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Focus Your Locus: Activities That Focus the Power of Individuals and Groups

Mike Gessford Jusin McGlamery

ISBN: 978-1-885473-89-9
SIZE: 6 x 9
PAGE COUNT: 160
PRICE $24.95
“It is our goal to provide opportunities for you to learn, relearn, or rethink some active and reflective activities that can be relevant for all types of counselors, teachers, and experiential educators. These activities illustrate the power of the focused individual and of the collective mind.“
What can [...]

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Adventure and the Way of Jesus: An Experiential Approach to Spiritual Formation

Greg Robinson, PhD

ISBN: 978-1-885473-81-3
SIZE: 6 x 9
PAGE COUNT: 128
PRICE $19.95
“I found that the fear I had about questioning what I thought was truth was more perceived fear rather than real fear.  I discovered that God was not afraid of my questions.  In fact, He was calling me into those questions.“
What things are best suited to help others [...]

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The Me I See 2nd Edition: Learning Through Writing and Reflection

Wood 'N' Barnes Collective

ISBN: 978-1-885473-74-5
SIZE: 8.5 x 11
PAGE COUNT: 192
PRICE $27.95
“Journaling is a powerful reflection tool that helps individuals solidify and understand their thoughts and work through their personal feelings and reactions to the world around them.  It stimulates creativity and gives the participants a tangible memoir of their experience and growth.  The Me I See aims to [...]

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Springboard: Quick Creative Activities to Launch Learning

Mary Beth Campbell
Carolyn Hill
Micah Jacobson

ISBN: 978-1-885473-78-3
SIZE: 6 x 9
PAGE COUNT: 136
PRICE $24.95
“Creating as many hands-on learning opportunities as possible for students brings a level of energy, excitement, and authenticity to a classroom that cannot be replicated in any other way.”
Teachers constantly face classroom time limits combined with curriculum requirements that must be adhered to and met.  Within these boundaries [...]

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Power of One: Using Adventure and Experiential Activities Within One-On-One Counseling Sessions

D. Maurie Lung, LMHC, LMFT
Gary Stauffer, LMSW
Tony Alvarez, MSW

ISBN: 978-1-885473-80-6
SIZE: 8.5 x 11
PAGE COUNT: 168
PRICE $27.95
“The therapist has the opportunity to connect with the client at the point of performance, in the concrete reality of that moment, rather than relying on abstract descriptions of experiences that occurred prior to the session.”
This powerful new resource for the therapist is loaded with activities and processing [...]

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Leading Together: Foundations of Collaborative Leadership for the Classroom

Laurie Frank
Carol Carlin
Jack Christ, PhD

ISBN: 978-1-885473-79-0
SIZE: 8.5 x 11
PAGE COUNT: 272
PRICE $39.95
“Part of the genius of collaborative leadership lies in its faith in the wisdom and judgment of the group as a whole.  The secret is to create an environment that encourages all to participate, to be mindful of one’s role as a group member, and to remember that [...]

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Tips & Tools: The Art of Experiential Group Facilitation

Jennifer Stanchfield, MS

ISBN: 978-1-885473-71-4
SIZE: 6 x 9
PAGE COUNT: 200
PRICE $27.95
“Facilitation is an art, rather than a science.  By its very nature it is an experiential practice… it takes practice balanced with reflection and more practice… it is an ever dynamic process of give and take, learning and development.”
Group facilitators face the dilemma of how best to assist [...]

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The Processing Pinnacle: An Educator’s Guide to Better Processing

Steven Simpson
Dan Miller
Buzz Bocher

ISBN: 978-1-885473-63-9
SIZE: 6 x 9
PAGE COUNT: 216
PRICE $27.95
“Processing is an intuitive practice, and the processing pinnacle puts logic and structure to something that is not particularly logical.”
Experiential education focuses mainly on the idea that there are two components to experience: action and reflection.  The Processing Pinnacle offers a theoretical approach to more effective processing, the [...]

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Open to Outcome: A Practical Guide for Facilitating & Teaching Experiential Reflection

Micah Jacobson
Mari Ruddy

ISBN: 978-1-885473-59-2
SIZE: 5 x 7
PAGE COUNT: 112
PRICE $14.95
“Participants will discover the learning that is true for them, not predetermined outcomes decided for them by the facilitator.”
Open to Outcome presents a learning cycle model built around five questions designed to take experience in a group setting and connect and apply experiential learning to real life.  The [...]

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Journey Toward the Caring Classroom: Using Adventure to Create Community in the Classroom

Laurie S. Frank

ISBN: 978-1-885473-60-8
SIZE: 8.5 x 11
PAGE COUNT: 314
PRICE $39.95
“Collaborative group members must approach a task as equals, willing to take risks that will cause all to sink or swim together.  This collective stake in an outcome implies a group that thrives on respect, trust, and common goals.”
Children attend school to acquire skills for contribution in society; [...]

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Changing the Message: A Handbook for Experiential Prevention

Jeff Albin

ISBN: 978-1-885473-58-5
SIZE: 8.5 x 11
PAGE COUNT: 144
PRICE $27.95
“The goal of any experiential prevention program should be to assist all students in developing their capacity to make healthy and informed decisions about all aspects of their lives.”
The importance of prevention cannot be underrated when working with youth; however, many prevention programs currently rely on scare tactics [...]

