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Search our collection of print books, eBooks, CDs and DVDs, games, and teaching tools on health topics.
Search our collection of print books, eBooks, CDs and DVDs, games, and teaching tools on health topics.
A positive story of a family facing HIV, told in a rural First Nations settings. After the children learn their favourite cousin has HIV, they discover that illness brings understanding and awareness. The story provides insights into ways of learning, the influence of elders in the community, and c…
This resource provides an overview of how to protect your baby from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).
This latest edition in the Superflex series is a compilation work that introduces 82 new Unthinkables and 14 new Thinkables submitted by Social Town citizens of all ages. Unthinkables and Thinkables are grouped by theme/category for easy reference by student or adult, and each entry includes the ch…
This book for children explains that safety is about feeling secure, feeling protected and being responsive - no matter the environment or situation. The story addresses healthy boundaries, peer pressure, bullying, and Internet safety. The story also discusses when to get a caring adult's help. For…
This book will help children become smart digital citizens who know how to recognize reliable sources and safe websites. Learn to navigate the Internet, think carefully about the content they view and share, follow rules for healthy interactions, and reflect when you make mistakes. For ages 5-9.
Readers learn the importance of good internet habits in order to stay safe online. Activities throughout the book prompt students to think more deeply, be creative, share information and resources, and grow their knowledge.; For ages 5-9.
This graphic novel explains how to be safe around dogs. Dog bites are a real problem in some rural communities. Knowing what to do, but maybe more importantly what not to do, could help avoid a painful bite. It?s up to all of us to respect our relationship with dogs.
This document lists out the calls to action made by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada to redress the legacy of residential schools and advance the process of Canadian reconciliation.; Recommendations 18-24 address health and health-care.
Collective Care provides an ethnographic account of urban Indigenous life and caregiving practices in the face of Saskatchewan's HIV epidemic. Based on a five-year study conducted in partnership with AIDS Saskatoon, the book focuses on the contrast between Indigenous values of collective kin-care a…
Use these picture-supported story lessons to teach your students important social skills related to community. The instructional lessons teach what to say or do in social situations that are sometimes overwhelming to the student with autism and PDD. The behavioral lessons target specific social pro…
| Copy 1 BC Children's and Women's Family Library | On Loan, due Friday, April 26, 2024 |
This practical guide offers an introduction to the basic principles, tools and techniques that comprise the Integrated Play Groups model, designed to support children of diverse ages and abilities on the autism spectrum (novice players) in mutually enjoyed play experiences with typical peers and si…
| Copy 1 BC Children's and Women's Family Library | On Loan, due Tuesday, June 4, 2024 |
The focus of this book is on children taking personal responsibility for what they say, as well as thinking before speaking. Communication skills that promote friendship and other key social skills are encouraged. Bright, colorful illustrations convey the messages well via body language and facial …
| Copy 1 BC Children's and Women's Family Library | On Loan, due Tuesday, May 14, 2024 |
This board book includes tips for parents and caregivers on helping their children face the important milestone of using the potty. Tips from a pediatrician offer parents and caregivers additional support.
| Copy 1 BC Children's and Women's Family Library | On Loan, due Thursday, May 16, 2024 |
In this inspiring book, Harvard-trained child and adult psychiatrist and expert in human motivation Dr. Shimi Kang provides a guide to the art and science of inspiring children to develop their own internal drive and a lifelong love of learning. Drawing on the latest neuroscience and behavioral res…
| BC Children's and Women's Family Library | On Loan, due Thursday, June 6, 2024 |
Social Skill Strategies is a two-book, social-emotional curriculum for use with preadolescent and adolescent students. Teach 57 social communication skills using the reproducible student pages, structured activities, home assignments, and role-playing scenarios.; Book A (353 pages) teaches introduc…
| Copy 1 BC Children's and Women's Family Library | On Loan, due Monday, April 1, 2024 |
Superflex Takes On One-Sided Sid, Un-Wonderer and the Team of Unthinkables introduces readers to the Unthinkable One-Sided Sid, who uses his powers to make people talk only about their interests or themselves, and his sister sidekick Un-Wonderer, who uses her powers to keep people from thinking abo…
| BC Children's and Women's Family Library | On Loan, due Thursday, June 6, 2024 |
Superflex Takes On Glassman and the Team of Unthinkables introduces readers to a very persistent and sneaky Unthinkable named Glassman who causes people to have large reactions to small problems (or, shatter like a pane of glass). In the story, Aiden's classmates are regularly visited by Glassman a…
| Copy 2 BC Children's and Women's Family Library | On Loan, due Thursday, June 6, 2024 |
Superflex and Focus Tron to the Rescue! introduces readers to the Thinkable Focus Tron. Wherever they are?at school, or home, in the community?Focus Tron helps Social Town citizens remember to use their focusing powers to stay connected to what they?re doing or what others are talking about. In the…
| BC Children's and Women's Family Library | On Loan, due Thursday, June 6, 2024 |
The social world is a big, complicated place that requires us to constantly figure out hidden rules in situations to help us make sense of how we are all interpreting and responding to each other?s actions and reactions. This book teaches students how to recognize and develop social skills. Every o…
| BC Children's and Women's Family Library | On Loan, due Thursday, June 6, 2024 |
Join us on the adventures of our four charming characters, Evan, Ellie, Jessie and Molly as they earn about thinking thoughts and feeling feelings.
| BC Children's and Women's Family Library | On Loan, due Thursday, June 6, 2024 |
