life skills guides

Examines traumatic experiences and includes steps for handling trauma.

Discusses success in high school and includes an annotated resource section listing relevant fiction and nonfiction, films, videos, etc.

Describes some of the mental and physical skills practiced by action heroines, providing instructions for such activities as winning a high-speed chase in high heels, seducing an enemy, escaping a kidnapper, and others, and includes tips on hair and accessories.

Encourages teenagers to talk about what is bothering them with adults and their peers and explains how voicing their worries can help them overcome their problems and find reasonable solutions.

Provides instructions for several activities which may be of interest to girls, such as bandana tying, bird watching, and drawing a face.

Provides information on various topics and instructions for several activities, covering women spies, the Bill of Rights, friendship bracelets, paper airplanes, cartwheels, games, changing a tire, and others.

Presents a guide to glamorous fashion that covers hairstyles, party hosting, and how to exit a limo with grace, create body glitter, borrow clothes from friends, make a jewelry box, and more.

Explains what a friend is, guidelines to follow for making friends, how to keep friends, and why friends are important.

Describes strategies parents and teachers can use to help children develop the "executive skills" needed to be successful at home, school, and with friends, including getting organized, planning and initiating work, staying on task, controlling impulses, regulating emotions, and being adaptable and resilient.