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Ask Nicky...A Young Person's Workbook for Building Dreams Parent/Teacher Guide
Ask NickyA Young Person's Workbook for Building Dreams Parent/Teacher Guide Author:Nicole Taylor, Frances Caldwell Educators around the country hail Ask Nicky. . . A Young Person's Workbook for Building Dreams as a story that speaks the language of at-risk teens. Nicole Taylor, an ex-Bloods gang member, has a riveting story to tell. Her true stories of gang life, as well as stories about violence and drug abuse in the family and problems fittin... more »g in at school, are wrapped in life skills instruction that touches on all the primary prevention areas: gangs, violence, substance abuse, truancy, and sexuality. Young people are immediately interested in Nicole's story and led to activities that teach them decision making, maintaining self-esteem, refusal skills, goal setting, conflict resolution, handling stress and peer pressure, problem solving and other life skills. Photographs of Nicole's friends and family accompany the story. Frances Caldwell, co-author, has worked with and written for at-risk populations for over 20 years. She provides background material, teaching tips, and 100s of activities for individuals and groups including 26 reproducible worksheets. A parent, mentor, teacher or counselor working with either a single young person or with a group of teens will find the book brimming with information on how to work with at-risk youth. The Youth Edition, without the teaching material, is also available. Steve Nawojczyk, well-known lecturer and consultant on gangs and violence and subject of the award winning HBO documentary Gang War: Bangin' in Little Rock, has worked with gang-affected communities in over 30 states. Endorsing Ask Nicky, he says, "Ask Nicky is just what many kids need. Nicky's straightforward, first-person story adds a great deal of credibility to this important and much needed approach to violence prevention. Young people are moved by stories of other young people who have turned their lives around and become part of the solution." The book targets youth particularly at the middle school level, but older teens will also find the stories appealing. An email component invites young people and parents/teachers to communicate with the authors.« less