Moment to Moment offers teachers the tools they need to help children succeed socially, emotionally, and behaviorally and shows how to build important social skills―from controlling speech and movement to building attention and concentration, to adapting to the social environment. This important book empowers teachers to help children develop stronger character, sense of self, and emotional well-being, giving them the skills they need to deal with the emotional challenges they meet in school.
Joey Mandel is a special education and ESL teacher at the TDSB, as well as a parent coach and education consultant at ISAND (Integrated Services for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders). She is dedicated to helping educators identify those skills deficits with which a child struggles and that impact their behavior, working with teachers to help them better understand the social-emotional needs of their students and create healthier relationships in the classroom. Joey runs a private educational consulting and therapy clinic, go Social kids, which coaches parents towards a better understanding of social-emotional skills and sibling issues.