Books in the Lucky Duck Books series

Provides a whole-school value based programme for young people from five to twelve years of age. Including a CD-ROM, this book helps young people to: have a sense of belonging; identify their talents; develop proactive problem solving; enhance positive social orientation; and encourage an optimistic sense of fun.

Empathy is a fundamental building block for the positive development and mental health of children. Identifying key elements that help young people to develop empathic feelings and behaviour, this book helps schools to provide learning experiences that build excitement about learning and hopefulness and possibility for their futures.

An activity-based teacher's guide to fostering positive group interaction through imagined experience and discussion for children aged 9 to 14. It invites pupils to engage in discussion, debate and negotiation to solve problems and meet challenges. It focuses on the promotion of tolerance, empathy and co-operation.

Based on work done in secondary schools by the NSPCC, this PSHE curriculum resource aims to give young people the information and skills necessary to keep themselves 'safe'. Focusing on personal safety, it addresses issues such as: emotional health and well-being; the ability to access help and support; and family, social and sexual relationships.

For many teachers, gender issues have an effect upon the behaviour and achievement of both boys and girls, often to their disadvantage. Intended for teachers of students aged 5-13, this book provides: a programme to promote gender equality and inclusivity in schools and colleges; and a rationale for the programme based on social justice.

Intended for teachers of students aged 14-19, this work provides: a programme to promote gender equality and inclusivity in schools and colleges; a rationale for the programme based on social justice; and a practical set of classroom activities to implement the programme.

Citizenship education equips children with the skills necessary to play an active part in society and act as socially and morally responsible citizens. This book explores six topics including: Basic needs, Environmental issues, Fairness, Exploring various cultures, Democracy, and Global issues.

This revised edition focuses on interpersonal relationships, and attention seeking and positive behaviors, and includes a session record sheet and more than 20 new activities.

This book offers guidelines for involving staff, parents, and students in school development, with a CD-ROM of reproducibles to customize the program to your own school culture.

Helps educational staff to teach young people to improve their behavior without resorting to punishment or to strategies based on lost learning opportunities. This book encourages pupils to understand their own behavior; see others point of view; and, consider a range of choices to action.

A practical intervention programme for success and solutions for dealing with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties in those aged 5 to 16.

A series of lesson plans making up a taught study skills course for secondary schools, sixth forms, FE colleges and Pupil Referral Units.

This book will provide a robust programme for easily implementing emotional literacy into praimary schools.

Focuses specifically on solving the distressing problems raised by attention seeking behaviour, both in classrooms and in pre-school settings. This book can help practitioners meet the requirements of 'Every Child Matters'. It includes chapters containing practical points, case study materials, and updated references.

HIGHLY COMMENDED TES/NASEN TEACHING AND LEARNING AWARD This pack encourages young people to explore the subject of equal opportunities, considering issues such as prejudice, stereotyping, discrimination and racism.There is a strong story line about a space creature called Gorm who travels around the galaxy and finds that being different can be very difficult. There are five sections:" being the same" being different" good and bad things about being the same and different" being treated differently" being treated fairly.Being different should be celebrated. We hope this pack will help in this process!

This title looks at how achieving positive outcomes for children in care is possible when the root causes of failure are tackled.

This book is a whole school traninig programme designed to raise self-esteem for everyone in the primary school.

Providing everything a learning mentor needs, including printable worksheets to use with children, this is a must-have kit for all those working with children with a variety of issues.

Perfect for those that want to use circle time in their setting, this classic book is now in its third edition and has been updated to include a CD Rom - allowing busy practitioners to print the activity and evaluation sheets that are part of this must-have resource!

This book tells the story of how one school planted a seed of peace that grew and rippled over the years. A reflective, narrative style explains the experience, followed by critical research into:} The Gardeners Adult Leadership} Planting the Seeds Proactive Programmes} Tending the Garden Response StrategiesThe book provides a practical, well structured and well researched approach that will give valuable assistance in creating a peaceful environment.