Children today deal with stress, trauma and violence. Making It Better: Activities for Children Living in a Stressful World offers bold, new information about the latest research into more than 70 practical classroom activities which offer guidance to teachers and caregivers on how to seize opportunities to reach children and help them to survive, thrive, and heal.

Summary from: Redleaf Press, 1996.

As a family life specialist with the Cleveland Public Schools, Barbara Oehlbeg has seen firsthand how domestic violence, child abuse, and stress can affect children's behaviors and learning abilities. Recognizing that children can learn violence primarily within their families, she combined her peace activism with her profession and created a program for the Ohio Governor's Office entitled "Parenting for Peaceful Families". She has facilitated the program in Ohio's schools, churches, and prisons.

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