Schools Catalogue - Term 4, 2011

Resources for building happy, healthy and successful school communities

Catalogue Term 4, 2011

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Important Announcement Dear Member, This catalogue is an introduction to the many resources, books, teaching aids, continuing professional development tools & other great materials we can help you with.

Next time you are looking for resources for your school, please contact us. The selection in this catalogue is literally just a taster—we have over 1000 different tools available, and we can source just about anything from anywhere in the world. We have something for everyone including school counselors, chaplains, special education teachers, school leaders and subject specialists.

Already for some of our member schools we have researched and provided content appropriate playscripts for drama classes, tracked down out of print books for special orders, and are currently working with another member to build them a specialist library of picture books matched to comprehension strategies.

Just let us know what you need, and we will do the legwork for you! We genuinely want to save you time so you can focus on what is most important—building healthy, happy and successful school communities.

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Add some humor to your classroom!

Use these great collections of reproducible images to liven up your classroom or administration areas. Each disc contains 20 or more creative, inspiring images in high-resolution (300dpi) jpg format. Drawn by a Kiwi cartoonist, they’re great for posters, interactive whiteboards, Powerpoint® slides, handouts, discussion starters, newsletters, dressing up your classroom and more!

LlICENSING INFORMATION: When you purchase an Education Illustrated CD, your school is licensed to utilize the images within your organization—you can print posters for use throughout your school, use the images electronically on interactive whiteboards & in presentations etc. You can share them amongst classrooms. However, you cannot alter the images, share them with other schools, post them on the internet, or use them for any commercial purpose.

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Numbers Thumball 6" $ 24.95

The Numbers Thumball has unlimited ways of teaching 1 to 1 correspondence, counting, number words, introduction to Addition, Subtraction, or Multiplication. What a great hands-on way to promote learning, playing, and cooperating.

The Early Learner Series of Thumballs encourage development of basic learning skills. Rules such as passing or rolling Thumball kindly, listening to each others answers, correctly identifying the shape, number or animal in front of them can each be socially reinforced “ Great job naming that shape!” etc.”and/or the player is given a token as a tangible reinforcer.

Item Code

TB-1601

Shapes Thumball 6" $ 24.95

Introduces prefixes and builds spelling skills. Utilize panels as prompts for fine motor skill practice through shape drawing.

The Early Learner Series of Thumballs encourage development of basic learning skills. Rules such as passing or rolling Thumball kindly, listening to each others answers, correctly identifying the shape, number or animal in front of them can each be socially reinforced “ Great job naming that shape!” etc.”and/or the player is given a token as a tangible reinforcer.

Item Code

TB-1602

Animals Thumball 6" $ 24.95

Make associations to books featuring these animals or talk about experiences with animals. Incorporates perfectly into the Old MacDonald song. Increases vocabulary & word associations.

The Early Learner Series of Thumballs encourage development of basic learning skills. Rules such as passing or rolling Thumball kindly, listening to each others answers, correctly identifying the shape, number or animal in front of them can each be socially reinforced “ Great job naming that shape!” etc.”and/or the player is given a token as a tangible reinforcer.

Item Code

TB-1603

My ABC's Thumball 6" $ 24.95

Variations of play are endless and can be a simple tool for teaching the sounds each letter makes, or as advanced as creating a 10 word sentence with awesome aspects of alliteration.

The Early Learner Series of Thumballs encourage development of basic learning skills. Rules such as passing or rolling Thumball kindly, listening to each others answers, correctly identifying the shape, number or animal in front of them can each be socially reinforced “ Great job naming that shape!” etc.”and/or the player is given a token as a tangible reinforcer.

Item Code

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TB-1650

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Mates Traits Card Pack $ 44.50

What are the characteristics of real friendships? Mates Traits is a set of 32 colourful, light-hearted cards to help us learn how to build and celebrate our friendships. Use this good-natured and engaging tool for learning about social skills, communication, personalities and interests. This is a truly unique resource for preventing and overcoming bullying and creating relationships of goodwill and hope.

Who might use Mates Traits? Most of us depend on our friends for lots of things and happiness is just one thing that goes hand-in-hand with friendships. But while friendships are a very important part of the lives of most of us, it is easy to take them for granted. We like having friends, we enjoy their company, we learn a lot from them and they help make us who we are. But have you ever stopped to think about how friendships are made? How does a friendship start? How do we choose who we will be friends with? How do we get to know people well? What makes a friendship resilient; able to cope with the ups and downs?

We also know how we feel when something goes wrong. When friendships fall apart we can feel anger, sadness, loneliness and a mixture of many other feelings. But can we reverse a friendship that is going badly? How can we keep friendships happy and healthy?

Mates Traits can help us think about the elements of good friendships. Being able to identify the dimensions of friendships is perhaps the first step in knowing how to make good choices in the friends we make.

And thinking more about good friendships can help us avoid the sadness of things gone wrong such as bullying, loneliness, despondency and manipulation.

Mates Traits is a tool that can be used by: parents, teachers, youth workers, family workers, sports coaches, social workers, school welfare staff and pastoral care workers.

Item Code Number of cards Guide included

STLUKE-3300 32 Yes

Mates Traits Stickers $ 16.95

Mates Traits stickers complement the Mates Traits Card Pack featuring the characteristics of real friendships. Each of the 5 A4 sheets contains 32 stickers that are 50x50mm each to make a total of 160 stickers.

Item Code

STLUKE-3350

Mates Traits Colouring Book $ 8.95

The Mates Traits Colouring Book features 68 pages of excellent drawings depicting the characteristics of real friendships. It also includes a set of stickers bound into the middle of the book.

Item Code Format Number of Pages

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STLUKE-3325 Soft Cover 68

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Can Do Dinosaurs $ 49.50

We are all skill builders. It doesn’t matter if we are 4 or 104—everyday we rely on a vast repertoire of skills.

Becoming a skill-builder requires an openness to new ideas and a willingness to develop new capacities.

Skill-building is a skill in itself—a real art—that each of us learn in different ways, at different times and in different sequences. Children, however, with their innate curiosity and aptitude for learning, are naturally poised to absorb the wisdom, habits, practices, attitudes and values of the adults around them. Can-Do Dinosaurs has been designed for anyone who spends time with children and wants to intentionally encourage worthwhile competencies and valuable habits.

Too often we think of skills only in terms of sport, musical instruments or the mastering of such challenges as tying shoe laces or riding a two-wheeler without training wheels. Of course there is no doubting the delight young people experience when they get the knack of these things. But there are skills that lie beneath these practical achievements. To conquer the tying of a shoe lace depends on so much more than tactile dexterity. As we clap and celebrate that neat knot and bow, do we also celebrate the listening, patience, perseverance and concentration that undergirded this great achievement?

Can-Do Dinosaurs is about skills of far greater—but far less obvious—importance. Some people refer to these abilities as ‘life skills’. At Innovative Resources we like to think of them as ‘Strength Skills’. Can-Do Dinosaurs invites us to introduce children to the ability and willingness to listen to others (I can listen); an awareness of the need to stay safe (I can choose) and a readiness to apologise for mistakes (I can say sorry). These, and the other 25 cards present skills that easily get taken for granted. Yet they are often the very ones that knit our relationships together, empower us and are the evidence of the strength and resilience that resides within.

Whatever our style and skills it is also worth remembering that unpracticed skills can deteriorate; that we can forget skills we once had; that we can come up against challenges that force us to relearn or improve particular skills. Perhaps the worst thing we can do is to become complacent and think we have learnt all the skills we could ever need.

Item Code Number of cards Guide included

STLUKE-2200 28 Yes

Wonderful You Card Pack $ 44.50

Self-esteem and confidence are built on receiving the recognition, praise and encouragement of significant others. Such positive feedback is crucial for the healthy development of all children.

Wonderful You is a set of 26 cards designed to foster a love of language, reading and illustration. The cards and accompanying 28-page booklet contain lots of possibilities for building affirmations into activities and conversations with children. Each card represents a letter of the alphabet and uses a rather outrageous phrase to say 'Well done!'

How to Use: - Find all the objects in each card that start with the same letter.

- Pick a card that shows something you would like to do well.

- What unexpected things might you give compliments for (the smallest pet, biggest smile, etc)?

- Set the goal that each child will use a word from a card to compliment someone each day. Reward them with a sticker.

- What other exclamations for giving compliments can you think of or invent (fantabulous etc)?

Wonderful You will stimulate your child's vocabulary as they learn to give and receive compliments in fun new ways. The cards are laminated in full-colour and presented in a polypropylene box.

Item Code Number of cards Guide included

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STLUKE-4000 26 Yes

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The Bears Card Pack $ 49.50

Talking about feelings is one of the cornerstones of emotional literacy. Here are 48 colourful, loveable cartoon bears - happy sad, confident afraid shy energetic tired noisy caring grumpy and you decide!

Use these cards to communicate your feelings about your family your colleagues your class or your situation. There are no words on the cards so this resource is very accessible to young children and people with literacy or language challenges. Used in a myriad of counselling situations and as an ice-breaker for groups and meetings.

Suggestions for Use: - Select a bear that illustrates how you are feeling right now.

- Select cards that show how you often/seldom feel.

- Which bears show how you would like to be feeling most of the time?

- Create a family sculpture by selecting a bear for each of your family members.

- Do you ever feel several emotions at once? Choose cards to illustrate these mixed emotions. (Good exercise for grief counselling.)

- Evaluate customer service, workshop, team or classroom success using The Bears.

This card pack contains 48 laminated full-colour cards in a box plus a 60-page booklet.

A matching set of stickers is available separately.

Item Code Number of cards Guide included

STLUKE-0200 48 Yes

Koala Company Card Pack $ 49.50

This great set of circular cards features loveable cartoon koalas expressing different emotions to help children & adolescents talk about feelings.

Koalas might look all cute and cuddly and passive – even sleepy. But don't be fooled; koalas have personality! Koalas have moods and feelings, too. They have good days and bad days, and personal traits – both endearing and challenging. In fact, when you get to meet the members of Koala Company you might be surprised to discover that they can be as different and diverse as people; they come with the same range of foibles and idiosyncrasies that humans demonstrate.

You see, the characters in Koala Company portray all the individuality, the temperaments, the emotions, and the personal styles we normally associate with people. Some of the koalas are zany and quirky, some are quiet and unassuming, and others are fiery, determined and argumentative.

By taking on human characteristics and looking a little like us Koala Company holds up a mirror that reflects who we are. In this mirror we can see not only ourselves but our family, our friends, our colleagues, and lots of other people we know.

These koalas are fun. We hope you manage at least a chuckle when you bump into them. But behind their gentle humour is a serious intent – perhaps Koala Company can help us to describe our feelings and the feelings of others more easily. Feelings can swirl around inside us as a confused jumble at times. It can be hard to find the right words to identify the confusing feelings we may have. It can be equally difficult to identify the feelings of others, especially when we have to interpret both their words and their body language.

