Now more than ever, adults must help children develop the skills necessary to navigate through life successfully. By focusing on building social and emotional strength, we increase children’s resilience and prepare them to handle the challenges in life. The strategies and activities in Socially Strong, Emotionally Secure help children become socially and emotionally healthy for life. Organized into five chapters, the activities support and build resilience in children ages 3 to 8.

Nefertiti Bruce

Nefertiti Bruce, MEd, is an early childhood specialist and trainer for the Devereux Early Childhood Initiative (DECI) and provides professional development and consultation to early childhood programs across the nation....

Karen Cairone

Karen B. Cairone, MEd, is a senior training and technical assistance associate at Education Development Center. Formerly, she was a special projects/trainer for the Devereux Early Childhood Initiative (DECI), where she...

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Socially Strong, Emotionally Secure has won the Teacher's Choice Awards.

“I enjoyed this book because it is a topic I face every day of school. The activities are so wonderful, my students enjoyed and actually ask to do them during the day.”

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“I set up a time every day for the activities to help my students develop their skills. Creating such skills made my heart soar. Thanks to your great resource!”

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“We used the activities to build community in our classroom. The climate of our classroom improved after using these lessons.”

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