This guide provides a set of goals and guidelines for teachers who are introducing "death and dying" into the school curriculum. These goals are: (1) to provide factual information concerning legal, medical, and sociological practices; (2) to give insight into personal feelings and family dynamics when death occurs; (3) to provide consumer…

Feeling, emotion, and passion are the "stuff" of everyday experience. This guidebook helps the reader understand emotions in a two-step approach. First, common assumptions about emotion are examined in order to arrive at a deeper understanding of current approaches to emotion, especially as these exist in the fields of psychology and…

This manual is a product of the Intercultural Training Program (ICT) Workshops which were originally designed to provide experiential training to Hawaii's teachers, students, and administrators. The training, however, may be useful to anyone interested in acquiring the experience and knowledge necessary to communicate effectively with varied…

This book presents a collection of physical activities for parents and children. Although all of the activities provide some exercise and physical conditioning, the book emphasizes having fun. The book encourages the physical closeness of tickling, snuggling, kissing and hugging (TSKH) as an important part of each activity. Each activity…

Designed for instruction of emotionally handicapped children and youth, these seven articles offer activities and concepts relative to music and outdoor education. The first article presents 12 specific objectives and 40 specific activities (e.g., action singing using motions to describe words). The second article presents three basic concepts…

There is psychological evidence to support the theory that many abused children become abusers themselves. This study investigates the probabilities of classroom abuse by teachers in relation to their past abuse experiences. A second purpose of the study is to create a self-help handbook for teachers from dysfunctional families who are in need of…