Book List for High School Students: Mindfulness, Self-Regulation, EQ, and Emotional Awareness
The list below provides a set of resources that can help high school students to learn self-regulation, mindfulness, EQ, and emotional awareness.
Some of these may be helpful to give to individual students to meet SEL needs (Anxiety Relief for Teens), other may be helpful for teachers to read and to use in the classroom (Brainstorm and Stuff That Sucks). It may be that teachers want to use some of these books with students as a kind of mindfulness or SEL curriculum (Mindfulness for Teens in 10 Minutes a Day).
SEL Book List for High School Students
Title: Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain
Author: Daniel Siegel
Find it here: Purchase on Amazon
Description: Mindfulness and cognitive-based tools for teens along with descriptions of unique features in the teenage brain; meant to be used with and for teens from a neuroscientist and author of the lauded book Mindsight
Title: Stuff That Sucks: A Teen's Guide to Accepting What You Can't Change and Committing to What You Can
Author: Ben Sedley
Find it here: Purchase on Amazon
Description: Emotional awareness of difficult feelings; includes interesting illustrations and a very readable format
Title: Mindfulness for Teens in 10 minutes a Day
Author: Jennie Marie Battistin
Find it here: Purchase on Amazon
Description: Short breath and body-based mindfulness practices categorized by purpose: calming, refocusing, reconnecting, and responding
Title: Just As You Are: A Teen’s Guide to Self-Acceptance and Lasting Self-Esteem
Author: Michelle Skeen
Find it here: Purchase on Amazon
Description: Emotional intelligence, emotional awareness, and mindfulness tools from a mother and (teen) daughter. Includes personal stories from teens.
Title: Anxiety Relief for Teens: Essential CBT Skills and Mindfulness Practices to Overcome
Author: Regine Galanti
Find it here: Purchase on Amazon
Description: Cognitive behavioral therapy/mindfulness tools, along with practices, assessments, and checklist that readers can use.
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