Better Than Ok Helping Young People to Flourish at School and Beyond

This is a book of up-to-date strategies for helping children—from their earliest years into adulthood—and is all about helping kids do more than just survive; these are strategies to help kids flourish. These solution-focused and easy-to-read essays are by 27 of the world’s top experts in positive education. Learn to help children develop a lifelong love of learning with this practical and positive guide. Contributors include Michael Carr-Gregg, Maggie Dent, Andrew Fuller, and Tim Sharp.

Dr. Helen Street is an author, academic, and social psychologist whose work with Australian schools is internationally acclaimed. She is an honorary research fellow with the School of Graduate Education at the University of Western Australian, an adjunct research consultant for the health department of Western Australia, and cochair for the Positive Schools conferences. She is perhaps best known for her work as the psychologist for Network Ten’s The Circle. Neil Porter is the founding member and cochair of the National Australian Positive Schools Initiative; a cofounder of the Positive Times, an online magazine for educators; and the director of Wise Solutions mental health assessment services for schools.

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