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RESOURCES FOR SCHOOL STAFF AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS:
MENTAL HEALTH: EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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Teen
Talk: Decision Making |
Gr 9 - 12 |
| Klinic Community
Health Centre |
English/French |
This is a compilation of various TeenTalk workshops that centres
on a basic model for how to make decisions. Topics include:
dating violence, mental health, birth control, STI's, and
pregnancy options. |
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Teen
Talk: Mental Health 1 - Illnesses and Issues |
Gr 9 - 12 |
| Klinic Community
Health Centre |
English/French |
This workshop helps youth understand and recognize symptoms
of various mental health issues, addresses myths associated
with mental illness exploring support, treatment options,
coping strategies and where to go for help. |
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Understanding Anger: An Anger Management
Manual |
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| John Howard Society
of Manitoba, Inc. |
English
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Available at:
CMHA Mental
Health Education Resource Centre of Manitoba (borrow)
(Toll-free: 1-866-997-9918)
John
Howard Society of Manitoba |
Contains thirty lessons dealing with anger management issues.
This workbook presents eight sections: An Introduction to
Anger, Stress, Self-Esteem, Responses to Anger, Expressions
of Anger, Controlling Anger, Resolving Conflict, and Related
Issues such as violence and the family. |
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Feeling
Angry |
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| Canadian Mental
Health Association |
English/French |
Information about how to deal with anger. |
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Special Needs Science: Understanding
Differences |
Gr K - 8 |
| Exclusive Educational
Products |
English
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Available at:
Manitoba Textbook
Bureau |
This teacher resource promotes tolerance, appreciation, and
a greater understanding of students with special needs (i.e.,
vision, hearing, mobility). |
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The Esteem Theme Game |
Gr 5 - 10 |
| The Esteem Theme
Company |
English
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Available at:
Manitoba Textbook
Bureau |
This board game includes sets of question cards related to
issues such as body image, bullying, differences (e.g., physical,
cultural, socio-economic), honesty, peer pressure, and drugs.
The game is easy to play and encourages group interaction,
participation, and cooperation, as well as active listening
skills. |
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The Anger Workout Book for Teens |
Gr 5 - 9 |
| By Jan Stewart |
English
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Available at:
Manitoba Textbook
Bureau
CMHA Mental
Health Education Resource Centre of Manitoba (borrow)
(Toll-free: 1-866-997-9918) |
A collection of thirty-eight workout lessons for secondary
students. Each workout comes with coach notes to help the
teacher or counselors organize the lesson as well as reproducible
student activity sheets. |
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The Stars Program: Knowing Yourself |
Gr 5 - 9 |
| Guidance Centre
- University of Toronto Press |
English
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Available at:
University of Toronto Press
CMHA Mental
Health Education Resource Centre of Manitoba (borrow)
(Toll-free: 1-866-997-9918) |
Part of a six interactive workbook series designed to teach
specific life skill: Learning About Anger; Learning More About
Anger; Knowing Yourself; Getting Along with Others; Respecting
the Rights of Others; Knowing how Drugs and Alcohol affect
our Lives: Making wise Decisions. |
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Group Exercises for Adolescents |
Gr 5 - 12 |
| By Susan Carrell |
English
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Available at:
Local or online bookstores |
This book presents activities using art and group interaction
to help adolescents understand self, community, family, sexuality,
and emotions. |
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Handling your Anger |
Gr 5 - 9 |
| Sunburst Visual
Media |
English
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Available at:
Sunburst Visual Media |
This workshop is designed to teach anger-management techniques
to middle schoolers. Helps students understand that while
they cannot control angry feelings, they can control angry
behavior. Provides specific techniques for handling anger,
shows the consequences of angry behavior. |
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How To Deal With Anger |
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| Mind (National
Association of Mental Health) |
English |
Information about how to deal with anger. |
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In Search of Character - Series |
Gr 7 - 12 |
| Elkind+Sweet
Communications, Inc. |
English |
Series of films on 10 core virtues to explore choices based
on what is right rather than what is easy. |
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Kids Get Stressed Too: Understanding
What's Going On & How To Help |
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| By Eileen McGrath |
English
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Available at:
CMHA Mental
Health Education Resource Centre of Manitoba (borrow)
(Toll-free: 1-866-997-9918)
Local or online bookstores |
This book describes how to help children grow up in the most
positive way possible. |
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Kindness |
Gr K - 2 |
| Sunburst Visual
Media |
English |
Drawing activity to encourage students to think about kindness
and its effects |
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Self-Esteem and Life Skills: Reproducible
Activity-Based Handouts Created For Teachers and Counselors |
Gr 7 - 12 |
| By Kathy L. Korb-Khalsa |
English
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Available at:
CMHA Mental
Health Education Resource Centre of Manitoba (borrow)
(Toll-free: 1-866-997-9918)
Local or online bookstores |
75+ activity based handouts. Topics include: Anger Management,
Assertion, Awareness Communication Skills, Coping Skill, Emotional
Identification, Goal Setting, Health Awareness, Money Management,
Problem Solving, Risk Taking, Self-Esteem, Stress Management,
Support Systems, Time Management, and Values Classification.
Plus a 15-page facilitator`s bonus selection including supplemental
role-plays, glossary, etc. |
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Thinking, Feeling, Behaving : Grades
7-12 : an Emotional Education Curriculum for Adolescents.
