Former teacher and school guidance counselor Julia Cook uses humor and clever insight to help children deal with bullying and ADHD. Bully B.E.A.N.S. shows a group of bystanders how to stop mean Bobbette from tormenting Winston, the smartest and smallest kid in school. The Bully B.E.A.N.S. Activity and Idea Book gives K-6 teachers fun exercises, discussion questions, and reproducible worksheets to reinforce the book’s anti-bullying message. In It’s Hard to Be a Verb! Mom gives fidgety Louis some tips on how to handle a fit of the wiggles and stay focused. The It’s Hard to Be a Verb! Activity and Idea Book offers teachers suggestions on how to get kids who are “verbs” organized and focused in class.

HALO (Healthy Alternatives for Little Ones) is an early intervention program to prevent the use of alcohol, tobacco, and drugs by building protective factors in children ages three to six. The comprehensive 12-unit curriculum is designed to build social and emotional skills while empowering children to make healthy choices. It can be implemented in any child care setting – in-home, child care centers, preschools, and kindergartens. More than 10,000 children have participated in a HALO program.

If your school or district has been trained or is thinking about receiving training in the Boys Town Education Model, a school-wide behavior management system, these two resources can assist administrators and teachers. The School Administrator’s Resource Guide offers full-scale implementation strategies, checklists, surveys, behavior observation logs, office referral reports, and more with customizable forms on an included CD. Tips and Tools for Implementing a Classroom Management Program is a DVD featuring school personnel from elementary, middle and high schools as well as alternative, special education, and regular classrooms with varying amounts of experience with the Model. They discuss implementation challenges, give suggestions, and discuss outcomes and benefits to the program. Receive 15% OFF the regular prices of both the guide and DVD. Offer is good through Sept. 30, 2010.