{"product_id":"a-leaders-guide-to-the-struggle-to-be-strong-how-to-foster-resilience-in-teens-updated-edition-isbn-9781631984631","title":"A Leader’s Guide to The Struggle to Be Strong: How to Foster Resilience in Teens (Updated Edition)","description":"\u003cb\u003eActivities, exercises, and questions invite teens to go deeper into the stories and issues of the updated edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Struggle to Be Strong\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Designed for use with the anthology \u003ci\u003eThe Struggle to Be Strong\u003c\/i\u003e, this leader’s guide explains how to use the stories in the student book to build teens’ resiliency. Activities, exercises, role plays, and questions about the issues in \u003ci\u003eThe Struggle to Be Strong\u003c\/i\u003e help students go deeper into the stories, reflect on them, relate them to their lives, recognize their own potential for resilience, and start building resilience skills.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Introductory materials offer guidelines for group leadership and provide leaders with more information about the seven resiliencies: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003einsight\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eindependence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003erelationships\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003einitiative\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecreativity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehumor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003emorality\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e | \u003cb\u003eSybil Wolin, Ph.D.,\u003c\/b\u003e is a developmental psychologist and was codirector of Project Resilience from 1987 to 2000. She lives on the Chesapeake Bay with her husband.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAl Desetta, M.A.,\u003c\/b\u003e was an editor at Youth Communication, a New York–based nonprofit organization that teaches writing, journalism, and leadership skills to inner-city teens, from 1985 until 2002. He is currently a freelance editor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKeith Hefner\u003c\/b\u003e is Executive Director of Youth Communication, a New York-based nonprofit organization that teaches writing, journalism, and leadership skills to inner-city teens. He is also the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship for his work in youth development. | \u003cdiv\u003e“The moving stories in \u003ci\u003eThe Struggle to Be Strong\u003c\/i\u003e and the accompanying \u003ci\u003eLeader’s Guide\u003c\/i\u003e are very important resources for all working to improve the lives of young people. The teens’ own words stress the importance of resilience, building on inner strengths, asking tough questions, being one’s self, connecting with people who matter, taking charge, using imagination and humor, and doing the right thing. We adults should act on their valuable insights.”\u003c\/div\u003e | \u003cdiv\u003e“A unique and empowering guide for anyone concerned with youth development. \u003ci\u003eA Leader’s Guide to The Struggle to Be Strong\u003c\/i\u003e presents a creative and insightful connection of thirty stories written by teens about their own struggles to the seven resiliencies developed by Sybil and Steven Wolin. This is a masterpiece of strengths-based practice! It is refreshing and truly empowering to find a book that uses kids’ struggles and pride to help other kids identify their unique resiliencies. . . . The concrete session plans offer suggestions for group leader preparation and practical suggestions for using the thirty stories in \u003ci\u003eThe Struggle to Be Strong.\u003c\/i\u003e An excellent and one-of-a-kind resource for changing hearts and minds! I will immediately give a personal copy to my teachers and group leaders.”\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Free Spirit Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48004576444645,"sku":"NP9781631984631","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/6c1090ab-3aea-4e45-90bf-aa310105d233.jpg?v=1762196085","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/a-leaders-guide-to-the-struggle-to-be-strong-how-to-foster-resilience-in-teens-updated-edition-isbn-9781631984631","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}