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Best Year Ever! Family Toolkit

Looking to THRIVE this school year and not just SURVIVE?

3 Steps to Thriving at School & Home

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Grow Together

Tools in the Toolkit You Can Immediately Use

Finding your family's hopes for this year

5 Encouraging conversations to get started

Getting everyone on the same page

Setting the stage for success at home

Capturing the 3 most important times of day

Taking the hassle out of homework

Ideas for academic struggles at school

Responding to behavior issues at school

Dealing with friends, enemies, & "frienemies"

Bonus tools included

75 meaningful conversation starters: Moving past "fine", "nothing", and "ok"

50 Encouraging notes to put in their lunchbox or text message through the day

3 Must have plans to have in place for when things go wrong using a computer, phone, or tablet

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About the guide

Jason Gibson has worked with schools, early learning centers and treatment facilities across the US and around the globe as a learning and behavioral consultant supporting children and adolescents with social, emotional & behavioral issues.

His focus is on evidence-based instructional procedures that increase behavior outcomes for all learners in general education settings along with Tier 1 and Tier 2 interventions supporting mental health outcomes for children and adolescents with internalizing and externalizing disorders.

With degrees in psychology, social work, and education, Jason’s peer-reviewed research has been published in journals such as “Topics in Early Childhood Special Education”, “Closing the Gap”, and “Education and Treatment of Children with Developmental Disabilities”.

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National Performance for Education is a non-profit organization leading the way for educators, administrators, and school districts to narrow the gap between research and practice.

Comprised of national leading educators, researchers, and innovators, the team at NPE engages and encourages teachers, counselors, and leaders at all levels to implement strategies and processes that work to bring about meaningful and sustainable change.

Leading districts forward at the student, family, building, and district levels, NPE supports local, regional, and national initiatives to advance outcomes for all learners.

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