Ruth Herman Wells, M.S.
About Ruth Herman Wells, M.S.
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Classroom Management Problems Stop Here
If your students have become more and more unmanageable and nothing seems to work to rein them in, then this classroom behavior management workshop has the immediate solutions you need to manage even the most out-of-control, defiant, difficult and disrespectful K12 students. Just one of the huge assortment of "improve-it-now" behavior management workshops we can bring to your school or conference. See more details here: https://www.youthchg.com
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Books by Ruth Herman Wells, M.S.
“All The Best Answers For The Worst Kid Problems: Forgotten Favorite Strategies” (2004)
Here are the ready-to-use solutions you need to turnaround troubled youth and children. These longtime, favorite interventions are so good, that no youth professional should work without them. Start solving your worst "kid problems" with the innovative, one-of-a-kind interventions that are packed into this book. These colorful, more effective solutions give you must-have tools to stop or modify misbehavior, poor judgement, dropping out of school, apathy, oppositional behavior, anger problems, discouragement, family problems, non-compliance, and peer interaction problems. Don't waste your valuable time wading through more unhelpful theory or abstract philosophizing. This book gives you the immediate answers that you need to solve your worst kid problems.
“Learning To Like The Kid In The Mirror (Breakthrough Strategies To Teach And Counsel Troubled Youth Series)” (1997)
The lessons in this book build self-esteem in children and teens. Designed for use by teachers, counselors, youth workers and parents, this book has 20 lessons that utilize powerful, attention-grabbing strategies to help children and teens develop a positive feeling about themselves and their accomplishments. Many lessons include handouts. This book is perfect for the classroom, counseling room or home. Using a light, engaging approach, these lesson can involve even sour, negative, withdrawn, easily bored and oppositional youth and children.
“The Last Chance School Success Guide (Breakthrough Strategies To Teach And Counsel Troubled Youth Series)” (1995)
This book is filled with interventions to turnaround students who are failing in school due to behavior, attitude or motivation problems. Geared to turnaround the drop-out, alternative ed student, special ed student or truant, these interventions are also targeted to assist students who are just beginning to have serious problems succeeding in school. The book has 20 lessons and many of the lessons have surprising handouts, and this book includes the popular "A Student's Guide to the Care and Heeding of Teachers," an unusual gimmick to reverse very negative attitudes towards school and teachers. Lessons include: Even You Can Get Along with Teachers," "The Tassel is Worth the Hassle," and "Ready or Not, Here Life Comes." This book is designed for use by youth professionals and parents to convince even the most negative, sour and discouraged student that they can't make it without a complete education. A special emphasis is offered on interacting properly with teachers and administrators, and students can learn how to stay out of trouble. These lessons are perfect for use in classes, counseling groups, in detention, in homerooms, during block periods, and at home.
“A Child's Guide to Surviving in a Troubled Family (Breakthrough Strategies to Teach and Counsel Troubled Youth)” (1993)
This lesson book offers teachers, counselors, social workers, parents and foster parents interventions to help troubled youth and children cope with serious family problems like abuse, alcoholism, domestic violence, neglect, etc. Lessons include: "Work It Out Instead of Act It Out," "I'm Too Scared to Talk About Abuse," and "Abuse in Never Your Fault." Perfect for individual counseling, group counseling, classrooms and offices, this book is packed with the newest and best strategies that exist to help troubled youth and children survive even difficult problems like divorce, substance abuse, sexual abuse and more. Many of the 20 lessons include engaging handouts that are full of cartoons.
“All-time Favorite Lessons (Breakthrough Strategies To Teach And Counsel Troubled Youth Series)” (1991)
These are the lessons that teachers, counselors and youth workers clamored for: Ruth Well's all-time favorite lesson creations. Covering a broad range of topics, this book is packed with dozens of new techniques to turnaround troubled youth and children. Lesson topics include: gangs, teamwork, riding the school bus, personal space and distance, punctuality and class room behaviors. These are Ruth's most requested interventions, asked for more by participants in her workshop than any others, and developed and honed over many years with children and youth like yours'. The book has 20 lessons, many with cartoon handouts. If your kids have a variety of problem areas, then this book can provide a variety of the newest and best solutions for those many different areas. If you are a counselor, teacher, foster parent, court worker, residential treatment worker, social worker or therapist, this book is a must-have addition to your tools. Packed with unusual, powerful, engaging devices to teach new skills, behaviors and attitudes, these lessons can work when conventional approaches fail. Perfect for the counseling room, therapy office, classroom or home, these lessons use a variety of up-to-the-minute colorful interventions to tackle all kinds of youth problems. Lessons include: "Running for Help Instead of Running Away," "Teaming Up to Build a Winning Team," "Become a Think-o-Matic," "Space Invaders and Your Personal Space Forcefield," "On Time Every Time," and "The Top 10 Ways the Teacher Can't Tell You Need Help."
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