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Win Books That Promote Acceptance and Inclusivity!
In honor of Pride Month we are giving away eight books that promote acceptance and inclusivity. One lucky reader will win: Jamie Is Jamie: A Book About Being Yourself and Playing Your Way Jamie and Bubbie: A Book About People’s Pronouns … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, book giveaway, FSP giveaway, giveaway, inclusion
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Helping Students Resist Peer Pressure
By Barbara Gruener Part of our Counselor’s Corner series. Click to read other posts in the Counselor’s Corner. Belonging. Such a seemingly simple, three-syllable word, but it’s pretty powerful in life’s big picture and right there in the middle of Maslow’s hierarchy … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, belonging, hierarchy of needs, peer pressure
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Every Family Is Different, Every Kid Belongs
Kids come to school to learn, but they bring their families and home cultures along for the ride. Those families come in endless varieties—multigenerational, single-parent, group homes, co-parents, adoptive parents, blended families, foster families, stepparents, and GLBTQ parents. Because of … Continue reading