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October 2015 | Volume 73 | Number 2

Emotionally Healthy Kids


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Feature Articles

Perspectives / Meltdowns and Breakthroughs

Marge Scherer

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The Seven Habits of Highly Affective Teachers

Rick Wormeli

How to respond constructively to emotional needs and equip students to do the same.

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Secrets of the Teenage Brain: A Conversation with Frances E. Jensen

Deborah Perkins-Gough

A neuroscientist describes brain development during the crucial teen years.

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Emotions Matter

Marc A. Brackett and Dena Simmons

Paying attention to emotions can improve our health, our relationships, and the way we teach and learn.

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How Self-Control Drives Student Achievement

Laurence Steinberg

Change the high school experience, this author argues, and we will narrow the "self-control gap" that impedes student success.

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Five Practices That Provoke Misbehavior

Eric Toshalis

Vague rules, open seating policies, and hearing adults reciting "scripts"—all inadvertently cause student resistance, stress, and acting out.

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How Not To Be a Mountain Troll

Jeffrey Benson

Emotionally vulnerable kids may feel guarded around all adults. Here's how to gain their trust.

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Rx for Mental Health

John E. Desrochers

A school that instituted a social and emotional learning program had academic gains as well.

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Special Topic / ADHD: From Stereotype to Science

Thomas E. Brown

An update on an impairment that affects how students get motivated and organized.

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The Five Literacies of Mindful Learning

Daniel Rechtschaffen and Taylor Rechtschaffen

Ways to teach students to manage emotions and tap into energy and concentration.

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Self-Injury: What Educators Need to Know

Sylvia J. Krinsky and Nancy Rappaport

How to help students who cut themselves.

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The Skill-Building Lens: Helping Students with Behavior Challenges

Jessica Minahan and Diana Baker

Strategies for teaching persistence, flexible thinking, self-regulation, social interaction, and more.

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Being Human in the Classroom

Carol Ann Tomlinson

The calling of a teacher is to encourage students to develop good minds and good hearts.

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Columns / Departments

Double Take

Reviews, research, and relevant reads.

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Research Says / Promising, But Incomplete, Results for Mindfulness

Bryan Goodwin

An exploration of the potential of mindfulness programs.

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Show & Tell: A Video Column / Hope-Building Schools

Doug Fisher and Nancy Frey

Practices and procedures that build engagement and optimism.

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The Techy Teacher / Creating a Safe Digital Space

Catlin Tucker

Here's how kids can crowdsource their own do's and don'ts for text messaging.

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Principal Connection / What's an Instructional Leader?

Thomas R. Hoerr

If being a lead learner doesn't mean principals know the most, what does it mean?

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One to Grow On / Intersections: Emotional Health and Learning

Carol Ann Tomlinson

Learning only happens when a learner is in a "learning condition."

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Tell Me About … / How You Help Your Students Support One Another

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ASCD Community in Action

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EL Takeaways

Seven Reminders About Emotional Health

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Index to Advertisers

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ONLINE EXCLUSIVES

What Research Says About Sexting

Elizabeth Englander

When is sexting harassment? and other questions to discuss with kids.

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Social-Emotional Learning and Academics: Better Together

Mike Anderson

Why social and emotional learning is integral to all instruction and not something to fit in around the edges.

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Is This Student Safe at School?

Nancy Rappaport and Justine Wittenauer

How to assess behavior that seems threatening as well as how to support troubled kids.

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EL Study Guide

Teresa Preston

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InService Guest Blogger: Jeffrey Benson

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EL Interview

Allison Zmuda discusses how to demonstrate faith in students' ability to learn.

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