Resiliency has been defined as the ability to: Manage life's challenges, stresses, changes, and pressures effectively; cope and adapt successfully to adversity; and bounce back to a balanced state after facing a major disruption in life or career.

People have an innate ability to demonstrate resiliency when they have resiliency skills built into their lives. Resilient people are able to adapt successfully under adverse circumstances such as: poverty, mental illness, disasters, terrorism, physical or psychological trauma, divorce, job loss, prison, loss of a loved one, parent's divorce, prolonged stress, physical or sexual abuse, or a lack of safety. Resiliency, or a positive behavioral adaptation, is critical when people encounter any type of trauma.

The Building Resiliency Workbook contains five separate sections to help participants learn more about themselves and how to build resiliency which will enable them to thrive in times of adversity, change and stress. They will le

This workbook for therapists, counselors, psychologists, teachers and group leaders uses two powerful psychological tools designed to enhance communication skills: self-assessment and journaling. Participants will learn more about themselves as well as the impact of effective and ineffective communication patterns. Each section of the book uses self-assessments, activities, journaling and education handouts to explore: active listening, nonverbal communication, communication skills, awareness and empathy skills, and negotiation skills. All of the reproducible handouts help individuals discover their habitual, ineffective methods of communicating with others and explore new ways for enhancing interpersonal communications.l

One of the most difficult life skills teenagers need to learn is how to control anger. They will experience a wide variety of emotions and the more equipped they are to handle these emotions, the more successful they will be in school, friendships and family. Anger can be powerful and managing it can be challenging. The Teen Anger Workbook is designed to help teens engage in self-reflection, examine their thoughts and feelings that lead to feelings of anger, and learn effective tools and techniques for effectively managing feelings of anger. This book is unique in that it combines two powerful psychological tools for anger management: self-assessment and journaling.

The Teen Anger Workbook contains five separate sections that will help the participants learn more about themselves as well as how anger impacts their lives.

The five areas of study include: Anger triggers; Anger intensity; Anger expression; Anger consequences; and Anger management.

Life skills are actually more important than a person's intelligence quotient (IQ). They are those invaluable skills people use every day that, if used effectively, allow them to create the life they desire and to access their inner resources needed to succeed.

A person's life skills IQ is comprised of many types of intelligence including physical, mental, career, emotional, social and spiritual intelligence. Practical Life Skills will help participants learn more about themselves and the competencies they possess in many life skills areas including:.

¢¢Problem-solving

¢¢Money management

¢¢Time management

¢¢Self-awareness

¢¢Personal change