Koala Company is designed to help us talk about the complicities of feelings; to help us understand and be understood. These cards can be used as a communication tool, an evaluation tool and as a reflective tool. They can be used as an icebreaker, a game, a way of making a personal statement, and much more.

Have fun with these koalas. Use your creativity and open yourself and others up to their invaluable lessons.

Item Code Number of cards Guide included

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STLUKE-3000 50 Yes

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Strengths in Teams $ 49.50

Most of us spend a great deal of our lives being part of one or more teams. 'Strengths in Teams' is a set of 30 lavishly illustrated, full-colour cards depicting a zany and delightfully whacky circus, except this circus looks very familiar. In fact, it shares all the idiosyncrasies and foibles of just about any team. But like any effective team, these characters also demonstrate that they have strengths, and they depend upon the strengths of all members. This card set has two simple messages: we all contribute strengths to our teams and we all gain strengths from our teams. Includes: 30 full colour cards and 24 page booklet.

Item Code Number of cards Guide included

STLUKE-2300 30 Yes

Strength Cards for Kids $ 49.50

Strength Cards for Kids is a set of 40 cards with practical positive affirming statements and fun-loving cartoon-style graphics designed for children. So why do adults like them so much? Maybe its because the most powerful way to solve a problem is to start with what we already do well and everyone needs these reminders. These cards are ideal for developing inner strengths and building values & capacities.

Teachers love to use these for Strengths of the Week or About Me projects.

Here are some suggested uses: * Ask young students to choose a card for each person in the class/their family. On posters have them place the matching sticker (available separately) near that persons name. * Place the cards in a colourful bag. Each day ask a child to draw out a card from the lucky dip. This is the strength the group will notice today. * Choose a card for the theme of the week. Notice and reward children with a sticker when they display this skill. Develop a skills vocabulary by talking about this skill. * Reframe problems (e.g. bullying behaviour) into skills to be learned using the cards as a focus for developing the skill.

Strength Cards for Kids are laminated full-colour cards that are presented in a polypropylene box with an accompanying 24-page booklet.

Item Code Number of cards Guide included

STLUKE-0400 40 Yes

Strength Cards $ 49.50

Strength Cards are a set of 52 cards combining simple positive words with light-hearted graphics to reinforce the important principle that we all have strengths, and that our strengths can help us overcome problems.

They can be used to invite people to identify their strengths, those of others or those they want to develop. Here are some suggested uses: * Thinking of someone you care about, what are 3 of their main strengths? * What are 3 of your main strengths? What strength have you used today? * At a job interview, invite the candidate to select 5 strengths they will bring to the position. Which cards do they think will be their greatest challenges? * At a team meeting, invite each person to select a strength for the person on their right. Place all the cards in a circle on the floor. What a team! How will you all build on these strengths? * Thinking of a challenge you have faced in the past what strengths did you draw on?

How might you draw on these again now?

These laminated full-colour cards are presented in a 2-part cardboard box and include a 24-page instructional booklet.

Item Code Number of cards Guide included

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STLUKE-0100 54 Yes

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Sometimes Magic Card Pack $ 49.50

Sometimes Magic is a tool that explores the different and often surprising ways that people learn. This set of 33 cards is a highly creative tool for anyone who teachers, or who facilitates learning and development. Each card features a 'learning statement' beginning with "Sometimes magic happens when...." together with a beautiful illustration of a native Australian animal or bird. The behaviour of the animal is linked to the learning statement creating a delightful metaphor for discussing different learning styles.

How to Use: - Choose 3 cards that illustrate learning styles that are important to you now.

- Which cards represent the learning styles that your school or organisation tends to favour? Which ones would you like to see acknowledged/developed more? How will you bring these into your learning environment?

- Think of a mentor or role model. Choose a card that expresses their primary strengths as a teacher for you.

- Can you think of a learning experience you have had that matches each of the cards?

This set of 33 laminated full-colour cards is presented in a polypropylene box with a 24-page instructional booklet. Matching stickers are available separately.

Item Code Number of cards Guide included

STLUKE-3600 33 Yes

Bundle Of Stickers $ 25.00

A bundle of seriously optimistic stickers from a selection of our top-selling resources including The Bears, Strength Cards, I Can Monsters, Sometimes Magic, Strength Cards for Kids, Reflexions, Strengths in Teams and Views from the Verandah (Please note that the contents of the bundle may vary). Use stickers on workbooks, journals, fridge doors, lunch boxes, name tags, mirrors, letters and cards.

Suggestions for use: * Tell someone they are special by putting stickers on presents, cards, memos, name tags or letters. * Let participants at your next conference workshop or meeting choose their own sticker. * Teachers: acknowledge your students by giving out stickers that match their strengths. * Choose a sticker each week for your journal workbook diary or mirror to remind you of the strengths you want to focus on. * Use the stickers to describe the strengths of your team-mates friends and family members.

Item Code Comes with

STLUKE-0675 14 sheets of stickers

The Art of Children's Conversation $ 19.95

This awesome new version of the popular TAOC card set is the perfect way for children to become great communicators, learn about others and better understand themselves.

The Art of Conversation (TAOC) is fun for everyone and is a very effective therapeutic and educational resource. The cards introduce 200 conversation topics and four blanks are included for kids to add their own questions to the game.

Use TAOC to help children make friends and be friends, share ideas and feelings, get to know people, respect others' views and develop compassion for and interest in others. Includes an informative 16-page booklet of guidelines and different ways to use this great tool.

Item Code Number of cards Guide included

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TAOC-KIDS 100 No

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Best Worst First Thumball 4" $ 18.95

Learn more about yourself and others with participation in this fun team building activity. Allows adolescents and adults of all ages to get to know each other. Great for schools, parties, at home, out around town, corporate training and team building, counseling and therapy. This great tool will add interest to any kind of group activity.

How to play: the person who catches the ball has to respond to the question under their thumb. Whichever panel their thumb lands on, that's their question!

Easy to play at different levels of challenge, for example: Easy: Give one response; best, worst or first.

Hard: Give three responses; best, worst and first.

Difficult: Try and recall all the other answers given in sequence.

Example questions: Your Best/Worst/First...New Year's Eve, Piece of Technology, Experience with the Law, Summer Memory, Pet Story, Healthy Habit Item Code

TB-1010

People, Places, Things Thumball 4" $ 18.95

With simple trivia like questions, this thumball is perfect for regaining attention or getting people focused to learn. Great for schools, parties, at home, out around town, corporate training and team building events. This great tool will add interest to any kind of group activity.

How to play: the person who catches the ball has to respond to the question under their thumb. Whichever panel their thumb lands on, that's their question!

Easy to play at different levels of challenge, for example: Easy: Answer the question found under your thumb.

Hard: Ask another player the question.

Difficult: Predict the answer another player would give.

Challenge: Try and recall all the other answers given in sequence.

There are lots of ways to play - use some of our ideas or make up your own! Here's one of our ideas to get you started: Use the ball for charades where players mime the answer to the question under their thumb.

Example questions: What could you see in an artist's studio?

Who works with animals?

What movements do dancers use?

Where could you find volunteers?

Who always works outdoors?

Healthy Habit Item Code

TB-1204

Thumball Carabineer Accessory $ 3.95

A short decorative logo strap with 2 aluminum hooks. Hook Thumballs together using looped label on each Thumball! Hang Thumballs off belt loop for easy transport. Hang from hook for organized storage or display. Also great for keys!

Item Code

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TB-1801

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The Wrong Stone Book $ 24.50

"I want you to build me a wall with only perfect stones," the big architect said. All the stones tried to put their best faces forward. They hid their ugly bits. But there was one stone that didn't seem to fit.

He was the Wrong Stone and all the others were laughing at him. Will it be the crusher for him? The Wrong Stone has exquisite full-colour illustrations throughout and readers will enjoy the jokes, drama and most of all, the celebration of difference in this heart-warming 32-page story where everyone is valued.

Suggestions on how to use: * Use this book in pastoral care and in the classroom with adults and children. * Open/close a meeting by reading this book. * Have you ever felt like a wrong stone? How did you feel? What helps you to feel like a right stone again? How could you help someone else? * Find the mouse and the lizard in each picture.

What might they be saying? * How many shapes can you see in the wall at the end of the book? Draw your own wall full of shapes. * Play a game where each person has a different shaped paper stone. Build the wall like a jigsaw puzzle.

Item Code Format

STLUKE-6050 Soft Cover

Captain Grumpy Book $ 24.50

Captain Grumpy didn't want to be a pirate. He wanted to be an artist. But a pirate he became - and he was good at it because he was good at being grumpy. But grumpiness soon became the boss of Captain Grumpy.

The result? Well, take the ride and find out, me hearties!

In this 32-page softcover picture book you will find all sorts of peace-loving pirates and important emotional intelligence messages for children. Use this delightful book to explore what happens when trouble pushes us around and how we can keep trouble at bay with real treasures - the inner ones!

Suggestions on how to use: * What makes you happy/grumpy? Make two lists. * Captain Grumpy finds his real treasure on the desert island. What is it? What is real treasure to you? Draw a picture of your treasures. * Look at Captain Grumpys treasure chest on the last page. What would be found in your treasure chest? Find something that represents each of your treasures. * Does grumpiness ever push you around? What can you do to put grumpiness back in its place? Write a dialogue you can have with your feelings of grumpiness or anger. * If you were going to decorate the mainsail on Captain Grumpy's ship what would it look like? Paint a picture.

Item Code Format

STLUKE-6075 Soft Cover

Emotion Mania Thumball 4" $ 18.95

A playful approach to expressing feelings. Discuss words to describe emotions. Inspect images of the Thumball mascot "Shnoogie" with different expressions. How he is feeling? Have fun making faces expressing different emotions.

The person who catches the ball has to respond to the word under their thumb. This game is easy to play at different levels of challenge, for example: Easy: Define emotion Hard: Act out feeling Difficult: Identify TV/Movie or Book character which exemplifies that emotion There are lots of ways to play - use some of our ideas or make up your own! Here's a couple of our ideas to get you started: Recognise different words and facial expressions on the Thumball. Act out each word through body language and facial expressions.

Example emotions: Tired, Optimistic, Disappointed, Curious Item Code

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TB-1005

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Cars R Us Card Pack $ 59.50

Cars R Us is built around a fleet of very human-looking cars demonstrating a range of emotions in everyday situations. Bursting with personality and fun, these boisterous, quiet, shy, angry, happy, racey and just plain goofy car characters provide rich metaphors for describing our good days and bad days, our mistakes and successes... and the choices we can make.

Inspired by Choice Theory Reality Therapy and strengths-based ideas Cars R Us is a conversation-building tool for exploring our feelings and setting goals. Consisting of 52 Fleet cards, 16 Know Your Vehicle cards, 10 Thinking Bubbles, A Journey Planner and an Owner's Manual, Cars R Us suggests many important questions we can use to ensure we are in the driver's seat of our own car.

Questions like: What am I thinking?

What am I feeling?

