Seven Steps Family Guides

This collection of more than 70 study strategies teaches children in grades three through six efficient and effective learning techniques. Experienced educators share their tips to better organize school work, understand and use different learning styles, improve reading ability, and prepare for oral presentations and tests. Line drawings, charts, and diagrams enliven and clarify each of the strategies. Accompanying activity sheets round out the learning process.

This guide for parents offers practical strategies to help teach children relaxation techniques, correct ways of thinking to combat worry and anxiety, and empowering behavioral interventions. Parents are encouraged to understand why children worry and to recognize if a child needs help with excessive worry. Explained are how to create a plan to help a child, effective strategies to reduce worry, and how to build a child's self-esteem and confidence so he or she can become more resilient. Additional guidance for medical professionals and for teachers is provided.