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SEL, Wellness, & Parenting Books for Adults

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Practical books to support teachers, parents, and caregivers with SEL strategies, trauma-informed practices, and child development insights.
 
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This book is the framework for behavior system changes that so many schools are in need of!
Connections Over Compliance: Rewiring Our Perceptions of Discipline
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Super short read with simple, accessible tools!
15-Minute Focus: Regulation & Co-Regulation Neuroscience
 
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A great book to help shift away from punitive measures and towards teaching, supporting, and meeting needs to support behavior.
Punished by Rewards
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Beyond Discipline: From Compliance to Community
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From Behaving to Belonging: Inclusive Support
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An amazing manual to help schools make the switch from compliance based practices to brain based behavior practices.
Body and Brain Brilliance: Cultivate Awareness
 
Intentional Neuroplasticity: Moving Nervous Systems & Education System Towards Post Traumatic Growth
 
Beyond Behaviors
 
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A guide to understanding and navigating the complex landscape of human emotions and experiences. The book provides a framework and language for identifying feelings, fostering meaningful connections, and building emotional integrity by exploring 87 d...
Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection
 
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A brain-based framework for culturally responsive instruction, integrating neuroscience with cultural knowledge. The book offers practical strategies and a framework for creating authentic engagement and rigor by understanding how culture impacts the...
Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain
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Great book for any and all adults! Helps reframe how you see emotions, triggers, and healing.
No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma with IFS
 
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A practical, interactive guide to overcoming feelings of isolation and building meaningful connections in a world of virtual connections and real world loneliness.
Belong: Find Your People, Create Community
 
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Great book to shift your classroom from the teacher being the giver of information to the facilitator of learning! Great, practical, easy to use tools you can start using right away.
The Shift to Student-Led - UDL and Blended Learning
 
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Another great, short, easy read in the shift away from punitive classrooms towards restorative and neuroscience based systems.
Better Than Carrots or Sticks
 
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Great read for parents and teachers to help support children with positive, relational, restorative, and collaborative discipline. Helps adults learn to meet children where they’re at developmentally and teach for lasting behavioral growth and suppor...
Positive Discipline
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This book explores the biological basis of social interaction and its impact on brain health and well-being. It explains how our brains are wired for connection, the dangers of isolation, and how to build stronger relationships to improve mental and ...
Why Brains Need Friends: The Neuroscience of Social Connection
 
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A Practical Daily Use Handbook for Parents and Teachers. One of the best tools to help meet regulation, behavior, and sensory needs.
Understanding Your Child's Sensory Signals
 
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The absolute BEST resource for restorative practices. This book has pages upon pages of restorative circle scripts. Easy to use for beginners!
Circle Forward: Building a Restorative School
 
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Regulate Your Nervous System, Heal Your Body, Free Your Mind
The Secret Language of the Body
 
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How to Stop Focusing on What Others Think and Start Living for You. A great book for those of us who struggle with fawning and people pleasing.
Are You Mad at Me?
 
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One of my very favorite reads for integrating trauma sensitive practices and SEL into classrooms and schools.
The Emotionally Connected Classroom
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Relatable, captivating read on social psychology and the neuroscience of human behavior.
The Social Animal 12th Edition
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Cultivating Well-Being in Teachers and Students
The Way of Mindful Education
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Such a great book! It uses real-world, ethically complex case studies to help educators develop the skills for civil discourse and collaborative problem-solving needed to navigate the challenges of educating today’s youth.
Democratic Discord in Schools
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