Whats happening in my body?

What do I really want?

Is what I am doing now working?

What can I learn from this?

What will I do next?

This kit of laminated, full-colour cards includes: 52 Fleet Cards (210mm x 150mm) 16 Know Your Vehicle Cards (210mm x 150mm) 10 Thinking Bubbles (150mm x 100mm) 1 Journey Planner Card (210mm x 150mm) a 36-page booklet Item Code Number of cards Guide included

STLUKE-4400 Various Yes

Stones... Have Feelings Too! Card Pack $ 49.50

Sometimes we simply do not have words for our feelings. Sometimes we struggle to interpret the feelings of others. But no matter what our age the ability to navigate our feelings is at the heart of emotional wellbeing. Meet a pile of 52 quirky, happy, sad, afraid, shy and just plain outrageous stone characters who wear their feelings all over their not-so-stony faces.

On the back of each card there are three possible feelings words that can be used to help build our feelings vocabulary. Illustrator Ray Bowler has breathed life into these rollicking stone characters and proven what every child who has ever carried a stone around in their pocket knows... stones have feelings too!

Suggestions for Use: - At the beginning of a meeting/workshop invite each participant to select a card for how they are feeling. Then a card for how they would like to be feeling by the end of the event. Check in at the end.

- Choose 2 cards: one showing a feeling you are comfortable with; the other showing a feeling that is difficult/unfamiliar. Let these two stone characters have a dialogue. Write it down and share in pairs.

- Select 3 cards. Look at the words on the back. Brainstorm a list of other possible words.

- What is adventurous to one person is foolhardy to another. Can you put any pairs of cards together showing this difference of interpretation?

Stones... Have Feelings Too! is a pack of 52 laminated full-colour cards presented in a 2-part cardboard box with an accompanying 44-page booklet.

Item Code Number of cards Guide included

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STLUKE-3900 52 Yes

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Girltopia $ 62.50

This set of cards is designed to help adolescent girls experience healthy self-esteem and a positive relationship with their own body. It is also designed to help develop girls' personal awareness of how women are represented by the media, advertising and stereotypes so that they can enjoy a healthy and positive attitude towards their own maturing body.

The 70 cards in the Girltopia set present a world of luscious plants, soulful animals and quirky architecture where girls and women are honoured for who they are and where they're at. They aim to create a space where the risky edges of conversation and feelings can be explored in a lively and supported manner. After all, a girl's life is very often a great adventure! The Girltopia cards naturally offer prompts for conversations on topics like 'Who I am?' and 'Who are We?' and 'How can I feel at ease in my own body?'. There are five suits in the Girltopia card set: Me (8 cards): The ME suit draws on the power of telling stories. Using simple sentence starters and delightful design, participants are invited to tell stories about themselves and to hear those of others.

In telling our stories we communicate our sense of who we are, where we are from, and how we are similar to, and different from, those around us.

Doing (11 cards). The DOING cards are intended to draw out conversations with girls about their actions and activities. In seeing themselves as active, with the power to choose and create, girls can build an appreciation of their own skills, preferences and individuality, as well as those of others.

Feeling (21 cards). The FEELING cards are designed to foster emotional intelligence, assisting girls to name, communicate and consciously navigate feelings. As this awareness grows, girls have more choice about how they want to respond and the outcomes they want to achieve.

Body (17 cards). The BODY suit cards create opportunities for girls to deepen their understanding and appreciation of their changing female bodies - through questions, conversations and sharing experiences.

(Please be aware that the Body cards are designed to invite quite explicit discussions of women's sexual anatomy. These cards can, however, be easily put aside in contexts where they are not required.)

Us (13 cards). The US suit cards are designed to prompt thought, discussion and exploration about girls’ social life and relationships. Through questions and other conversational prompts girls are able to explore many of these complex and potent arenas, sharing wisdom and developing understanding and strategies, often before tricky social situations arise.

Item Code Number of cards Guide included

STLUKE-4150 70 Yes

NoNo The Little Seal Book + CD $ 24.50

NoNo has a secret but it makes him feel scared and mixed up inside. Is it wrong to tell? Who can he tell?

Although the subject of sexual abuse is sensitive, children and adults alike will be captivated by the truly magical illustrations and the dramatised audio CD of the story and songs.

This gentle book can give even very young children the confidence to stay safe, say 'No!', and tell. The book includes a guide for parents, educators & other carers, and includes questions. For example: Question: Was what happened NoNo's fault?

Suggested response: Absolutely not! It was Uncle Seal's fault. Uncle Seal touched him in places that he should not and told him to keep it a secret. NoNo was very brave & worked hard to solve the problem.

Question: Who could NoNo tell? Who could YOU tell?

Suggested response: NoNo could tell his parents, Wise Whale or other family members. It was helpful to tell his friend, Dana Dolphin, but it's always important to tell a grown-up. You could tell any grown-up that you trust, such as people in your family and teachers.

Suggested Activity: Help children draw their 'Helping Circle' of people they could tell (at least five).

Item Code

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STLUKE-6053

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Views From The Verandah Card Pack $ 49.50

Here is a set of 75 playful cards are for the seriously optimistic tasks of identifying values and planning for the future. Not everyone has an actual verandah or porch, but we all need to take time to reflect on the view from where we now sit. Where am I heading and in what time frame? What is in the way?

What do I want to focus on? Careers, guidance and relationship counsellors, social workers, managers, educators and succession planners: build rich, practical conversations about priorities and dreams.

Suggestions for Use: Select a few cards that identify strong themes in your life right now. Select some that identify what you would like to be doing more of in two weeks/one month/six months/one year.

Thinking about your job or one of your roles, choose cards to show three of your goals. Select three cards that show what might get in the way. What other cards might support your goals?Imagine that you are being given an award/recognition. Select a card that shows what you would like to receive the award for.Create a timeline of your life with the cards/stickers showing key themes as your life has unfolded.

Create an imaginary one for the years to come.

Features 75 laminated, full-colour cards, 100 x 100mm, 2-part cardboard box with 32-page booklet Item Code Number of cards Guide included

STLUKE-3100 75 Yes

Talking Up Our Strengths $ 44.50

This card set is itself the result of an invaluable collection of strengths—the strengths that arise out of partnerships. A dynamic partnership began when the Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC) and Innovative Resources, the publishing arm of St Luke’s Anglicare, came together with the intention of creating a resource that recognises and honours the strengths that are inherent within two of the world’s most enduring cultures.

That partnership was further enriched by the original work of photographers from diverse Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Designer, Tim Lane, added some of his own original photographs, and incorporated many iconic images from the past to create a set of cards that simply cannot be fully appreciated in one sitting. Each time they are used these cards will reveal layers of meaning about our past, our present and most of all about our hopes for the future.

As well as being a visual feast, Talking Up Our Strengths is a catalyst for inspiring conversations and storytelling in schools, communities, groups, social work settings, board rooms, family gatherings and back yards. Whether they are spread out across the kitchen bench or on the tables of policy makers and politicians, these cards can be used as tools for reconciliation, social justice and pride in cultural diversity. Anyone, from any cultural background, can use these cards to build their own strengths, and to recognise the strengths of others.

Item Code Number of cards Guide included

STLUKE-4825 22 Yes

"I Can" Wall Chart $ 17.95

This chart is designed to celebrate children's achievements and dreams and is ideal for goal setting activities. Just print on it with texta, then when you are ready, wipe the fully laminated surface clean and reuse it for the next goal! Subtle positive affirmations printed in the area surrounding the 'I Can' character, can be highlighted for special attention. Focus on a new one each week! A "We Can" add on sign is also available (AFA-WCAN - $2).

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Words Card Pack $ 49.50

Single, unadorned words can have a power and a resonance; they can stand like beacons to illuminate our feelings, memories and stories. Each of the 100 cards in this set features a word that can prompt reflection and conversation about life, struggle, sadness, friendships, dreams, joy, grief, and death the whole gamut of what it means to be human.

This card set grew out of discussions with counsellors who work daily with grief and loss. Equally it can be used to encourage discovery and conversation in group work, workshop facilitation, public speaking, creative writing and narrative work.

How to Use: * Select a card with a word that interests you for some reason. Why? * Which cards best describe a life-changing event you have experienced? * Which cards best describe the past year (or week or month)? * Select 7 cards and use one word as a theme for your journal writing each day.

Words is a card pack featuring 100 laminated full-colour cards in a full-colour tin accompanied by a 48-page instructional booklet.

Item Code Number of cards Guide included

STLUKE-4500 100 Yes

Tell The Tale Thumball 4" $ 18.95

Thumball is an innovation on an old favorite. A "pleasingly squeezable" ball with "stimuli" on each panel. Tell The Tale Thumball has 32 Multi-colored panels, and is 4 inches in diameter. Each panel contains a story and an author, encouraging participants to retell familiar fairy tales, fables and modern classics to develop sequencing skills and oral expression. Inspires dramatic play, improvisation and cooperative team building.

Players throw it. Catch it. Then react to what is found under their thumb. Act out the stories on each panel. Use for charades prompts and team building activities. Work in small groups and do a mini-summary of each tale including characters, correct sequence, endings and alternative endings....You set the rules or use ours. The possibilities are endless!

The stories depicted include: The Cat in The Hat, The Boy Who Cried Wolf, Aladdin and Peter Pan. Item Code

TB-1202

Parts of A Story Thumball 4" $ 18.95

Parts of a Story Thumball has 12 Multi-colored panels, and is 4 inches in diameter. It helps teach key elements of stories including plot, setting, characters, conflict etc. Improves verbal expression and organization of thoughts.

Parts of a Story is essentially a Book Report on a ball that increases motivation and participation. It can be used with school age children from Year 4 onwards.

Players throw it. Catch it. Then react to what is found under their right or left thumb. Answer the question about the book you are describing, the story you are writing, or even to break down a conflict situation (for kids or adults). Questions on this thumball include: WHAT order do the events happen in? The SEQUENCE is ...

WHERE does the story take place? The SETTING is ...

WHO tells the story? The POINT OF VIEW is ...

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TB-1201

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Inside Out: A Journalling Kit $ 44.50

Journalling is a powerfully creative way to name our feelings, tell our stories and navigate life's ups and downs. Here is a boxed set of 32 full-colour gate-folded cards designed to stand upright on a desk. A key word (with a superb illustration) appears on one side of the card while the reverse features a quote and range of simple yet effective journalling techniques.

Teachers: ask your students to choose a card and respond to the key word images quote or suggestions on the card. Other ways to use these cards include: - Stand the cards up on a table. Ask students/clients/group members to choose one and use it as a prompt for journalling for 10 minutes. They may respond to the key word quote illustration or the journalling techniques.

- Randomly select a card and use it as a theme to write about for 10 minutes every day for a week. Circle key words. Any themes or patterns?

- Select cards that relate to events/characters in a book you are studying. Write a dialogue/poem/short story on the theme from that character's point of view.

- Experiment with a range of journalling techniques covered in the cards e.g. lists, sentence starters, unsent letters, dialogue and clusters.

