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Testimonials

“Helps my students learn better social interactions, and how to handle them - also aids in reading comprehension and writing skills.”

Candice Winslow Villa Grove High School, IL

“It is well written - addresses very well what is going on in middle school students' lives. The students love reading and make comments about that it reflects real life. :)”

Joyce Hamlin Forsan Jr/Sr High School, TX

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• Social Self-Spying Survey
• Table of Contents

Social interactions are often the most stressful aspect of adolescent life. In Jarvis Clutch—Social Spy, Dr. Mel Levine teams up with fictitious eighth-grader Jarvis Clutch to offer insight and advice on the middle school social scene. Jarvis’s spy notes provide a bird’s eye view of the often traumatic social experiences that middle school students are bound to encounter. His wry perspective is alternated with commentary and wisdom from Dr. Levine, who provides an analysis of social situations from an expert’s perspective and shares the terminology that students need to understand what it is that makes social interactions so difficult.

The cornerstone of the book is the concept of social cognition, or your skills and ability in interacting with others. Through this lens of this concept, students examine the social challenges they face daily at school and at home. At the end of each chapter, discussion questions and “Jarvis Activities,” offer an opportunity to continue conversations on social interaction, and a glossary at the end of the books serves as a helpful reference to “tech talk” presented by Dr. Levine. Throughout, the text is peppered with diagrams and hip, modern illustrations to appeal to visual learners. The book concludes with a self-assessment questionnaire that gives students an outlet to evaluate their own social strengths and weaknesses and think about ways to refine their social skills. Guidelines for Use are available.

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#	Item	Grade Range	1-5	6+	Quantity	Sub-total
2620-WX	Jarvis Clutch—Social Spy 1–5 pricing: 24.00 6+ pricing: 16.80 Social interactions are often the most stressful aspect of adolescent life. In Jarvis Clutch—Social Spy, Dr. Mel Levine teams up with fictitious eighth-grader Jarvis Clutch to offer insight and advice on the middle school social scene. Jarvis’s spy notes provide a bird’s eye view of the often traumatic social experiences that middle school students are bound to encounter. His wry perspective is alternated with commentary and wisdom from Dr. Levine, who provides an analysis of social situations from an expert’s perspective and shares the terminology that students need to understand what it is that makes social interactions so difficult. The cornerstone of the book is the concept of social cognition, or your skills and ability in interacting with others. Through this lens of this concept, students examine the social challenges they face daily at school and at home. At the end of each chapter, discussion questions and “Jarvis Activities,” offer an opportunity to continue conversations on social interaction, and a glossary at the end of the books serves as a helpful reference to “tech talk” presented by Dr. Levine. Throughout, the text is peppered with diagrams and hip, modern illustrations to appeal to visual learners. The book concludes with a self-assessment questionnaire that gives students an outlet to evaluate their own social strengths and weaknesses and think about ways to refine their social skills. Guidelines for Use are available. Skills Addressed • Social cognition • Popularity • Social groups • Peer pressure • Conformity • Relationships with the opposite sex • Bullies • Social experiments • Social goals • Clothing and appearance • Social marketing • Athletics • Being “cool” • Music • Self-image • Being true to yourself • Self-monitoring • Expressing feelings • Conversational skill • Boasting • Listening • Code switching • Complimenting • Requesting • Humor • Shyness • Social language • Aggression • Conflict repair • Collaboration • Competitive behavior	5–8	24.00	16.80
2621-WX	Guidelines for Use 1–5 pricing: 6.95 6+ pricing: — This comprehensive manual is designed to help parents and teachers best understand how to use Jarvis Clutch—Social Spy at home and in the classroom. A rationale and objectives are given, and each chapter’s key elements are elaborated and discussed. The student Social Self-Spying Survey is included for duplication. Features • Objectives and application • Chapter-by-chapter discussion of themes • Resource list • Reproducible self-assessment survey	5–8	6.95	—