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Reducing Test Anxiety among Third Grade Students through the Implementation of Relaxation Techniques
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Larson, Heidi A.; El Ramahi, Mera K.; Conn, Steven R.; Estes, Lincoln A.; Ghibellini, Amanda B. – Journal of School Counseling, 2010
The purpose of this study was to reduce the negative effects that self-perceived levels of test anxiety have on third-grade students. The participants in this study consisted of 177 third-grade students at two Midwestern public elementary schools. Students at one school were taught relaxation techniques, while students at the second school served…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, High Stakes Tests, Grade 3
Play Therapy in Elementary Schools
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Landreth, Garry L.; Ray, Dee C.; Bratton, Sue C. – Psychology in the Schools, 2009
Because the child's world is a world of action and activity, play therapy provides the psychologist in elementary-school settings with an opportunity to enter the child's world. In the play therapy relationship, toys are like the child's words and play is the child's language. Therefore, children play out their problems, experiences, concerns, and…
Descriptors: Play, School Psychologists, Effect Size, Therapy
Effective Discipline in the Home and School.
Painter, Genevieve; Corsini, Raymond J. – 1990
Based originally on the work of the Austrian psychiatrist, Alfred Adler, work which was further developed by Rudolph Dreikurs, this book Dreikurs, this book offers solutions to specific child discipline problems. Part I focuses on effective discipline in the home. These topics are covered: fundamentals of practical parenting; problems of routine…
Descriptors: Children, Classroom Techniques, Discipline, Discipline Problems
Feelings Are Real: Group Activities for Children. Leader Manual, Primary Workbook, and Intermediate Workbook.
Lane, Kristi – 1991
This set of three books includes a leader manual, primary workbook, and intermediate workbook designed to help children learn about feelings. The leader manual presents a rationale and orientation, discusses the structure and orientation, and provides instructions for the 10 group sessions for primary grades and the 10 group sessions for the…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Children, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
The School Years: Assessing and Promoting Resilience in Vulnerable Children 2.
Daniel, Brigid; Wassell, Sally – 2002
Noting that the protective factors that support positive development despite adversity are becoming better understood, this workbook discusses the importance of encouraging resilience in school-aged children living in challenging circumstances and shows how to evaluate resilience through the use of checklists and background information. The…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Attachment Behavior, Change Strategies, Check Lists
A Model Developmental Guidance and Counseling Program for Texas Public Schools. A Guide for Program Development Pre-K-12th Grade. Third Edition.
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Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1998
This guide describes what constitutes a quality school guidance program, which provides equal opportunities for all students to receive guidance and counseling. It states that this developmental guidance and counseling program can play a vital role in assisting teachers and other staff in the integration of guidance objectives with their other…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Educational Counseling, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students