The Inside Out Journalling Kit contains 32 laminated full-colour cards in a polypropylene box with a 44-page instructional booklet.

Item Code Number of cards Guide included

STLUKE-3850 32 Yes

Funky Fish Feelings $ 49.50

Most of us use words to tell stories. But when it comes to talking about and describing our feelings all of us can struggle to find the right words.

Feelings can be elusive, confusing and hard to pin down. Sometimes a particular feeling excapse our linguistic grasp.

For this reason visual metaphors can be very helpful. Sometimes a picture can be worth more than a thousand 'not quite right' words. Visual metaphors can work as shortcuts to meaning and represent our feelings with an accuracy that words alone may not possess.

The 48 Funky Fish Feelings cards provide a rich panorama of emotions. We can actually see ourselves in certain fish characters as well as recognising others!

The Funky Fish Feelings cards are quirky and humorous, but they do have an important task to fulfill.

People of all ages can feel that their voices are unheard or have been silenced. If the Funky Fish allow anyone to describe their feelings and discover their voice, the experience might well be liberating and transformational.

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STLUKE-2850 48 Yes

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Our Scrapbook of Strengths Card Pack $ 59.50

Each of these 42 cards presents a powerful window into the characteristics of strong families, groups and communities. Based on extensive post-graduate research, eight broad topics - communication, togetherness, acceptance, resilience, affection, support, sharing activities and commitment - are explored.

The cards provide an opportunity to acknowledge & recognise existing strengths and identify ways in which these strengths can contribute to the resilience of the group. They can open doors to alternative stories about the group's relationships, encouraging hope that things can be better than they currently are.

Here are some suggested questions you could ask: * Which of these strengths do you think contribute most to your identity now? * Which ones would you most like to be present in your family / community / project team today? * Are there times when your family / community / workgroup face adversity? Which strengths do you think are most useful then? * Is there a card that reminds you of something that happened in your family or a family you know?

Item Code Number of cards Guide included

STLUKE-3825 42 Yes

Optimism Boosters $ 29.70

Sometimes when we have a problem, our thinking isn't as clear as it needs to be. Often when we listen to other people talk about their problems, we feel we know exactly which questions to ask them in order to help them see their situation. But when a situation triggers stress or confusion in ourselves, it can be difficult to know what to do.

The Optimism Boosters card pack is a tool to help 'solution-focused thinking', which enables you to think about how you want things to be and how you can improve your situation by taking action. Optimism Boosters gives you access to thirty questions that are designed both to help you view your situation in a different way and to help you think of actions that you can take to improve your situation.

These are the kinds of questions that psychologists or counsellors might ask you, and they might be the kinds of question your friends might ask. With a bit of practice, they can also be questions you can ask yourself automatically when you are in some kind of difficulty.

The 30 cards in the Optimism Boosters set are divided into three 'skill sets' - goals, possibilities and strategies. Which will help you to ask questions to clarify your goal, see possibilities for improving your situation and generate actions that you can take immediately to improve things.

Our favourite question is: "Where is the evidence for what I am telling myself?"

Item Code Number of cards Guide included

STLUKE-3750 30 Yes

Values Poster - A2 $ 20.00

This fantastic poster highlights 14 'good, old-fashioned values' which still hold true today and feature strongly in school curriculums. It is ideal for offices, classrooms and even your school foyer.

HERES WHAT THIS POSTER SAYS...Who you are today and who you will become tomorrow depend on the choices you make. Persistence pays. Listen to your inner truth. Freedom starts in your mind. World peace starts right here. If you want success, intend it. Every person has a purpose and a place in this world.

Everyone deserves a fair go. We get what we give. What can you do today to encourage people to trust you?

Treat others as you would like them to treat you. You are responsible for what you do. Look for the good in others and that is what you will find. In every moment of every day, you get to choose your attitude.

You don't have to be the best, be your best. Its great to appreciate.

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AFA-VALS

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Learn-O-Grams: Pictorial Puzzles to Warm Up, Wind Down, and Energize Learning with CD-ROM $ 62.95

Learn-O-Grams are visual puzzles that encourage the use of both the left and right brain. The puzzles can be used in a variety of ways: combine a number of puzzles--they come in varying degrees of difficulty--to create an instant competitive or cooperative team game; use them as ice-breakers or energy jolts; or as a device to stimulate participants in preparation for formal, subject-specific content. Planning and creative problem solving skills are necessary to coordinate and solve the puzzles, which are presented in sets of increasing difficulty.

Teachers and trainers can use this book and the accompanying CD with teams or groups of all sizes. (The CD features the entire collection of Learn-O-Grams in full colour.) As a team-building device, Learn-O-Grams encourage groups to become more open, vulnerable and alert to the needs of each other. When combined with feedback, Learn-O-Grams facilitate improved communication and trust within teams.

Item Code Format Number of Pages

JW-9780787986827 Soft Cover 288

Flip Chart Magic $ 61.95

Flip Chart Magic takes you step-by-step through the process of building and using effective flip charts in training sessions. Divided into three sections with color coded pages (Need to Know / Nice to Know / Where to Find) so that you can immediately begin applying the concepts and principles presented.

Flip Chart Magic is literally "A Seminar In A Book!" The front half of the book is a more basic course and the back half of the book is a more advanced course on the subject of effective flip chart use. It also contains a "Bonus Section" with seventeen transparency masters for combining the overhead projector with the flip chart to increase its effectiveness even more! Includes a mini Mr. Sketch速 Scented Marker four-pack, with markers in red, green, blue, and yellow.

Item Code Format Number of Pages

HRDP-FLIPCHART1 Soft Cover 150

Entertainment Talk Thumball 6" $ 24.95

Discuss media from the classics to current, movies, reading materials and loved shows. Learn more about yourself and others with participation in this fun team building activity.

Allows adolescents and adults of all ages to get to know each other. Great for schools, parties, at home, out around town, corporate training and team building, counseling and therapy. This great tool will add interest to any kind of group activity.

How to play: the person who catches the ball has to respond to the question under their thumb. Whichever panel their thumb lands on, that's their question! It's easy to play at different levels of challenge, for example: Easy: Just answer the question about yourself.

Hard: See how well you know people by trying to predict how someone else in the group would respond to that question!

Difficult: Try and recall all the other answers given in sequence.

Challenge: Supply an answer a book, TV or movie character might give.

Example questions: Childhood Book, Animal Star, Reality Show to Love or Hate, News I Watch, Classic or Nostalgic Movie Item Code

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TB-1011

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Storycatching Card Pack $ 49.50

Stories not only help us find common ground with others - whether they are friends, family, colleagues or the people in the wider community - but also provide us with a sense of where we've come from and how we fit in.

Storycatching is a set of 80 full-colour cards that provide storytelling prompts for people of all ages.

They can be used wherever people come together - from school classrooms to creative writing programs, as a game for families, or a therapeutic tool for anyone who works with people. Whatever the application, Storycatching provides opportunities to reflect upon our thoughts, feelings and attitudes to life.

Storycatching is fun and effective way to explore creativity, honour diversity, and share both the joys and struggles of our lives in the most natural way possible - by sharing stories!

How can I use Storycatching? Like any set of cards that are used for conversation building or story-prompting, the ways in which you use Storycatching will be driven largely by your purpose, passion, curiosity and creativity. Whether Storycatching is used in one-on-one situations or in groups, there are two main methods you can adopt; spread and scan or random choice.

Spread and scan means that participants are invited to choose a card, while random choice, as the name suggests, leaves more to chance. There are many fun and creative ways to employ both methods.

One of the best ways to get people talking and responding in creative ways to the Storycatching cards is to ask a question. It could be as simple as: Does this card remind you of a story about yourself? or How does this card make you feel? The questions you ask will depend on whether you're using Storycatching in a therapeutic situation, as conversational tool, a creative writing or visual art prompt, or even as a party game with your family. Some questions are more appropriate for one-on-one conversations, while others lend themselves easily to group discussion.

There is no limit to the number or type of questions you can ask.

Other ideas include using the cards as prompts for: - Storytelling - Creative writing and journalling ideas - As prompts for poetry.

- To help you overcome writers block - As the basis for a game - Icebreakers or openers - As a prompt for listening activities - As a prompt for reminiscing at family events and celebrations.

Item Code Number of cards Guide included

STLUKE-4700 80 Yes

What's Your Story? Cards $ 19.95

Everybody has stories to tell. You've been collecting them all your life. What's Your Story? is an entertaining way to turn your memories, experiences, moments and milestones into stories to share. Each of the 50 Australian-made cards is beautifully designed with a thought-provoking statement or question and image designed to stimulate conversation & encourage the sharing of life's significant experiences.

Pick a card, any card: 'My favourite song...' Why is it so special? What were you doing? Where were you?

Was it the artist? Was it the lyrics? What do you feel when you hear that song? And so your story begins!

Try it over dinner or with colleagues, classmates, family and friends - get to know them better and have fun doing it!

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CB-71599 50 Yes

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Values Cards $ 55.00

These values card are a fabulous tool to focus on values and investigate what drives our behaviour. They are easy to use, inspiring and aesthetically pleasing, ready to be used to define individual, team and organisational values.

Each of the 150 cards have a different word on them which represents a value and are colour coded with six areas of values - Relationships / People; Personal / Individual; Professional; Emotional; Motivational links; and the VIA Character Strengths from the work of Chris Peterson and Martin Seligman.

The cards come in their own silver tins with a window showing off their instruction card. Along with the cards themselves there are some suggested uses for facilitators and for managers.

These suggested uses give ideas for exercises including the overview, the recommended preparation and steps through the exercise to the debrief recommendations. By taking part in these exercises people will learn to establish their values, how values impact emotions, behaviour and communication and how we can use our values to make decisions easier.

Values cards are widely used by facilitators for to recognise communication styles and behavioural traits, they are successful coaching tool to aid commitment triggers and setting goals in a coaching conversation.

Our values cards are made of high quality luxurious material, aesthetically pleasing with a professional and quality feel and look.

Item Code Number of cards Guide included

EIW-VALUE 150 Yes

Emotions Cards $ 38.50

These emotions cards are a great tool to identify and perceive emotions, as well as a valid technique for managing emotions. Each of the 150 cards have a different emotional word on them which are positive, negative or neutral, and are coloured coded accordingly.

The cards come in their own little silver tins with a window showing off their instruction card. Along with the cards themselves there are some suggested uses for facilitators and for families.

The suggested uses include ideas for exercises including the overview, the recommended preparation and steps through the exercise to the debrief recommendations. By taking part in these exercises people will learn how prompts help in emotional recognition, how to link our body and brain to emotions and our behaviour, the balance of our daily emotions (positive / negative; high / low energy), facial expressions through role playing through to how to encourage your family to open up about emotions in a safe non-confrontational environment.

Emotions cards are widely used by facilitators for checking in on the mood of the participants and helping them manage it, they are great as a coaching tool to aid focus and presence in a coaching conversation.They are also excellent for use in school classrooms to help students develop their emotional literacy.

