Emotional Literacy: To Be a Different Kind of Smart [Paperback]

The author offers jargon-free language, sidebar notes, and handy chapter summaries to help teachers foster the development of emotional literacy.

The author offers jargon-free language, sidebar notes, and handy chapter summaries to help teachers foster the development of emotional literacy.

Timely and useful. Provides clear and practical strategies to help young people and adults achieve successful and satisfying lives by understanding and managing emotions.  

Emotional Literacy offers a concise and practical application of the social skills needed to be a productive, fulfilled member of society. This must-read is for everyone concerned about the development of the whole child.  

Introduction
Emotional Literacy
Foundations and Background
Defining Emotional Intelligence and Emotional Literacy
Understanding the Triune Brain
Managing Emotions
Self-Awareness and Anchoring
Communicating through Reframing and Positive Intentionality
Reflective Listening and Overcoming Reactive Responses
Nonverbal Clues
The Dance of Silent Communication
Maintaining Important Relationships
Assertion and Apology
Learning from Experience
Self-Coaching
The Power of Vision
Identifying Outcomes
Attribution Theory
Foundations of Self-Esteem
Effects of Emotional Literacy
Some Final Thoughts