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The Leader Who Is Hardly Known: Self-less Teaching From the Chinese Tradition

Steven Simpson, PhD

ISBN: 978-1-885473-51-6
SIZE: 6 x 9
PAGE COUNT: 202
PRICE $24.95
“A commentary on the many commonalities and the occasional differences between Tao philosophy and experiential education theory and practice.”
Taoist philosophy and text can have deep meaning for experiential educators because of their focus on natural spontaneity and unself-conscious learning and teaching.  The Leader Who is Hardly Known is [...]

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Disarming the Playground: Violence Prevention Through Movement and Pro-Social Skills

Rena Kornblum

ISBN: 978-1-885473-49-4
SIZE: training manual, 6 x 9 /activity book, 8.5 x 11
PAGE COUNT: training manual, 242/activity book, 280 (spiral bound)
PRICE $49.95
“Since violent acts are a series of movements our bodies have learned to use to represent our inability to control emotions like anger; it follows that learning different movements to express or react to anger [...]

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Challenging Experience: An Experiential Approach to the Treatment of Serious Offenders

John Bergman, MA, RDT/MT
Saul Hewish, DipCC

ISBN: 978-1-885473-52-3
SIZE: 9.5 x 8.5
PAGE COUNT: 166
PRICE $27.95
“Drama, art, and movement provide clients who have only limited powers of verbal expression with some new ways to tell their stories as well as fresh strategies to investigate themselves.”
People attend plays for catharsis and vicarious experience, to feel through performance without harming self or others.  The same [...]

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If Anybody Asks Me…: 1001 Questions for Educators, Counselors, & Therapists

Larry Eckert

ISBN: 978-1-885473-24-0
SIZE: 4 x 6
PAGE COUNT: 154
PRICE $14.95
“Adolescents have opinions!  Believe it!  They may not  even be aware of their opinions, but they exist.  Sometimes they are just below the surface, waiting to “erupt,” other times they are unconscious and not fully thought out, conflicting with other ideas.”
1,001 questions about health, family, relationships, growing up, [...]

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Are You More Like…?/What Would It Be Like…?: A Back-to-Back Book of Anytime Questions for Anysize Answers

Chris Cavert, EdD
Susana Acosta Cavert, MA
& friends

ISBN: 978-1-885473-77-6
SIZE: 4 x 6
PAGE COUNT: 140
PRICE $14.95
“Are you more like an experience or a metaphor?  What would it be like to be lost in a foreign country?”
Open-ended questions designed to encourage youth to think beyond daily occurrences and stretch the imagination to the possibilities of life.  Thinking deeply and responding to these questions creates [...]

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Games (& other stuff) for Teachers: Classroom Activities that Promote Pro-Social Learning

Chris Cavert, EdD
Laurie Frank
& friends

ISBN: 978-1-885473-22-6
SIZE: 8.5 x 11
PAGE COUNT: 168
PRICE $27.95
Games (& other stuff) for Teachers is an experiential activity book—a special project put together by teachers for teachers.  The activities in this book focus on developing pro-social skills that will help both children and adults interact in a positive and caring way.  The activities are meant to [...]

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Games for Change: Group Activities with Creative Spiritual Concepts on the Side

Tim Dodds, BS
Lisa Prosser-Dodds, MSEd, LPC, NCC
& friends

ISBN: 978-1-885473-50-9
SIZE: 8.5 x 11
PAGE COUNT: 128
PRICE $27.95
“We believe in celebration of diversity, not merely tolerance.  But sometimes tolerance is where we begin.  Out of education, we learn tolerance; from tolerance, we learn appreciation and acceptance.  When acceptance of diversity is practiced, then celebration of diversity is possible.”
Games for Change contains activities designed to spark [...]

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Games (& other stuff) for Group, Book 2: More Activities to Initiate Group Discussion

Chris Cavert, EdD
& friends

ISBN: 978-1-885473-21-9
SIZE: 8.5 x 11
PAGE COUNT: 116
PRICE $24.95
“Making your group a fun place to be will encourage participation.  Adding some adventure (an undertaking involving the unknown) can create curiosity and motivate participation.”
This book is just what you asked for!  25 more engaging activities that require minimal and affordable props and adapt easily to different situations [...]

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Games (& other stuff) for Group, Book 1: Activities to Initiate Group Discussion

Chris Cavert, EdD
& friends

ISBN: 978-1-885473-39-4
SIZE: 8.5 x 11
PAGE COUNT: 128
PRICE $24.95
“The ultimate goal of an experiential facilitator is to guide participants through their own discovery of new experiences.  From these new experiences, participants can learn how to relate new skills, ideas, and behaviors to future life situations.”
Here are thirty-seven different 10- to 20-minute activities, focusing on topics that [...]

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Metaphors for Living: Stories & Related Experiential Exercises for Individual, Group, & Family Growth

Jackie Gerstein, EdD, LPCC

ISBN: 978-1-885473-37-0
SIZE: 8.5 x 11
PAGE COUNT: 176
PRICE $27.95
“Starting with the fairy tales, songs and experiences of our childhood we find ourselves surrounded by stories all our lives.  These stories weave themselves into the fabric of our lives adding texture and pattern, and if we search for the metaphors hidden within the stories, whole new dimensions [...]

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Affordable Portables: A Working Book of Initiative Activities & Problem Solving Elements

Chris Cavert, EdD

ISBN: 978-1-885473-40-0
SIZE: 8.5 x 11
PAGE COUNT: 182
PRICE $27.95
“Experiential education and challenge programming can be one of the most effective pro-social developmental tools available today. Your ideas along with mine and all my contributing friends will create new ways to look at the world and all its wonder.”
Affordable Portables is an essential tool for counselors, educators, [...]

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