These Emotions cards are made of high quality luxurious material, aesthetically pleasing with a professional and quality feel and look.

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EIW-EMOTION 150 Yes

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Growing Well Kit $ 75.00

The Growing Well kit is for anyone interested in monitoring their own wellbeing (or helping someone else monitor theirs). It is made up of 50 cards with a booklet and 5 scaling pads - one for each of the five 'suits' which are: - Being Satisfied - Being Organised - Being Healthy - Being Active - Being Connected.

Each of these five suits has 10 key statements which are important indicators of mental health and balance. Accompanying each statement is a 'scale' using simple illustrations of a seed growing into a tree. A user checks the box that is relevant to them – every day or every week, perhaps. In this way the scale can be used to notice change and describe growth, even when words seem inadequate.

The creative spark for Growing Well came from the mental health team at St Luke's Anglicare who developed the tool together with staff from the Department of Social Work at La Trobe University, Bendigo, Australia. Pivotal to the development were consultations with people using mental health services.

The result is a tool that can: • Encourage a focus on strengths rather than deficits • Build emotional balance, mental clarity and reflective conversations • Map our pathways through depression, trauma, loss, bereavement, eating disorders; or through everyday health challenges such as stress, self-doubt and low self-esteem.

Using the Growing Well Cards: The set consists of 50 laminated, write-on/wipe-off cards with key statements that are indicators of mental wellbeing. As well as the statement, each card features a scale made up of six small boxes with an illustration inside each box. The illustrations show six stages of a seed growing into a seedling and finally, a tree. Anyone can select a card, read the statement on the card and, if they wish, mark a box (with non-permanent whiteboard pens) that shows where they feel they are at in relation to the statement.

The cards can then be wiped and re-used many times over.

Using the Scaling Pads: Included in the kit are 5 x A4 pads of 25 tear-off sheets. Each pad corresponds to one of the five suits, listing all 10 statements relating to that particular suit.

Each of the statements is accompanied by the same visual rating scale that appears on the cards. These scaling pads are simple, practical, highly accessible paperwork tools that can be dated, written on, used over time and included in a case file or service folder, if desired. People using the pads can do their own recording on each sheet or they can do this in conjunction with a carer, support worker, therapist, clinician or case manager. While originally designed as a self-assessment tool for people accessing mental health services, they can be used by anyone who wishes to actively engage with their own wellbeing. Scaling sheets can also be used by professionals and carers. The scaling pads can thus provide a rich record of a person's self-perceptions as well as a record of the perceptions of significant others over time.

Attaining and maintaining mental and emotional wellbeing is becoming one of the greatest challenges worldwide. Growing Well is more than a tool; it will help us as we strive to find depth and meaning in our lives.

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STLUKE-4300 Growing Well cards + pads

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Making Questions Work $ 54.95

This book will help you create effective questions for use with a wide range of groups and situations. It teaches frameworks for setting up questions and then provides the questions that can be customized to suit those frameworks and situations.

Part I: How to Ask Questions explores the basic parameters of effective questioning.

Part II: What to Ask When has six chapters with over 700 questions for situations where facilitators require specific types of questions to address common challenges with groups, such as opening a session; enabling action; thinking critically; addressing issues; closing a session; and specific cases.

This excellent book also looks at issues of integrity, authenticity, sensitivity, conflict of interest, mutual respect and values.

Item Code Format Number of Pages

JW-9780787987275 Soft Cover 272

6 Pack of Strengths $ 49.95

The 6 Pack of Strengths is a levelled rewards system that gives educators a fun and easy way to recognise and reward students on their achievements. It can be used at a classroom, whole school or section level.

It's all about celebrating and rewarding the great things that are going on in and out of your classrooms, no matter how subtle or overt the actions might be. It's designed to appeal to both boys and girls, particularly in the middle years from Year 5 to Year 8.

The 6 Pack delivers a systematic, positive approach to rewarding boys and girls in classroom and playground settings. The pack is made up of six parts:a classroom wall poster as a visual reminder of strengths-based actions 160 colour-coded Spotting Strengths stickers, which are all about noticing the great things kids do every day 50 colour-coded Action Reward Cards to provide students with tangible rewards they really want to get 12 Totem Tags, symbols students can wear to be proud of their strengths 4 Totem Trophies to publicly acknowledge great strengths 12 Gift Cards to spread the strengths message to your school community.

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FAC-SIXPACK

Resilience Identification Resources Kit $ 49.95

This resource kit takes a strengths perspective by focusing on what is going right or what’s working in a young person’s life, and is adaptable to a wide range of community and education settings. The resources can be used by a wide range of workers (school counsellors, youth workers, social workers, and community development workers) involved with young people aged 9–16 years.

The kit contains tear-off blocks (50 copies) of the Resilience Identification Checklist and the Resilience Circle, and a user-friendly manual. The Checklist provides an overview of a young person’s situation by looking at internal and external support factors and interpersonal skills. It also provides support for planning interventions.

The Resilience Circle can be used as a conversational prompt with a young person to discuss risk and protective factors in his/her life and plan strategies that capitalise on a young person’s strengths, skills and resources.

The Resilience Identification Kit includes: Resilience Identification Checklist pads, Resilience Circle pads, a user's manual.

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Deep Speak: The World According to You $ 59.50

Some questions take us by surprise, some questions make us laugh, and some questions challenge our picture of who we are. Questions can act as powerful doorways into conversation and storytelling. Through sharing our stories, thoughts and feelings we create connections with others and engage with our own growth and change.

Deep Speak is a set of 120 cards, each with its own question presented in an edgy dynamic font-based design, plus a 24-page booklet of suggestions. The cards are colour-coded into six broad themes (allowing facilitators to easily make a selection of cards if they wish).

- Openers - Identity - Beliefs - Emotions - Values, and - Relationships.

If the cards are being used with a new group, it may be helpful to concentrate on the Openers cards to begin with. This may help establish trust and create a group synergy before taking the conversation deeper. Some groups may want to go directly to the other themes, for example, church groups may want to concentrate on some of the beliefs and values questions.

While Deep Speak is designed to appeal to adolescents, adults also respond warmly to the mix of questions. Teachers, counsellors, therapists, social workers, chaplains, youth workers, workshop facilitators and parents can use Deep Speak to build rich discussions about some of life's big questions... and some of the little quirky ones as well.

Item Code Number of cards Guide included

STLUKE-4200 120 Yes

The Scaling Kit $ 49.50

This great new pack includes the following scales pads: 1. Balance, 2. Circle, 3. Ladder, 4. Pathway, 5.

Pendulum, 6. Rating Wheel, 7. Sun up / sun down, 8. Thermometer, 9. Ups and Downs, 10. Water Tank.

Using The Scaling Kit: Scaling is such a simple but powerful tool for change that it deserves to be in the repertoire of every human service worker, irrespective of their role or theoretical frameworks.

Essentially scaling provides a way of thinking about change not as an all-or-nothing event that occurs out of the blue but rather as an activity that can be: anticipated, noticed, described, recorded, managed, celebrated, and evaluated - by anyone!

It does this in two ways. Firstly, it breaks any change down into small, manageable components or 窶話ite-sized' bits. Secondly, it provides a metaphor or a symbol that helps make the change understandable and acts as a reminder of all the components.

The simple illustrations in The Scaling Kit make the scaling concept more concrete and accessible, particularly for people who have a preference for visual styles of learning. It is true that a picture, however simple, can have more power than words alone.

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Shadows and Deeper Shadows Card Pack $ 59.50

No one walks in light all the time. To experience challenge is to be human. Sometimes pain and difficulty need to be heard before hope can truly be invited in, and pathways to resolution found. This expanded edition of Shadows has 48 evocative watercolour images on cards to create conversations and help us connect with the struggles - and breakthroughs - of everyday living. Let the images wash over you and allow time for reflection, conversation and writing. You may well discover new worlds of meaning and hope. Here are some suggested uses: - Which card says something to you about the situation you are facing?

- Which card gives a clue about a way forward?

- Pick a card that creates a particular feeling or reminds you of something from your childhood.

- Choose a character from a Shadows card and write from that person's perspective. What are they thinking, feeling, dreaming?

Shadows and Deeper Shadows are 48 laminated full-colour cards presented in a beautiful box with a 49-page booklet.

Item Code Number of cards Guide included

STLUKE-3800 48 Yes

Signposts: Exploring Everyday Spirituality Card Pack $ 49.50

Signposts is a set of 48 cards based on original photographs for building conversations about meaning, spirituality, connectedness and transformation. It explores ways to reflect on life's purpose and to convert beliefs into actions. Each card combines a powerful full-colour photograph with a few simple words. Signposts can revitalise our contemplation and create dynamic conversations about matters we hold closest to our hearts. Here are some suggestions on how to use them: - Select a card and speak about an experience you have had of this theme. Which other cards represent themes that are strong for you now?

- Which cards do you think you do well? Which would you like to learn to practise more often?

- Thinking of a time of transition/challenge select 3 cards that were strengths you drew on at the time/you now draw on.

- If you could gift a quality/ability to a friend/family member/colleague which card would you choose?

- Randomly select a card. Use this as a contemplation or writing theme for the week. Have any key understandings emerged?

The Signposts cards are 48 laminated full-colour cards in a beautiful box and include a 28 page booklet.

Item Code Number of cards Guide included

STLUKE-3450 48 Yes

Symbols Card Pack $ 49.50

Symbols gather a potent mix of meaning and significance around them. They can communicate with us almost immediately at a very deep level. Sometimes they help us go where words alone cannot. Because symbols have the power to speak directly to our sense of identity, they can be used to illuminate almost any situation.

While Symbols has its origins in grief and loss counselling, teachers, therapists, writers, social workers and facilitators will be among those to find their own creative uses for this set of 100 hand-drawn icons. Comes presented in a coloured tin with instructional booklet.

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STLUKE-4575 100

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Being A Man Photopak $ 79.95

Being A Man is a new series of 52 x A4 black and white photos of men and boys in diverse roles and settings, provoking immediate and powerful responses to what it means to 'be a man' in the world today.

Themes of survival, fun, freedom, power and belonging feature strongly in the photos. They provide a visual and physical stimulus for deep, rich discussions about boys and young mens sense of themselves, their views on relationships with other males and with girls and women. They also help to explore ways to create the conditions for boys and young men to flourish in life without impinging on another person's or groups ability to flourish.

The situations depicted in the photos range from traditional work backgrounds to outdoor activities to intimate personal interactions. The pack includes a leader's manual with exercises and questions to accompany each photo, designed to support personal expression and interaction. The manual helps to open up discussion and conversation around male identities and what it is to be a man today. The Being A Man Photopak is suitable for use by teachers, parents, youth workers and health workers.

