Teaching Empathy: A Blueprint for Caring, Compassion, And Community

by David A. Levine

The Teaching Empathy resource set (book and CD) focuses on teaching the pro-social skill of empathy by naming and practicing it, and by modeling and encouraging it. The four sections of this resource set will help you build a culture of caring in your



1. Teaching With Connect with students, model pro-social skills, and build trusting relationships through storytelling, symbolic teaching and other strategies.



2. Learning Teach students empathy and its companion behaviors of listening, compassion, honor, and generosity through strategies such as Social Skills Learning, cross-training and rituals, and the Fishbowl.



3. Living Buil a school culture of empathy through the 10 intentions of the school of belonging.



4. Courageous Focus on dilemmas, the powers of choice, and other empathic skills in the mini-empathy curriculum that combines 13 lessons with 8 thought-provoking songs including "Howard Gray"

Genres: Parenting, Psychology

218 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

Reviews

[Shauna Tharp · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really appreciated this book on many levels. It is set up clearly and methodically. It looks at teaching empathy and creating positive school culture as a multi-faceted issue, which it clearly is. It was reflective and well researched. It provides information on what this would actually look like, why it is important, but also concrete ways of getting there. Highly recommend - especially for schools just starting or stuck in this process.

[Kortney Peagram · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great book for educators. It helped me better understand how to connect with students to decrease aggression and bullying. Empathy is important for us to better understand and teach our kids.