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"The light touch of a hairdresser's hands on one's scalp, the euphoric energy of a nightclub, huddling with strangers under a shelter in the rain, a spontaneous snowball fight in the street, a daily interaction with a homeless man--such mundane connections, when we closely inhabit the same space, and touch or are touched by others, were nearly lost to "social distancing." Will we ever again shake hands without a thought? In this deeply rewarding book,...
Author
Publisher
Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Even before 2020, chronic loneliness was a private experience of profound anguish that had become a public health crisis. Since then it has reached new heights. Loneliness assumes many forms, from enduring physical isolation to feeling rejected because of difference, and it can have devastating consequences for our physical and mental health. As the founder of Project UnLonely, Jeremy Nobel unpacks our personal and national experience of loneliness...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This fascinating documentary will give anyone who works with or is interested in children, an insight into children's social lives. Filmed over the summer holidays, the result is a revealing study of the street play of young children (3 to 7 years) living in a cul-de-sac in a North-East town. Through their games, fantasies and interactions we get a revealing and unsentimental view of children's society, showing the importance of the peer group in...
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Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In our fast-paced, tech-obsessed lives, rarely do we pay genuine, close attention to one another. With all that's going on in the world, and the never-ending demands of our daily lives, most of us are too stressed and preoccupied with our own thoughts and worries to be able to really listen to each other for long. Often, we seem to somehow "miss" each other, misunderstand each other, or talk past each other. Our ability to tune in to ourselves and...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This contains source sequences rich in examples of communication, language, social and emotional development that can be used with a variety of aims and observation techniques. Sequences are arranged chronologically fron 15 months to 6. 5 years. This video includes the following scenarios: 15 month old playing with grandma - numerous non-verbal communication, 2 year old twins playing together - differing developmental stages, 2. 5 year old looking...
6) Reject
Publisher
Golden Rule Films
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A scientific and solution-oriented look at the roots of bullying and violent behavior. Using brain imaging (fMRI) and a simple ball-tossing game, researchers demonstrate that the brain looks as though it is in actual physical pain when people are rejected, even when the person doing the rejecting is a total stranger. In contrast, pioneers in education show models of acceptance that influence physical and mental health, self-esteem and even IQ. Experts...
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English
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"Down the road from a working-class British pub, along the brick wall of a narrow alley, if the conditions are exactly right, you'll find the entrance to Slade House: a surreal place where visitors see what they want to see, including some things that should be impossible. Every nine years, the house's residents--an odd brother and sister--extend a unique invitation to someone who's different or lonely: a precocious teenager, a divorced policeman,...
8) Lazybones
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Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Meet Lazybones! He isn't really lazy. In fact, he teaches his owner tricks all the time! He just doesn't like to go out. When he hears Dad call . . . he hides! But one day Lazybones runs out of hiding places, and then he HAS to go on a walk. It's hard to try something new! But could it mean making a new friend too?
9) Falling out
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Friendship plays such an important role for children that an inability to socialize can lead to all sorts of problems. Learning to get on with others starts early and an essential part of this process involves learning to deal with conflicts. Clashes are very frequent for the under 5's and adults often find fighting children hard to cope with, moving in and breaking up conflicts so denying children the essential experience of learning to deal with...
Author
Publisher
Balance
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"In her powerful new book, Christine Porath explores how the rise of technology and modern workplace practices have fractured our communications yet left us always "on" digitally. Through now common practices like hot-desking and remote work (even without the added isolation of social distancing we experienced during the pandemic), our human interactions have decreased, and so too have our happiness levels. This lack of a "human factor" is sparking...
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English
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At a dinner party in the posh London suburb of Greenwich, Miles Garth suddenly leaves the table midway through the meal, locks himself in an upstairs room, and refuses to leave. An eclectic group of neighbors and friends slowly gathers around the house, and Miles' story is told from the points of view of four of them: Anna, a woman in her forties; Mark, a man in his sixties; May, a woman in her eighties; and a ten-year-old named Brooke. The thing...
12) Llevarse bien
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Series
Publisher
Rourke Educational Media
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Español
Description
Todos nos tenemos que llevar bien con los otros. Tenemos que escucharnos y compartir. Con este libro, el joven lector aprenderá acerca de las diferentes maneras de llevarse bien con las personas.
Everyone needs to get along well with others. We need to share, listen, and be kind. Let's explore ways to get along well with others!
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English
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"Twelve-year-old Eli D'Angelo has a genetic disorder that obliterates social inhibitions, making him irrepressibly friendly, indiscriminately trusting, and unconditionally loving toward everyone he meets. It also makes him enormously vulnerable. This remarkable story follows Eli's coming-of-age while his mother, Gayle, must decide whether to shield Eli entirely from the wold or give him the freedom to find his own way. In a vivid and sympathetic telling...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"As David Brooks observes, 'There is one skill that lies at the heart of any healthy person, family, school, community organization, or society: the ability to see someone else deeply and make them feel seen—to accurately know another person, to let them feel valued, heard, and understood.' And yet we humans don’t do this well. All around us are people who feel invisible, unseen, misunderstood. In How to Know a Person, Brooks sets out to help...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition 2023.
Language
English
Description
"From excited to scared from worried to confident-emotions can shift in a moment! Acclaimed picture book creator Mike Wohnoutka's simple words and tender illustrations demonstrate the highs and lows of a single day at school and open the door for readers to talk about their own contradictory, unpredictable ever-present emotions."--Front cover jacket.
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