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FAC-BAMP No

Reflexions Card Pack $ 49.50

Reflexions is a set of 32 cards or stickers using street and techno style computer enhanced photography for encouraging adolescents to explore their lives. What do I think? What do I feel? What is important to me? Where am I heading? Each card features a key word and a layer of images to illustrate it. By encouraging conversations about the good stuff and the hard stuff, this is a powerful tool for building identity, self-esteem and goals.

How to Use: - For truancy issues: Choose 3 cards that describe how you are feeling at school. Place them in a column.

Pick 3 cards that say how you want to be feeling. How will you get from the first to the second column?

- Pick a card that seems important to you right now. How do you experience this in your life? Talk about this in pairs.

- Which cards represent emotions/thoughts that are easy/difficult for you? Which ones would you like to do better?

- Choose one card as a focus for a week. Paint/collage/collect quotes/write a short story or poem/search the internet about this theme.

These 32 laminated full-colour cards are presented in a polypropylene box with a 24-page instructional booklet.

Item Code Number of cards Guide included

STLUKE-3200 32 Yes

Virtues & Values Thumball 4" $ 18.95

Thumball is an innovation on an old favorite. A "pleasingly squeezable" ball with "stimuli" on each panel. Players throw it. Catch it. Then react to what is found under their right or left thumb. Can be used with school aged children from Year 4 and onwards.

On the Virtues & Values Thumball, each letter of the alphabet is represented with 3 words. Choose a characteristic that represents you or another. Discuss attributes you would like to have more or less of.

Encourages self-reflection and goal setting.

PLEASE NOTE: Stock of this item will not be available until February 2012.

Item Code

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TB-1008

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What Would You Do? A Game of Ethical and Moral Dilemma, Leader's Guide $ 59.90

What Would You Do? is a team game based on the classic group activity, A Prisoner's Dilemma, one of the most widely known game designs and also one of the earliest attempts to use games to analyze individual and group behaviour. The game places two teams (or individuals) in a variety of ethical or moral dilemmas. In each case, the opposing players are deemed responsible for some discretion, and are called to account. Played in rounds, each player can choose between two moves, either cooperation (to confess) or defection (to remain silent). The (separated) players are aware that they minimize the repercussions when they cooperate, but if only one of them cooperates the other player gets off the hook.

What Would You Do? is an excellent way of studying the issues of competition versus cooperation between individuals and among groups because it is one for which the optimal outcome, the one that would be best for both parties, is not always the outcome players will reach. The game allows for the possibility that cooperation can evolve in the long run even though in the short run it seems always better to defect (compete).

The leader's guide provides background to A Prisoner's Dilemma and the experimental research that led to the game; complete instructions for running the game; and an expanded debrief section that helps the facilitator guide the team to explore and identify the game's key points. The participant's guide contains a summary of ten different scenarios and scoring sheets for each of the (up to ten) rounds of game play.

The Participant Workbook contains the eight decision-making scenarios that make up the What Would You Do? game, and includes scoring and response charts, a score sheet, and discussion and learning application pages.

Item Code Format Number of Pages

JW-9780787985370 Soft Cover 96 total

What Would You Do? A Game of Ethical and Moral Dilemma, Participant Workbook $ 19.95

What Would You Do? is a team game based on the classic group activity, A Prisoner's Dilemma, one of the most widely known game designs and also one of the earliest attempts to use games to analyze individual and group behaviour. The game places two teams (or individuals) in a variety of ethical or moral dilemmas. In each case, the opposing players are deemed responsible for some discretion, and are called to account. Played in rounds, each player can choose between two moves, either cooperation (to confess) or defection (to remain silent). The (separated) players are aware that they minimize the repercussions when they cooperate, but if only one of them cooperates the other player gets off the hook.

What Would You Do? is an excellent way of studying the issues of competition versus cooperation between individuals and among groups because it is one for which the optimal outcome, the one that would be best for both parties, is not always the outcome players will reach. The game allows for the possibility that cooperation can evolve in the long run even though in the short run it seems always better to defect (compete).

The Participant Workbook contains the eight decision-making scenarios that make up the What Would You Do? game, and includes scoring and response charts, a score sheet, and discussion and learning application pages.

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JW-9780787985387 Soft Cover 32

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Who's First? Wireless Buzzer $ 635.00

Who's First?™ is a stand-alone "buzz-in" gameshow buzzer system that will add excitement and real time technology to any fast-action Q&A game. The system identifies first and second place respondents with snazzy lights, a loud buzzer (which can be turned off, if desired), and 6 color-coded touch pads that announce who came in first -- and second!

The team buttons are large enough to cater to team play and foster camaraderie. The new 6-team model measures 19" high (Base is 8" diameter) and weighs just 1.5 kg. Who's First? operates through radio frequency signals; touch pads can be placed as far as 15 metres from the light unit.

View a video clip demo on You Tube!

Includes: 1 main tower with 6 colored lights & 1 reset button, 6 wireless color touch pads (3.5" diameter x 1" high) - coin-type batteries included, 1 wireless reset touch pad, carry case. The system uses 9 volts DC and comes with an Australian power adaptor.

Please note: There is an estimated 4 week delivery time on this item. Should you require it more quickly, please call us before placing your order to confirm availability.

Item Code

CI-TW-WHOR6W

I'll Take Learning for 500: Using Game Shows to Engage, Motivate, and Train $ 52.95

I'll Take Learning for 500 shows you how to leverage the excitement and entertainment inherent in game shows by using them to increase participant involvement as well as information retention and comprehension.

This book will help trainers and teachers to select, create, modify, and employ game shows as a powerful, effective learning tool. The authors illustrate all of the many different elements that are required to make an effective game show, from writing effective questions to changing pre-existing game show rules, hosting, and creating new games. They offer expert advice on selecting the best game to fit the purpose of the training, tailoring and customizing it for a specific situation, and effectively presenting it to create a dynamic and exciting learning experience. The CD that accompanies the book includes several valuable game show templates that trainers can immediately pick up and use as a hands-on resource.

TABLE OF CONTENTS Part One: Game Shows and Learning.

1. Classroom vs. Hollywood: How Training Game Shows Differ from TV Game Shows.

2. Why Use a Game Show?

3. Myths, Misconceptions, and Frequently Asked Questions. Part Two: Designing a Game Show for Learning.

4. Catalogue of Game Shows.

5. Selecting the Right Game for Your Purpose.

6. Customizing Your Game Show.

7. Customizations for Your Specific Game Show.

8. Teams, Titles, and Trinkets.

Part Three: Writing Effective Questions.

9. Question Types and Tips.

10. Effective Question Writing.

11. Questions to Fit Your Purpose.

12. Using Multimedia in Your Questions.

Part Four: Conducting a Game Show.

13. The Ultimate Game Show Host.

14. Maximising Learning in the Game Show.

15. Setting Up for the Game Show.

16. High or Low Tech.

17. Rating Your Performance.

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Picture This Card Pack $ 59.50

Since its earliest origins, photography has proved to be a powerful catalyst for conversation-building.

As photographic technology and approaches to psychotherapy have developed, a broad spectrum of ways in which photography can be used in counselling have evolved.

Picture This is a set of 75 original colour photographs that capture different aspects of our journey through life: the mundane, the whimisical the soulful, the playful, the challenging, the imaginative, the chilling and the joyful. can be used separately, as a whole, or by selecting sub-sets.

The photos that make up Picture This are particularly accessible because they provide slices of both urban and rural landscapes and lifestyles, and are culturally diverse. As a conversation-building tool, Picture This needs minimal introduction. Like all Innovative Resources' tools it does not require any special training and can be used just as effectively with individuals, groups and teams. It can be used by people of any age, in just about any setting.

Picture This is a powerfully interpretive tool. Photographs have a unique ability to stimulate the imagination, memory and emotions. They can be catalysts for people to tell their stories and prompt reflection about values and priorities. For this reason Picture This will be used in schools and prisons, in group work and in counselling sessions—even in creative writing classes. We hope it will take its place as an essential component in the ‘toolkits' of anyone who wishes to work creatively with others.

The 48 page booklet that comes with Picture This includes lots of interesting questions you can use with the cards. Some might be considered ice-breakers, useful in the early stages of engagement with an individual or group. Some will be out of left field, seemingly unconventional but perhaps vital for overcoming the grip of ‘stuckness'.

Some of the questions may demand a solid trusting relationship before being raised, while others simply invite reflection and rememberance. Some questions are more oriented to one-on-one conversations while others lend themselves easily to group discussions. All of the questions can provide starting points for deeper coversations.

Item Code Number of cards Guide included

STLUKE-2900 75 Yes

Photolanguage $ 57.50

Photo language is a technique that utilises pictures for the sake of self-expression and communication within members of a group. Originally published in 1986, Photolanguage is still a much-loved and widely-acclaimed resource for facilitating thoughtful reflection with groups and individuals.

Photolanguage is a means of communication designed to facilitate personal expression and conversation.

The viewer is asked to become aware of the associations that spring up and the resonances that are awakened by the photograph. As a result, each person comes to know himself or herself better by trying to put this inner life into words and to communicate it to the group.

The timeless images have been slected for their aesthetic qualities and their capacity to stimulate the imagination, the memory and the emotions. This set contains 130 powerful and evocative black and white photographs presented together in a handy wrap-box.

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CED-PHOTOLANGUAGE 130 Yes

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The Art of Conversation Card Set (TAOC) $ 19.95

This pack of cards (known as TAOC), contains 300 fascinating conversation starters that can be used for everything from dinner party conversation, openers or icebreakers for team meetings or groups, through to relationship therapy and more. Discover more about people you know, or those you don't! Designed to facilitate and teach the art of conversation, TAOC provides a non-threatening, non-judgemental environment in which to learn, or re-learn communication skills.

TAOC is fun to use and can provide a light hearted but meaningful way to get to know others. However, it is also a beneficial resource for rehabilitation, eg. post-acute phase of illness, drug and alcohol, anxiety disorders, depression, family and marital breakdown, speech disorders etc. TAOC helps to rebuild and revive relationships through building trust. It promotes insight into self and others. Memories are sparked! It can prevent the deterioration of relationships, life skills and self esteem. Responses to TAOC questions can form a comprehensive personal journal. TAOC may be used hundreds of times with continuing interest in pleasure. Ages: Adult to children Item Code Number of cards

TAOC-CARDSET 100

The Art of Christian Conversation Card Set (TAOC) $ 19.95

The Art of Christian Conversation is an innovative and inspiring way for Christians, (and those exploring) to get to know themselves - and God - better. Carefully researched, tested, trialled and refined, TAOC® Christian offers new angles and avenues to think about, and discuss, Christian faith and life. TAOC® successfully helps people of all ages discover aspects of their faith, and share knowledge and understanding in ways that educate, entertain and enlighten.

With 300 Christian Communication-builders ranging from the profound to the light-hearted, plus a comprehensive guidebook, TAOC® makes it easy to share and discuss feelings, ideas and experiences related to faith and life in a harmonious way. Like all TAOC® editions, it’s not a quiz. Rather, it’s a communication tool that draws on personal experiences, thoughts and reactions to facilitate fascinating discussions and new insights. It also encourages clear communication and respectful listening.

