Category: Parent-Teacher relationships

Book: The Beginning Teacher’s Survival Guide
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Win-Win Strategies for Success by Dr. Jane Bluestein At the start or your career or at the end of your rope… Get your teaching career off to a winning start—or recharge your passion for your work! The new & revised edition of Dr. Jane Bluestein’s pivotal guide for your teaching career! A great gift for new…

Ways to Help your Child Survive your Divorce
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Beyond damage control… Here are some tips to reduce the stress and anxiety you children may experience during and after your divorce. • Maintain a civil relationship with your spouse* during the divorce and afterwards. Treat each other with tolerance and respect. • Don’t badmouth your spouse to your kids regardless of your feelings for him…

Checklist: Characteristics of Positive Teacher-Student Relationships
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Evaluate your relationships Use this checklist to evaluate patterns in your current relationships with your students. If you have implemented a specific discipline or motivation approach, does it encourage relationships in which the following are true? (Click here for a description of each category.) Proactivity: ___ I focus on prevention–not reaction. ___ I attempt to…

Product: Article Reprints
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Articles by Dr. Jane Bluestein This is a complete listing of the article reprints available on this site. The articles are listed in alphabetical order and cover a wide range of topics, primarily for parents and educators, with some subjects

Audio: TeacherTapes mp3 download
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Being a Successful Teacher Two MP3 files of 90-minute presentation featuring Dr. Jane Bluestein A lively and very funny presentation recorded in front of 1200 teachers in a keynote presentation that addresses the magic ingredients of successful teaching, from instruction and management to relationships with students, parents, administrators, and colleagues. Tons of great ideas for minimizing conflict…

Book: Dr. Bluestein’s Book of Handouts
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The Complete set of Handouts as an eBook in PDF form- fourth edition by Dr. Jane Bluestein More than 180 pages of tips, tricks, ideas, research-based information used by thousands of participants in Dr. Bluestein’s training programs and presentations.

Audio: Working Successfully with Difficult Students
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Practical strategies for working successfully with difficult students A Live Audio Seminar by Dr. Jane Bluestein Sale: A recording of a full-day seminar presented by Dr. Jane Bluestein, who shares brain-friendly techniques for improving learning, achievement, and academic performance, even with students who have a history of failure, frustration, low self-control, bad attitudes, and poor test scores….

Book: Being a Successful Teacher
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The Original Survival Manual for New and Veteran Teachers by Dr. Jane Bluestein We are sold out of all remaining copies of this book, which is no longer in print. Please search online retailers for copies.  The original survival manual for new teachers and veterans.  A classic book that has launched—and saved—thousands of teaching careers,…

Book: The Book of Article Reprints
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A collection of articles for educators, counselors, and parents by Dr. Jane Bluestein This collection is available as a PDF eBook download.  Here, finally, is a collection of more than four decades’ worth of articles by Dr. Jane Bluestein, including several made available through I.S.S. Publications for the first time.