The Seven
Essential
Virtues

Empathy
Conscience
Self-Control
Respect
Kindness
Tolerance
Fairness


Educator Award for Self-Esteem

Publication Resume
Parents Do Make A Difference: How to Raise Kids with Solid Character, Strong Minds and Caring Hearts, Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1999. Selected by Child Magazine as the one of the "outstanding parenting books of the year."

Raising Kids with Caring Hearts: Eight Teachable Virtues, Jossey Bass Publishers, In-press.

Self-Esteem: A Classroom Affair, Volume. 1; 101 Ways to Help Children Like Themselves, Harper and Row, 1982.

Self-Esteem: A Classroom Affair: Volume 2: More Ways to Help Children Like Themselves, Harper and Row, 1985.

Imagineering the Reading Process. Simon and Schuster, 1978.

Bookends. Simon and Schuster, 1978.

The Good Apple Guide to Learning Centers. Simon and Schuster, 1978.

The Complete Letter Book. Simon and Schuster, 1980.

What Works: Practical Ways to Improve Your Students’ Achievement, Behavior, Motivation, and Responsibility. Bureau of Education & Research, 1996.

Using Cooperative Learning to Build Self-Esteem and Student Achievement. Bureau of Education and Research, 1986.

Improving Student Achievement and Behavior. Bureau of Education and Research, 1988.

Character Builders: Building Responsibility, In-press, Jalmar Press, 1999.

Character Builders: Building Peaceability, In-press, Jalmar Press, 1999

Character Builders: Building Respect, In-press, Jalmar Press, 1999.

Audio and Video Recordings
Working with Underachievers: The Five Building Blocks of Self-Esteem. Videocassette: Attainment Company, Inc., 1998. Thirty-five minute instructional video describing the five building block model and simple techniques to improve children’s chances for success.

The Five Building Blocks of Self-Esteem. Audiocassette Set. Jalmar Press, 1993. Six thirty-minute tapes lead the trainer, staff and parents to understand the building blocks of self-esteem.

Self-Esteem: The Key to Your Child’s Success. Audiocassette: Jalmar Press, 1977. Ideas for parents to develop their children’s self-esteem and personal and social responsibility.

You Are the Door-Opener to a Child’s Self-Esteem. Jalmar Press, 1993. An inspirational live keynote address on the five building blocks and how they unlock the door to a child’s potential.

Strengthening At-Risk Students’ Achievement and Behavior. Live seminar taping. six audiocassettes of practical strategies for breaking the cycle of discouragement, low esteem and failure of "at risk" students; Bureau of Education and Research, 1994.

Building Self-Esteem. Videocassette. Sunburst Publications, 1993. A thirty-minute videocassette of proven strategies to enhance student esteem.

Esteem Builders in Action. Videocassette: Jalmar Press, 1993. Staff interview of an Esteem Building pilot school describing the significant impact on their students’ esteem and behavior.


Esteem Builders’ Complete Program Publications
Dr. Borba developed the most comprehensive self-esteem program published that has been used by more than one million five hundred thousand students internationally and quoted in Newsweek as one of the most-widely used self-esteem curriculums.

Esteem Builders: A K-8 Self-Esteem Curriculum for Improving Student Achievement, Behavior and School Climate, Jalmar Press, 1989.

Home Esteem Builders, Jalmar Press, 1995.

Staff Esteem Builders: Building Staff Self-Esteem, Implementing Successful Team Building, Jalmar Press, 1993. Awarded the "Directors Choice" award by the NAEYC.

Trainer’s Manual: Complete Training Sessions for Implementation of Esteem Builders’ Complete Program, Jalmar Press, 1993.

Esteem Builders Resources, Jalmar Press, 1994.

An Overview of the Esteem Builders’ Complete Program, Jalmar Press, 1995.

Esteem Builder Posters, Jalmar Press, 1995.


Selected Parent Publications
Co-author and developer of the parent series: Partners in Education: Parents and Teacher Series; (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall Learning Systems, Inc., 1977)
Selected titles include:
Preparing Your Child for Arithmetic: Beginning Number Activities.
First Words for Reading: Learning to Read Color and Number Words.
Getting Ready for Reading: Prereading Lessons for Young Children.
A Key to Beginning Reading: Starting to Learn Syllables.
Printing Readiness: First Steps to Printing for the Preschooler.
Printing the Alphabet: Step-by-Step Printing from A to Z.
About A Very Special Person - Me!: Helping Your Child Develop Self-Esteem.
Spelling and Activity Forms.
Compute and Color.
Writing a Book Report.
Basic Rhyming Words.
Tracking Letters and Short-Vowel Words: Practice in Left-Right Visual Progression.
Beginning Crossword Puzzles.
Drills and Skills Structures: Syllables.
Drills and Skills Structures: Logical Thinking Classification.

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