For school psychologists, counselors, social workers, and teachers, this volume presents a wide range of coping skills interventions for helping children learn how to handle everyday stress and better deal with academic, interpersonal, and physical demands both in and out of the classroom. In addition, it includes specific techniques for promoting change and evaluating results.

Provides school psychologists, counselors, social workers, and teachers with a wide range of coping skills interventions designed to help them teach children how to handle stress and deal more competently with academic, interpersonal, and physical demands both in and out of the classroom. Details the specific techniques that can be used to promote and evaluate student change. Shows how instruction in relaxation training, social problem-solving training, social skills training, and assertiveness training can promote the growth of interpersonal and emotional competence.