TAOC® is a handy icebreaker when a new group of people come together and helps people who already know each other take their relationships to new levels. Ideal for small groups, bible study, fellowship, education and the home. It can be played by family, friends, workmates, students or even solitary players and is suitable for players aged from four to 104.

Item Code Number of cards

TAOC-CHRISTIAN 100

The Art of Literary Conversation Card Set (TAOC) $ 19.95

Now, there's a new way for readers to discuss their passions, with the release of a new game, The Art of Conversation: Literary Edition, which offers new angles and avenues to think, and talk, about books.

Developed with the assistance of well-respected literature teacher Leila Bryant, TAOC® comes with 300 starter questions plus a 32-page guidebook that includes informative and comprehensive endnotes. There's also plenty of scope to come up with your own questions.

Like all TAOC editions, it’s not a quiz – it’s not about who knows the most. It’s a communication tool that draws on your own experiences, thoughts and reactions to facilitate fascinating discussions.

Even reluctant readers will be drawn in! Readers of all stages and ages will find themselves being educated, all in the name of fun. Ideal for book clubs, but can also be adapted to friends, family, workmates, students or even solitary readers. Covers all genres – fiction, poetry, drama, biography, autobiography, science fiction, fantasy, crime, romance, historical writing & more!

Item Code

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INSIGHT Inventory for Students/Teens Training Kit $ 120.00

This Facilitator’s Tool Kit gives you clear, detailed instructions on how to present each component of the Teen INSIGHT Inventory. Certification is not required and with the tools provided the hassle of learning a new instrument has been eliminated.

The Facilitator's Tool Kit includes: - Quickstart Guide: provides detailed instructions to present each section of the Student/Teen INSIGHT Inventory - PowerPoint® Presentation: integrates with the Quick-start guide to add visual and discussion components to your program - Training DVD: shows how to administer and score the assessment along with trait interpretation and skill-building exercises.

The Inventory is a valuable tool in aiding students' understanding of themselves and others and how their school behaviour and home behaviour may differ (and for what reasons).

Item Code

INSI-STUDKIT

INSIGHT Inventory for Students $ 14.95

The Student INSIGHT Inventory will help young adults to better understand themselves and others by aiding them to: - identify the strengths of their personality styles - recognise the positives in other people's personalities - learn how to communicate more effectively with people that have different personality styles The Student INSIGHT Inventory is a self-scoring personality test incorporating a six-page interpretive booklet. There are eight steps to completing the Inventory: 1. Taking the Inventory and scoring it 2. Charting your results on the graphs 3. Understanding the location of your scores on each scale 4. Identifying your personality style descriptions 5. Examining the differences between your School and Personal Styles 6. Understanding and anticipating your reactions to stress 7. Flexing your style to better communicate with opposite personality styles 8. Summarising your results and discussing your personality style with others The Student INSIGHT Inventory features four trait scales: - Getting Your Way: How you express thoughts, present ideas and assert yourself - Responding to People: How you approach and respond to others, especially groups - Pacing Activity: The way in which you take action and make decisions.

- Dealing with Details: How you structure time, prioritise tasks and handle details.

The Inventory charts two profiles: SCHOOL STYLE: Indicates how you behave at school. A number of factors influence your School Style such as activities, class pressures, relationships with teachers and friendships.

PERSONAL STYLE: Indicates how you behave away from school. A number of factors influence your Personal Style such as responsibilities at home, relationships with family members and social activities with friends.

Most personality assessments end with giving you the results. The INSIGHT Inventory takes it one step further by suppyling numerous guidelines to help you learn how to better relate and communicate with others.

Item Code Type of assessment Number of Pages Available in 360 Includes interpretative info Facilitator’s Guide available

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Toolkit of Motivational Skills - Encouraging and Supporting Change in Individuals $ 59.95

How do you motivate someone to change a pattern of behaviour? This is an issue faced daily by professionals working with people. Motivational interviewing is a style of communication developed for working with substance abuse, but found to be effective for work with a variety of people who are struggling with the idea of behaviour change. This workbook is a complete guide to the motivational approach for any professional who needs to help others to change.

TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. What is a motivational approach?

2. How effective is the motivational approach?

3. Establishing Rapport and making contracts.

4. How to use the Toolkit to meet individual requirements.

5. Exploring current motivation.

6. The Cycle of Change.

7. Listening skills.

8. Summarising and Reflective Listening.

9. Asking Open Questions.

10. Working with Resistance.

11. Exploring ambivalence.

12. Developing the desire to change.

13 Affirmation and Confidence to Change.

14. Motivational Action Planning.

15. Supporting Change.

16. Putting it altogether.

Item Code Format Number of Pages

JW-9780470516584 Soft Cover 306

Counseling Toward Solutions: A Practical Solution-Focused Program for Working with Students, Teachers, and Parents, 2nd Edition $ 39.95

For counselors and teachers at all levels, Counseling Toward Solutions presents a positive program for changing individual behavior that empowers students of all ages to deal with their own problems, gaining self-esteem in the process. Step by step, the book shows how to help individual students begin their own change process by noticing when a problem does not occur (i.e. when things go better than normal), rather than focusing on the problem or what caused it. This approach, called Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, is often used by private counselors and therapists and is now being applied in K-12 schools with great success.

In this book veteran school counselor Linda Metcalf offers guidelines for dealing with specific problems ranging from incomplete homework to child abuse and depression. She offers techniques that are equally useful in one-on-one counseling and small group settings, and provides ways to help non-counseling staff use the solution-focused approach. The book offers more than 80 reproducible worksheets and student handouts. Coverage includes: - A process for identifying exceptions to a student's negative behavior - Actual case examples representing a wide range of behavior problems in school settings - - Sample dialogues showing what to say and questions to ask - Guidelines for using the power of language to describe problems in a normal context to make them more solvable - Specific strategies for parent conferences and student-teacher problem resolution.

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The Strengths Approach Book $ 44.50

This comprehensive and insightful 208-page softcover book describes the distinctive style of human service delivery known as strengths-based practice. It encapsulates the ground-breaking work that has been done to develop and articulate this approach at St Luke's Anglicare, one of Australia's leading community service organisations.

Pivotal to the strengths approach is the principle of equal partnership between people: power-with. This dynamic principle acknowledges that people are the experts on their lives and the rightful drivers of their own change processes. Also fundamental is the understanding that everyone has strengths and that mobilising these strengths is the key to finding creative and sustainable solutions.

Over the years, St Luke's has provided training and consultancy services in strengths-based practice to thousands of human service workers and hundreds of organisations. In The Strengths Approach, principal trainer and author Wayne McCashen gathers together the material that is explored in these trainings. He clearly and comprehensively describes the ideas, values, beliefs and frameworks that help create respectful and socially-just ways of working with people. This book is full of invaluable practice, wisdom gathered over many years, and anecdotes and examples of strengths-based practice in action.

This book explores principles, skills, tools and frameworks, power-with and power-over, labelling, the competency cycle, strengths and exceptions, pictures of the future, the column approach, client-owned recording, supervision, community building, organisational culture and much more.

Item Code Format

STLUKE-8007 Soft Cover

Kids Skills Book $ 31.96

A book review of this product is available on our blog.

Well-known Finnish psychotherapist and TV presenter Ben Furman shares the Kids Skills model for working with children that is influencing parents, teachers, counsellors and policy-makers around the world. This is a playful and practical approach to solving difficulties faced by children, where practically all problems can be seen as skills that need to be developed.

This 15-step method invites children to become active participants in skill-building and solution-finding.

Kids Skills is a 144-page book buzzing with ideas stories and suggestions such as: Converting problems into skills Agreeing on the skill to learn Naming the skill and choosing a power creature Gathering supporters and building confidence Planning the celebration and going public Practising the skill and creating reminders Kids Skills gives solutions back to kids - and to their parents and teachers and youth leaders. It has nothing to do with being positive, but is a simple 15-step practical approach that equips anyone to work with children to help them become the experts.

Item Code Format

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STLUKE-8004 Soft Cover

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Cafe Interviews - Mistakes & Success $ 275.00

Learn the classic mistakes made and how to turn them into successes during interviews.

Item Code Running Time Comes with

7D-JISS6 15 minutes This DVD comes with a workbook with activities, handouts and a full script.

Event Assistant Interviews $ 275.00

Drama showing three job seekers with no experience being interviewed.

Item Code Running Time Comes with

7D-JISS7 17 minutes This DVD comes with a workbook with activities, handouts and a full script.

Cadetships - Students Face a Panel $ 275.00

Preparing for an interview that may have a large interview panel.

Item Code Running Time Comes with

7D-JISS9 20 minutes This DVD comes with a workbook with activities, handouts and a full script.

Group Assessment Interview $ 275.00

Learn more about what to expect and how to present in a group assessment interview.

Item Code Running Time Comes with

7D-JISS10 17 minutes This DVD comes with a workbook with activities, handouts and a full script.

Office Interview - Confidence & Persistence $ 275.00

How to recover when you missed the closing date on an application.

Item Code Running Time Comes with

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7D-JISS12 15 minutes This DVD comes with a workbook with activities, handouts and a full script.

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Teaching Literacy $ 275.00

Learning to read and write can be fun! This program demonstrates shared reading, guided reading, and uses "Learning Centres" to make learning more fun.

Item Code Running Time Comes with

7D-TAL1 22 Minutes DVD accompanied by PDF Workbook containing discussion questions, activities, handouts and full script

Teaching Numeracy $ 275.00

This program shows how to encourage students to learn and develop their numeracy skills through fun and challenging activities.

Item Code Running Time Comes with

7D-TAL2 16 minutes DVD accompanied by PDF Workbook containing discussion questions, activities, handouts and full script

Peer Mediation $ 275.00

Peer mediation is an effective initiative to enable intervention with minor issues and prevent them from becoming major problems and learning distractions.

Item Code Running Time Comes with

7D-TAL3 15 minutes DVD accompanied by PDF Workbook containing discussion questions, activities, handouts and full script

Effective Schools $ 275.00

Learn how to develop strategies to ensure learning is the key focus and the school is a friendly place..

Item Code Running Time Comes with

7D-TAL4 15 minutes DVD accompanied by PDF Workbook containing discussion questions, activities, handouts and full script

Personality Clash $ 495.00

Learn how to move past the personality clash for an effective working relationship.

Item Code Running Time Comes with

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7D-DIFF 2 14 minutes This DVD comes with a workbook with activities, handouts and a full script.

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The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life, 10th Anniversary Edition $ 34.95

For teachers who have good days & bad -- for those who refuse to harden their hearts, because they love learners, learning, and the teaching life.

Item Code Format Number of Pages

JW-9780787996864 Soft Cover 272pp

Teaching with Fire: Poetry That Sustains the Courage to Teach $ 22.95

This beautiful collection of 88 poems will touch the hearts of teachers and sustain them in their day-to-day work.

