Dr Steve Killick is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist who works in the NHS with young people with severe mental health problems. He has worked in both adult and child mental health and education settings and also works as a consultant and trainer for organisations and individuals. He has recently worked with Headlands School in Wales to produce an emotional literacy programme for organisational change and curriculum development.

′This book will educate and enthuse teachers about emotional literacy, while providing them with a host of practical suggestions for working with children to increase awareness, understanding and control of their feelings′ - Professor Neil Frude, Clinical Psychologist, Western Mail

• PART ONE: CREATING THE CLIMATE FOR EMOTIONAL LITERACYEmotional Intelligence and Emotional LiteracyAn Impulse to Act - the Nature of EmotionThe Five Pathways to Emotional IntelligenceCalmer Classrooms, Safer Schools - the Emotionally Literate SchoolAn Emotionally Intelligent Approach to Managing BehaviourPART TWO: COMMUNICATING EMOTIONAL LITERACYIt′s All About CommunicationReflective Listening - Attending to FeelingsEncouraging Co-Operation - Motivation and FeedbackProblem-Solving ConversationsThe Kindling of Curiosity: Thinking SkillsWorking Together: Developing Interpersonal SkillsReflective Practice: Reflection Before ReactionA Frightening Conclusion

Dr Steve Killick is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist who works in the NHS with young people with severe mental health problems. He has worked in both adult and child mental health and education settings and also works as a consultant and trainer for organisations and individuals. He has recently worked with Headlands School in Wales to produce an emotional literacy programme for organisational change and curriculum development.

′This book will educate and enthuse teachers about emotional literacy, while providing them with a host of practical suggestions for working with children to increase awareness, understanding and control of their feelings′ - Professor Neil Frude, Clinical Psychologist, Western Mail

• PART ONE: CREATING THE CLIMATE FOR EMOTIONAL LITERACYEmotional Intelligence and Emotional LiteracyAn Impulse to Act - the Nature of EmotionThe Five Pathways to Emotional IntelligenceCalmer Classrooms, Safer Schools - the Emotionally Literate SchoolAn Emotionally Intelligent Approach to Managing BehaviourPART TWO: COMMUNICATING EMOTIONAL LITERACYIt′s All About CommunicationReflective Listening - Attending to FeelingsEncouraging Co-Operation - Motivation and FeedbackProblem-Solving ConversationsThe Kindling of Curiosity: Thinking SkillsWorking Together: Developing Interpersonal SkillsReflective Practice: Reflection Before ReactionA Frightening Conclusion

Dr Steve Killick is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist who works in the NHS with young people with severe mental health problems. He has worked in both adult and child mental health and education settings and also works as a consultant and trainer for organisations and individuals. He has recently worked with Headlands School in Wales to produce an emotional literacy programme for organisational change and curriculum development.

′This book will educate and enthuse teachers about emotional literacy, while providing them with a host of practical suggestions for working with children to increase awareness, understanding and control of their feelings′ - Professor Neil Frude, Clinical Psychologist, Western Mail

• PART ONE: CREATING THE CLIMATE FOR EMOTIONAL LITERACYEmotional Intelligence and Emotional LiteracyAn Impulse to Act - the Nature of EmotionThe Five Pathways to Emotional IntelligenceCalmer Classrooms, Safer Schools - the Emotionally Literate SchoolAn Emotionally Intelligent Approach to Managing BehaviourPART TWO: COMMUNICATING EMOTIONAL LITERACYIt′s All About CommunicationReflective Listening - Attending to FeelingsEncouraging Co-Operation - Motivation and FeedbackProblem-Solving ConversationsThe Kindling of Curiosity: Thinking SkillsWorking Together: Developing Interpersonal SkillsReflective Practice: Reflection Before ReactionA Frightening Conclusion