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Suggested SEL Bibliography

   
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Academic Connections  
Strachota, Bob. On Their Side: Helping Children Take Charge of Their Learning. Greenfield, MA: Northeast Foundation for Children, 1996. On Their Side: Helping Children Take Charge of Their Learning
Meier, Deborah. The Power of Their Ideas: Lessons for America from a Small School in Harlem. Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 1995. The Power of Their Ideas: Lessons from America from a Small School in Harlem
   
Class Meetings/Facilitation  
Developmental Studies Center. unknownWays We Want Our Class to Be: Class Meetings That Build Commitment to Kindness and Learning. Oakland, CA: Developmental Studies Center, 1996.  
   
Classroom Climate/Community  
Charney, R.S. Habits of Goodness: Case Studies in the Social Curriculum. Greenfield, MA: Northeast Foundation for Children, 1997. Habits of Goodness: Case Studies in the Social Curriculum
Dalton, Joan and Watson, Marilyn. Among Friends: Classrooms Where Caring and Learning Prevail. Oakland, CA; Developmental Studies Center, 1997. Among Friends: Classrooms Where Caring and Learning Prevail
Denton, Paula and Kriete, Roxanne. The First Six Weeks of School (Strategies for Teachers Series). Greenfield, MA: The Northeast Foundation for Children, 2000. The First Six Weeks of School (Strategies for Teachers Series)
DeVries, Rheta and Zan, Betty. Moral Classrooms, Moral Children: Creating a Constructivist Atmosphere in Early Education. New York: Teachers College Press, 1994.  
Kohn, Alfie. Beyond Discipline: From Compliance to Community. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1996. Beyond Discipline: From Compliance to Community
Letts, Nancy. Creating a Caring Classroom: Hundreds of Practical Ways to Make It Happen. New York: Scholastic, 1999. Creating a Caring Classroom: Hundreds of Practical Ways to Make It Happen
Watson, Marilyn, in collaboration with Ecken, Laura. Learning to Trust: Transforming Difficult Elementary Classrooms Through Developmental Discipline. Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated, 2003.  
   
Classroom Management  
Albert, Linda. Cooperative Discipline: How to Manage Your Classroom and Promote Self-Esteem. Circle Pines, MN: American Guidance Service, 1989.  
Brady, Kathryn; Forton, Mary Beth; Porter, Deborah; and Wood, Chip. Rules in School (Strategies for Teachers Series, 4). Greenfield, MA: Northeast Foundation for Children, 2003. Rules in School (Strategies for Teachers Series, 4) 
Charney, Ruth. Teaching Children to Care: Classroom Management for Ethical and Academic Growth, K-8. Greenfield, MA: Northeast Foundation for Children, 2002. Teaching Children to Care: Classroom Management for Ethical and Academic Growth, K-8
Lew, Amy and Better, Betty Lou. Responsibility in the Classroom: A Teacher's Guide to Understanding and Motivating Students . Newton Centre, MA: Connexions Press, 1998.unknown  
Nelson, Jane; Lott, Lynn; and Glenn, H. Stephen. Positive Discipline in the Classroom: Developing Mutual Respect, Cooperation, and Responsibility in Your Classroom. Roseville, CA: Prima Publishers, 2000. Positive Discipline in the Classroom: Developing Mutual Respect, Cooperation, and Responsibility in Your Classroom
   
Culture  

Delpit, Lisa. Other People's Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom. New York, NY: New Press, 1995.
Other People's Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom
Lewis, Catherine. unknownEducating Hearts and Minds: Rethinking the Roots of Japanese Educational Achievement. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1996.  
   
Family Involvement   
Elias, M.J., Tobias, S.E., & Friedlander, B.S. Emotionally Intelligent Parenting: How to Raise a Self-Disciplined, Responsible, Socially Skilled Child . New York: Harmony Books, 1999. Emotionally Intelligent Parenting: How to Raise a Self-Disciplined, Responsible, Socially Skilled Child
   
Problem Solving  
Shure, Myrna B. with Digeronimo, Theresa Foy. Raising a Thinking Child: Help Your Young Child to Resolve Everyday Conflicts and Get along with Others. New York, NY: Henry Holt and Company, 1994. Raising a Thinking Child: Help Your Young Child to Resolve Everyday Conflicts and Get along with Others
Shure, Myrna B. with Roberta Israeloff. Raising a Thinking Preteen: The "I Can Problem Solve" Program for Eight-to Twelve-Year-Olds. New York, NY: Henry Holt and Company, 2000. Raising a Thinking Preteen: The
   
Reflection/Inner Life  
Kessler, R. Soul of Education: Helping Students Find Connection, Compassion and Character at School. Alexandria, VA: ASCD Press, 2000.  
Palmer, Parker J. The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1998. The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life
Wood, C. Time to Teach, Time to Learn: Changing the Pace of School. Greenfield, MA: Northeast Foundation for Children, 1999. Time to Teach, Time to Learn: Changing the Pace of School
   
School Community/School Climate  
Barth, Roland. Learning By Heart. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2001. Learning By Heart
Bryk, Anthony and Schneider, Barbara. Trust in Schools: A Core Resource for Improvement, Russell Sage Foundation, 2002.  
Noddings, Nel. Challenge to Care in Schools: An Alternative Approach to Education. New York, NY: Teachers College Press, 1992.  
Sergiovanni, Thomas. Building Community in Schools. Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated, 1999.  
   
School Counselors/Psychologists/Social Workers
Pianta, R.C. Enhancing Relationships between Children and Teachers. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 1999.  
   
Social Consciousness/Social Justice  
Berman, S. Children's Social Consciousness and the Development of Social Responsibility. Suny Series: Democracy and Education, April 1997.  
Lantieri, L. and J. Patti. Waging Peace in Our Schools. Boston: Beacon Press, 1996. Waging Peace in Our Schools
   
Social and Emotional Learning  
Cohen, J. (Ed.) Caring Classrooms/Intelligent Schools: The Social Emotional Education of Young Children, (Social and Emotional Learning, 2). New York, NY: Teacher's College Press, 2001.  
Elias, M.J., Zins, J.E., Weissberg, R.P., Frey, K.S.,Greenberg, M.T., Haynes, N.M., Kessler, R., Schwab-Stone, M.E., & Shriver, T.P. Promoting Social and Emotional Learning: Guidelines for Educators. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1997. Promoting Social and Emotional Learning: Guidelines for Educators
Goleman, Daniel. Emotional Intelligence. New York, NY: Bantam, 1995. Emotional Intelligence