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Gr 7 - 12 |
| By Ann Vernon |
English
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Available at:
CMHA Mental
Health Education Resource Centre of Manitoba (borrow)
(Toll-free: 1-866-997-9918)
Local or online bookstores |
This book is intended to provide individuals working in schools
with a comprehensive curriculum to help youngsters learn positive
mental health concepts. |
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About to Burst: Handling Stress &
Ending Violence - A Message for Youth |
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| By Rebecca Ruggles-Radcliff |
English
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Available at:
CMHA Mental
Health Education Resource Centre of Manitoba (borrow)
(Toll-free: 1-866-997-9918)
Local or online bookstores |
About to
Burst's simple, easy, and quick approach to cooling down
gives young people ways to let off steam--before they hurt
themselves or others. About to Burst gives young people the
power and self control they need when they feel overwhelmed
and ready to blow. Perfect for young people, parents, teachers,
counselors, and anyone who works with kids under stress. |
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Coping With Aggression |
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| By Patricia Emanuele |
English
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Available at:
CMHA Mental
Health Education Resource Centre of Manitoba (borrow)
(Toll-free: 1-866-997-9918)
Local or online bookstores |
This book explores not only the distinction between angry
feelings and aggressive behavior but also the varied sources
of teen stress, such as family, peers, and the media. Anyone
struggling to put an end to aggressive behavior in his or
her life will benefit from the sound advice and concrete suggestions
offered. |
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Emotion-Focused Therapy : Coaching
clients to work through their feelings |
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| By Leslie S. Greenberg |
English
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Available at:
CMHA Mental
Health Education Resource Centre of Manitoba (borrow)
(Toll-free: 1-866-997-9918)
Local or online bookstores |
This book includes self-awareness exercises to present to
clients, but that can be used as homework assignments to help
therapists understand their own emotions and the role of emotion
in change. Includes case illustrations, practical guidance,
and clinical wisdom. |
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Empowering the Inner Child
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English
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Available at:
AFM William Potoroka Memorial Library (VTR/BF 698.35/.I55/H34/199-/v.4)
(Toll-free: 1-866-805-8885) |
From Series: Healing families - Healing the wounds of childhood
involves a commitment to the inner child, and to the sometimes
painful work of grief, risk-taking and discovery. In this
process issues of intimacy, trust, vulnerability, and boundaries
come to the surface, and new feelings emerge. This program
encourages viewers to seek the “magical time of childhood”
– perhaps for the first time. A family therapist and
client discuss how to take those first rewarding steps to
empowerment. |
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Ethical Choices: Health Talk |
Gr 9 - 12 |
| Thirteen/WNET |
English
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Available at:
CMHA Mental
Health Education Resource Centre of Manitoba (borrow)
(Toll-free: 1-866-997-9918) |
This video takes a candid look at health topics that affect
teenagers today. A panel of 7 teenagers along with health
education experts and a parent, uses real-life incidents to
encourage youth to make healthy choices. |
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Pulling Punches: Anger Reduction
and Long-Term Changes |
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English
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Available at:
AFM William Potoroka Memorial Library (VTR/BF 723/.A4/P8/Part
3/200?) (borrow) (Toll-free: 1-866-805-8885) |
The 3 part series ends with "snapshots" of each
person featured, showing how gaining control over anger has
improved their lives in miraculous ways. Includes facilitator's
guide with activities and reproducible work sheets. While
specifically designed for addicts in recovery, this program
is useful to anyone with anger problems. |
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Pulling Punches: Tools for Managing
Anger |
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English
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Available at:
AFM William Potoroka Memorial Library (VTR/BF 723/.A4/P8/Part
2/200?) (borrow) (Toll-free: 1-866-805-8885) |
This tape presents the "nuts and bolts" - eight
realistic, proven strategies for controlling anger in the
heat of the moment. Real people, recovering addicts with long
histories of explosive, destructive rage, show exactly how
they now successfully apply tools. |
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Pulling Punches: Understanding Your
Rage |
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English
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Available at:
AFM William Potoroka Memorial Library (VTR/BF 723/.A4/P8/Part
1/200?) (borrow) (Toll-free: 1-866-805-8885) |
Even clients in denial about their anger problem will identify
with the "real people" interviewed for this program,
as they explore: When is anger a "problem", Anger
"blackouts" and the "high" from anger,
How anger and drug/alcohol use are connected, How anger can
lead to relapse, the "roots" of anger, Anger as
a side-effect of childhood trauma, How triggers "make
sense", Deciding to change. |
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Ready ... Set ... R.E.L.A.X.: A Research-Based
Program of Relaxation, Learning, and Self-Esteem for Children
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Age 5 - 13 |
| By Jeffrey S.
Allen |
English
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Available at:
CMHA Mental
Health Education Resource Centre of Manitoba (borrow)
(Toll-free: 1-866-997-9918)
Local or online bookstores |
This book equips children with tools to overcome anxiety through
the use of music, muscle relaxation, and storytelling to promote
learning, imagination, and self-esteem. |
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The Trouble with Feelings |
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| By Judith Viorst |
English
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Available at:
AFM William Potoroka Memorial Library (VTR/BF 723/.D34/T7/199?)
(borrow) (Toll-free: 1-866-805-8885) |
An easy to understand tape on what feelings are, how we learn
them, why they become trouble, what you can do about it, and
lots of how-to tips on feeling and managing your feelings
safely. |
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