting & Family
A 2018 Mom’s Choice Book Award winner A veteran psychologist presents a proven roadmap to help ADHD kids succeed in school and life

You’ve read all the expert advice, but despite countless efforts to help your child cope better and stay on track, you’re still struggling with everyday issues like homework, chores, getting to soccer practice on time, and simply getting along without pushback and power struggles. What if you could work with your child, motivating and engaging them in the process, to create positive change once and for all? In this insightful and practical book, veteran psychologist Sharon Saline shares the words and inner struggles of children and teens living with ADHD–and a blueprint for achieving lasting success by working together. Based on more than 25 years of experience counseling young people and their families, Dr. Saline’s advice and real-world examples reveal how parents can shift the dynamic and truly help kids succeed. Topics include: * Setting mutual goals that foster cooperation
* Easing academic struggles
* Tackling everyday challenges, from tantrums and backtalk to staying organized, building friendships, and more. With useful exercises and easy-to-remember techniques, you’ll discover a variety of practical strategies that really work, creating positive change that will last a lifetime.