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1 online resource (178 pages) |
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text file |
| Contents |
Friendship and Other Weapons: Group Activities to Help Young Girls Aged 5-11 to Cope with Bullying; Introduction; About this book; Who is Friendship and Other Weapons for?; Facilitator qualifications; Creating a positive group environment; Using the curriculum; Session 1 Words Matter! Establishing the Ground Rules for Real Friendship; Session objectives; Materials needed; Before beginning; Welcome to the group; Opening activity: Coming Together as a Group; Group ground rules; Shredders and Builders; Session conclusion; Friendship Journal; Customizing the curriculum; Friendship Journal. |
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Letter to ParentsSession 2 Cast Your Vote! Identifying the Values of Real Friendship; Session objectives; Materials needed; Before beginning; Welcome back; Opening activity: Journal Sharing; Values Voting; Session conclusion; Friendship Journal; Customizing the curriculum; Activity: Friendship Values; Friendship Journal; Letter to Parents; Session 3 Silent Whispers: Two Rules for Stopping Gossip; Session objectives; Materials needed; Before beginning; Welcome back; Opening activity: Whisper Down the Alley; Stopping Rumors and Gossip; Session conclusion; Friendship Journal. |
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Customizing the curriculumFriendship Journal; Letter to Parents; Session 4 The Red Flags of Girl Bullying: When Friendship Is Used as a Weapon; Session objectives; Materials needed; Before beginning; Welcome back; Opening activity: Friendship Charades; Introduction to girl bullying: How NOT to Be a Friend; Bully Bans; Using Bully Bans; Session conclusion; Friendship Journal; Customizing the curriculum; Activity: How NOT to Be a Friend; Handout: Behaviors that AreHurtful to Friendship; Handout: Bully Bans; Activity: Using Bully Bans; Friendship Journal; Letter to Parents. |
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Session 5 Doing Hand STANds Four Rules for STANding up to Girl BullyingSession objectives; Materials needed; Before beginning; Welcome back; Opening activity: Wrong Way; The Four Rules for STANding up to Bullying; Putting it all together: Hand STANds; Storytime: My Secret Bully; Session conclusion; Friendship Journal; Customizing the curriculum; Handout: Hand STA Nd; Friendship Journal; Letter to Parents; Session 6 Who Am I? Exploring Personal Strengths; Session objectives; Materials needed; Before beginning; Welcome back; Opening activity: I Feel Proud; Self-Portraits; Session conclusion. |
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Friendship JourCustomizing the curriculum; Friendship Journal; Letter to Parents; Session 7 I Feel Connected: Finding Common Ground and Celebrating Differences; Session objectives; Materials needed; Before beginning; Welcome back; Opening activity: Linking Arms; Differences: Chain Links; Storytime: The Sandwich Swap; Session conclusion; Friendship Journal; Customizing the curriculum; Friendship Journal; Letter to Parents; Session 8 Don't Just Stand There! Three Occasions for Becoming an Ally; Session objectives; Materials needed; Before beginning; Welcome back; Opening activity: Craft Sticks. |
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Becoming an Ally. |
| Summary |
Long before most school programs begin anti-bullying campaigns, young girls are getting a full education in social aggression. Girls as young as age five are experiencing acts of bullying, disguised as friendship, that shake the carefully laid foundations of their self-image, personal values, and beliefs about peer relationships. Based on thought-provoking discussions, engaging games, strength-discovering exercises, and confidence-boosting fun, the hands-on activities in Friendship and Other Weapons build critical knowledge and friendship survival skills such as: · Recognizing the Red Flags of. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Friendship in children.
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Friendship in children. |
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Bullying -- Prevention.
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Bullying -- Prevention. |
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Group counseling for girls.
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Group counseling for girls. |
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Girls -- Psychology.
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Girls -- Psychology. |
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Electronic books.
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Bullying. |
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Girls. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Whitson, Signe. Friendship and Other Weapons : Group Activities to Help Young Girls Aged 5-11 to Cope with Bullying. London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, ©2011 9781849058759 |
| ISBN |
9780857005403 (electronic book) |
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0857005405 (electronic book) |
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1283291592 |
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9781283291590 |
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9781849058759 (alkaline paper) |
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184905875X (alkaline paper) |
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