The Power of Social Skills in Character Development: Helping Diverse Learners Succeed

This book gives you 80 powerful, classroom-tested lesson plans to help students gain self-esteem and improve relationships with peers, teachers and adults outside of school.  Imagine a classroom in which students: know how to give and take constructive criticism; interrupt conversations only when it is appropriate to do so; evaluate their personal strengths and weaknesses; set their own goals for self improvement; handle conflicts in a mature and responsible way; show respect in all of their actions.