Student Resiliency: The Subtle Art of Wellness is a workbook designed to help college students not only adjust to college life but also to thrive and be more resilient through employing healthy choices and fostering critical wellness habits. The first chapter defines the terms wellness and resiliency, outlining benefits of different resiliency types including intellectual, social, emotional, environmental, academic, spiritual, and physical. Subsequent chapters focus on cognitive resilience and ways in which our thinking can affect our emotions, building emotional resilience, the importance of social support, and the role of decision-making in career wellness and resilience. Students are provided sound guidance in cultivating spiritual resilience, shaping their personal environments, and safeguarding and building their physical wellness. Throughout the book, chapter summaries, reflection questions, and insights support the learning experience and inspire critical thought. Written to help students achieve a happier and healthier way of navigating the stresses and strains of college life and beyond, Student Resiliency is an exemplary resource for student success and first-year orientation courses and programs.

Many students learn content like math and history in school, but not how to learn such content. Consequently, many students use weak learning strategies and struggle academically. SOAR to College Success and Beyond teaches students how to learn any type of content effectively and helps them thrive in school and in the real world. At the book's core is a unique learning method called SOAR that Dr. Kiewra developed, scientifically validated, and has disseminated through his writings and teachings to thousands of students. When students Select, Organize, Associate, and Regulate, they SOAR to success. The text introduces students to SOAR, offers a chapter about each SOAR component, and shows how to apply SOAR across academic subjects and outside academia. In addition, it covers vital SOAR-related topics such as memory, mindset, motivation, and life and time management. The book is written in an engaging and enjoyable way, features memorable stories and powerful examples, and includes chapter objectives, focus questions with answers, and activities that guide the student learning experience. SOAR to College Success and Beyond is ideal for freshman orientation courses, academic success courses, and any student seeks to become an expert learner.

America's Sex Culture: Its Impact on Teacher-Student Relationships analyzes recent trends. It includes teacher arrests and student false allegations, and why this culture has ensnared teachers and students, and why it is one of the causes leading to arrests. This second edition adds new material, including: An analysis if of sex-trafficking and how this has impacted high schools and colleges. Sex addiction and pornography and the effect each has on today's students and teachers. Social media and how it has eased its way into the lives of many. Furthermore, sex and pornography are being debated at the state level. States are trying to determine whether teachers in their off-hours can do whatever they want and still keep their teaching jobs. Anecdotal evidence concerning teacher arrests and why our nation is more sexualized than ever. The impact of America's sex culture and its impact upon the developing brains of students and how they relate to teachers.