Practical Ideas for Emotional Intelligence

Adele Clark has a degree in neurosciene and completing a masters in education Jacqui Blades has a degree in psychology. Both Adele and Jacqui are Learning Mentors and Learning Mentor regional trainers.

"As a therapist with a varied and demanding caseload, I found it interesting and applicable to many of the pupils I work with. The worksheets are well presented and need little or no preparation. I will definitely dip in for specific resources such as dealing with transitions to high school." — Speech and Language Therapy in Practice"The ideas here are very well worth looking at if you prefer worksheets in any of your roles." — Eleanor Patrick, School Counsellor, Counselling Children & Young People

• This book covers a wide range of emotional literacy topics relevant to todays young people and can be used in any setting by learning mentors and other professionals. Each topic includes group and individual session activities, solutions to problems, take home tasks and tips for the professional. It can be used when designing and implementing individual behaviour plans and helping young people overcome the challenges in life. It is unique in that a professional in any setting can readily adapt the ideas to their requirements. The topics covered are: profiling, changing, behavioural change, self-esteem, bereavement, family change, study skills, stress busting, motivation, self learning, drug awareness, bullying, school refusal and frustration. The book contains ideas and suggestions which can be readily adapted by the professional to best suit their setting It is one of the few resources which cover all spects of emotional intelligence for all ability groups