Teaching Empathy

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“Highly recommended.”

Education / Character Education / Social Skills

“With all the sound and fury about ‘standards’ in education, Levine brings things back to the core issue: helping children learn to develop their human potential by creating an emotionally safe school.” —James Garbarino, Author of Raising Children in a Socially Toxic Environment and Professor of Human Development, Cornell University

Section 3: Living Empathy—Build a school culture of empathy through the 10 intentions of the school of belonging. Section 4: Courageous Conversations— Focus on dilemmas, the power of choice, and other skills in this minicurriculum that combines 14 lessons with 7 songs, including “Howard Gray.”

About the Author David A. Levine is a teacher, author, and musician who has been working with school systems across the United States and abroad since 1984. Using music to enter into dialogue with teachers and students, he seeks to facilitate the creation of emotionally safe schools.

“Valuable for educators, social workers, psychologists, counselors, youth workers, and administrators who work with children.” —Eileen Hurst, Assistant Director, Center for Public Policy and Social Research, Central Connecticut State University

“David Levine has gone where others fear to tread. With personal experiences, heart-warming stories, provocative vignettes, and passionate poetry, he builds the case for teaching empathy. The songs communicate more adroitly than volumes of text. I love “Howard Gray.” —Arthur L. Costa, Co-Editor of Discovering and Exploring Habits of Mind and Professor Emeritus, California State University at Sacramento

Cover and CD art and design by Grannan Graphic Design, Ltd. Text design and composition by T.G. Design Group

David A. Levine

Empathy is the core dynamic for creating emotionally satisfying relationships in the school community. The Teaching Empathy resource set (book and CD) focuses on teaching this pro-social skill in four sections that will help you build a culture of caring in your school: Section 1: Teaching Empathically—Connect with students, model pro-social skills, and build trusting relationships through storytelling, symbolic teaching, and other strategies. Section 2: Learning Empathy—Teach students empathy, listening, compassion, honor, and generosity through strategies such as social skills learning, cross-training and rituals, and the fishbowl.

A Blueprint for Caring, Compassion, and Community

A Blueprint for Caring, Compassion, and Community

—Daniel Goleman, Author of Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ

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A Blueprint for Caring, Compassion, and Community


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