Item Code Format Number of Pages

JW-9780787969707 Soft Cover 256pp

The Courage to Teach Guide for Reflection and Renewal, 10th Anniversary Edition $ 22.95

This guide is a welcome resource for those who wish to extend their exploration of the inner landscape of a teacher's life beyond just reading Courage to Teach, individually or within a study group.

Item Code Format Number of Pages

JW-9780787996871 Soft Cover 192pp

Stories of the Courage to Teach: Honoring the Teacher's Heart, paperback reprint $ 22.95

For all those who treasure Parker J. Palmer's THE COURAGE TO TEACH comes a follow-up book of practical, wise insight--written for teachers by teachers.

Item Code Format Number of Pages

JW-9780787996840 Soft Cover 400pp

For many years, Parker Palmer has worked on behalf of teachers and others who choose their vocations for reasons of the heart but may lose heart because of the troubled, sometimes toxic systems in which they work. Hundreds of thousands of readers have benefited from this approach in THE COURAGE TO TEACH, which takes teachers on an inner journey toward reconnecting with themselves, their students, their colleagues, and their vocations, and reclaiming their passion for one of the most challenging and important of human endeavours.

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Primary Head Teacher Pocketbook $ 17.95

A pocketful of tips, tools and techniques for running a happy and successful primary school.

Item Code Format Number of Pages

N-TPB21 Soft Cover 128

Secondary Teacher's Pocketbook $ 17.95

A pocketful of tips, tools and techniques to help you become a more effective teacher.

Item Code Format Number of Pages

N-TPB30 Soft Cover 128

Teaching Thinking Pocketbook $ 17.95

A pocketful of tools, techniques and inspiration for dynamic, challengin lessons that nurture better thinking.

Item Code Format Number of Pages

N-TPB25 Soft Cover 128

WHAT ARE TEACHERS POCKETBOOKS? These books are very different, and not just because they are pocket-sized! Imagine an overhead slide, the sort that trainers frequently use: keywords, bullet-point lists and lots of visual support. Pocketbooks are very similar.

All the superfluous information - the padding - is stripped away, leaving just the key facts. This cuts down on reading and saves you valuable time. They can be used as self development or learning aids, or for teaching others. Written using accelerated learning techniques, these books are ideal for continuing professional development.

The visual content (charts, diagrams and cartoons) helps with understanding and, along with the many acronyms, mnemonics and other 'triggers' aids memory retention and recall. Each page has its own subject heading and each chapter has its own graphic identifier or thumb logo. In this way you can get to the specific information you're looking for quickly and easily - ideal for a quick glance just before you head into the classroom.

Humorous, engaging and most of all effective, Teachers Pocketbooks (and their sister range 'Management Pocketbooks') are published in the United Kingdom and come in a wide range of topics.

Want to build an online PD library? Multi-user licenses for your school intranet are also available - contact us for more information.

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Coaching & Reflecting Pocketbook $ 17.95

A pocketful of practical skills and strategies for improving performance and raising attainment at every level in school.

Item Code Format Number of Pages

N-TPB06 Soft Cover 125

Effective Classroom Communication Pocketbook $ 17.95

Tips, tools and techniques to enhance your communication skills and ensure effective learning for every child in the classroom.

Item Code Format Number of Pages

N-TPB11 Soft Cover 128

Emotional Literacy Pocketbook $ 17.95

A pocketful of practical strategies for helping pupils use emotional understanding to learn and grow.

Item Code Format Number of Pages

N-TPB12 Soft Cover 125

Pupil Mentoring Pocketbook $ 17.95

A pocketful of practical guidance on setting up, running and evalutaing pupil mentoring schemes.

Item Code Format Number of Pages

N-TPB22 Soft Cover 112

Stop Bullying Pocketbook $ 17.95

A pocketful of step-in-and-stop-it strategies to stamp out bullying.

Item Code Format Number of Pages

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N-TPB24 Soft Cover 125

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Creative Teaching Pocketbook $ 17.95

A pocketful of imagination, inspiration and innovation to help you become an even more creative teacher.

Item Code Format Number of Pages

N-TPB08 Soft Cover 128

Asperger Syndrome Pocketbook $ 17.95

A pocketful of expert advice and practical strategies for understanding and overcoming the challenges posed by Asperger syndrome.

Item Code Format Number of Pages

N-TPB26 Soft Cover 128

CPD Pocketbook $ 17.95

A pocketful of information, ideas, advice and examples to inspire your continuing professional development.

Item Code Format Number of Pages

N-TPB07 Soft Cover 112

Drama for Learning Pocketbook $ 17.95

A wardrobe of drama ideas and techniques for active, imaginative and collaborative learning.

Item Code Format Number of Pages

N-TPB09 Soft Cover 128

Dyslexia Pocketbook $ 17.95

A pocketful of tips, tools and techniques to unlock the potential of learners with dyslexia.

Item Code Format Number of Pages

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N-TPB10 Soft Cover 128

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Gifted & Talented Pocketbook $ 17.95

A pocketful of cutting-edge approaches to a gifted education where all pupils are stretched, challenged and engaged.

Item Code Format Number of Pages

N-TPB13 Soft Cover 128

Inclusion Pocketbook $ 17.95

A pocketful of tips, tools and practical advice for creating a school environment in which all are included and valued.

Item Code Format Number of Pages

N-TPB16 Soft Cover 128

Learning to Learn Pocketbook $ 17.95

A pocketful of strategies and study skills for motivating learners to register, retain, recall and revies with confidence and success.

Item Code Format Number of Pages

N-TPB18 Soft Cover 125

Lesson Observation Pocketbook $ 17.95

For observers and observed, a pocketful of tips, tools and techniques for sharing and shaping classroom expertise.

Item Code Format Number of Pages

N-TPB19 Soft Cover 125

Managing Workload Pocketbook $ 17.95

A pocketful of tips, tools and techniques to maximise time, moderate workload and minimise stress.

Item Code Format Number of Pages

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N-TPB20 Soft Cover 125

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HR Pocket Toolkit $ 195.00

This pack of 12 hot HR titles from the Management Pocketbooks range provides you with an easy-to-read, enjoyable and very practical library.

It contains some of the most vital topics in human resources today, ranging from how to appraise your staff through to planning their development and dealing with problem behaviour.

Titles in this pack are: 360 Degree Feedback, Appraisals, Career Transition, Controlling Absenteeism, Discipline, Flexible Workplace, Induction, Interviewer's, Managing Recruitment, Problem Behaviour, Self Managed Development & Talent Management. These titles (and the rest of the 100+ titles in the Management Pocketbooks range) are also available separately.

Item Code Comes with

CI-N-HRPACK One of each of the 12 Management Pocketbook titles listed

The Encouraging the Heart Workshop Facilitator's Guide Set $ 110.00

Getting things done in today's workplace is hard work. The climb to the top is demanding and long.

Employees become exhausted, frustrated, and sometime entirely disenchanted. Often, they are tempted to simply give up.

Leadership requires a connection between leaders and their constituents over matters of the heart, says Kouzes and Posner. We need heart because the struggle to the top can be arduous and long. We need applause and support to get extraordinary things done in organizations. We need to know that we’re connecting to others in order to do our best. We need to feel connected to others and, in turn, they to us, because greatness is never achieved alone.

Encouraging the Heart is about the principles and practices that support our basic human need to be appreciated for who we are and for what we do. It’s about how leaders can apply these principles and practices to their daily work.

It's clear from the research conducted by Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner over the last two decades that successful leaders find ways to combat these negative feelings by encouraging the hearts of their team members. They inspire others with courage and hope.

This Facilitator’s Guide provides the background information, activity design, and facilitation guidelines to conduct the Encouraging the Heart Workshop. The workshop is a half-day interactive program for leaders to use the information from Kouzes and Posner’s Encouragement Index to understand their ability to Encourage the Heart, implement some key practices in their own roles as leaders, and draft action plans for continuing development of this leadership skill. Participant copies of the Workbook and Encouragement Index are available separately.

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Encouraging The Heart DVD $ 605.00

While many people assume that money is a key motivator this DVD clearly shows that personal heartfelt appreciation is the ultimate incentive. Here are examples of managers helping others believe in themselves celebrate their uniqueness and discover their own value. You'll visit a software company an energy supplier a not-for-profit and an aviation company to see the power of encouragement in action.

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Distributed Leadership $ 32.95

"Distributed Leadership" is a new concept in education. It has to do with the ways in which leadership is exercised in everyday practice -- via communications and actions, and via others in the school community like teachers and parents. This new field of inquiry explores the distribution of leadership among various people in the school, and the extent and ways in which leadership is stretched over tools and physical materials in the organization(e.g., memos, scheduling procedures, evaluation protocols, computer programs, etc.). In this book, James Spillane, the leading expert on "Distributed Leadership," will provide an overview of the topic, a summary of research, examples of good practice, and guidelines for the future. This is a volume in "The Jossey-Bass Leadership Library in Education" (Andy Hargreaves, consulting editor).

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Ethical Leadership $ 32.95

School leaders face a unique set of ethical demands. A leader's duty expresses itself not only in the usual day-to-day ethical dilemmas, but in the mundane policies and structures that may have hidden ethical implications. In this book, one of the leading thinkers in this field of inquiry analyzes the ethical landscape for today's school leaders. Robert Starratt examines ethical responsibilities and challenges of leaders, and provides a summary of the research, examples of good practice, and guidelines for the future. This is a volume in the "Jossey-Bass Leadership Library in Education" (Andy Hargreaves, consulting editor).

Contents include: Becoming Moral: The Test of Leadership, Responsibility, Authenticity, Presence, Giving Birth to Virtue & Implications for Leaders of Schools.

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Unlimited: the new learning revolution and the seven keys to unlock it. $ 50.00

For the first time in history, everyone has the opportunity to turn individual personal passion and talent into a successful life and career. And to keep on adding new skills throughout life - with almost unlimited access to the world's best new retraining and relearning methods . . . to make the future itself almost without limits.

By the Year 2000 half the people on earth had never placed a phone call. Now more than half of them own mobile phones. For more than twenty years the Sony Walkman personalized the world of portable music. Now the era of Nokia, Apple iPod and iPhone will soon make almost any information available instantly on a multimedia computer in your pocket.

Welcome to the new world of interactive, global and personalized learning. If these trends, and dozens of similar ones, changed only the world's technology and computer industries, they would be important enough. But they also form the catalysts to reinvent education, schooling and learning - even global cyber-universities.

But most schools are struggling to use the new transforming tools - simply because they are trying to patch twenty-first century technology on to a system designed for a bygone age. Yet in pockets around the globe brilliant teachers are doing it right. They are using new tools to turn "education" on its head: to start with individual passions, talents and interests and unleash each person's almost unlimited ability to flower. Bright young students are reinventing a new society: of unlimited choices, unlimited options, and unlimited personal potential. YOU CAN TOO! Item Code

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Workplace Liability.com DVD $ 544.50

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