life skills guides

A resource for teenagers, containing guidance and strategies for coping with and preventing stress in different aspects of life, including schoolwork, family life, and friendships.

Discusses opinion formation, keeping an open mind, evaluating information, and types of prejudice.

Offers advice to young people who are out on their own for the first time on how to handle everyday tasks such as doing laundry, opening a bank account, creating a budget, finding a job, and managing schedules.

"The first practical guide of its kind that helps students transition smoothly from high school to college. The transition from high school--and home--to college can be stressful. Students and parents often arrive on campus unprepared for what college is really like. Academic standards and expectations are different from high school; families aren't present to serve as 'scaffolding' for students; and first-years have to do what they call 'adulting.' Nothing in the college admissions process prepares students for these new realities. As a result, first-year college students report higher stress, more mental health issues, and lower completion rates than in the past. In fact, up to one third of first-year college students will not return for their second year--and colleges are reporting an increase in underprepared first-year students. How to College is here to help. Professors Andrea Malkin Brenner and Lara Schwartz guide first-year students and their families through the transition process, during the summer after high school graduation and throughout the school year, preparing students to succeed and thrive as they transition and adapt to college. The book draws on the authors' experience teaching, writing curriculum, and designing programs for thousands of first-year college students over decades"--.

The author draws on her own experience to offer young people practical, humorous, and personal advice for growing up that includes tips on making friends, being in a relationship, living well, and handling finances.

Presents a collection of two hundred reproducible activity sheets, discussion questions, applied exercises, and suggestions forteaching social skills to students with special needs in grades six through twelve.

"When Alice Tapper noticed that the girls in her class weren't participating as much as the boys, she knew she had to do something about it. With help from her Girl Scout troop and her parents, she came up with a patch that other girls could earn if they took a pledge to be more confident in school . . . this picture book illustrates her determination, bravery, and unwillingness to accept the status quo"--Amazon.

"Presents a guide to navigating young adulthood for girls, providing advice on such topics as body image, fashion, nutrition, cyberbullying, and self-acceptance"--OCLC.

"An entertaining insider's guide to the good, the bad, and the ugly of med school--with everything pre-med and med students need to know, from day one, to maximize opportunities and avoid mistakes. Cardiothoracic anesthesiologist and recent med school grad Dr. Richard Beddingfield serves as an unofficial older brother for pre-med and incoming med students--dishing on all the stuff he would've wanted to know from the beginning in order to make the most of med school's opportunities, while staying sane through the gauntlets of applying to and succeeding at med school, residency, fellowship, and starting work as a new physician. With advice from additional recent Ivy League med school grads and top-tier hospital residents, this all-in-one guide is a must-have for everyone who dreams of becoming a doctor"--.

"Explores the emotion of anger in young women and the best ways to deal with it and the situations that cause it. Includes real-life examples, quotes, facts, tips, and quizzes"--Provided by publisher.