Social and Emotional Learning
1. Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning, National Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention, Education Development Center, “Social and Emotional Learning and Bullying Prevention,” November 2009, http://casel.org/publications/sel-and-bullying-prevention/.
2. Adapted from Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning, National Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention, Education Development Center, “Social and Emotional Learning and Bullying Prevention,” November 2009, http://casel.org/publications/sel-and-bullying-prevention/.
3. Adapted from Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson, The Whole Brain Child (New York: Delacorte Press, 2011).
4. Wikipedia, s.v. “Stanford Marshmallow Experiment,” last updated March 29, 2013, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_marshmallow_experiment#Follow-up_studies.
5. Personal conversation with Laurie Grossman, cofounder of Mindful Schools, Oakland, CA, http://www.mindfulschools.org/.
6. Jon Kabat-Zinn, Wherever You Go, There You Are (New York: Hyperion, 2005), 22.
7. Shadra Bruce, “Mindfulness Training Improves Well Being in Teen Boys,” Mental Health News, September 7, 2010.
8. Louise Hart, The Winning Family: Increasing Self-Esteem in Your Children and Yourself (Berkeley, CA: Celestial Arts, 1995).
9. David Servan-Schreiber, The Instinct to Heal (Emmaus, PA: Rodale, 2004).
10. Pat Palmer, Liking Myself (Weaverville, CA: Boulden Publishing, 2011).
11. Adapted from Gwen Dewar, “How to Be Your Kid’s ‘Emotion Coach,’” BabyCenter Blog, April 13, 2012, http://blogs.babycenter.com/mom_stories/how-to-be-your-kid’s-“emotion-coach”. We also recommend parents read what Dewar has to say about bullying and baboons on her website, www.parentingscience.com.
12. Tammy Hughes, quoted in Katia Hetter, “Bully-Proofing Your Kids,” CNN.com, October 11, 2011, http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/11/living/bully-proof-kids-hetter.
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