About Our Conflict Management Programs

What Teachers Say

About BeCool: Elementary

I used the BeCool product with severely emotionally challenged children in elementary school and I felt it was very beneficial to the children.

- Anne Wise, Administrator/Counselor, Las Vegas, NV

The kids love Chester! A unanimous thumbs up from all age levels.

- Kelly Chicas, Counselor, Albuquerque, NM

I use the BeCool series to teach conflict resolution skills to second graders. The feedback I have received from teachers, students and parents has been overwhelmingly positive. The curriculum is instructor friendly, informative and fun for the students. I have also had great success with the BeCool video series in small guidance groups.

- Judith Herman, L.P.C, Elementary School Counselor, Boise, ID

These are great! The kids just love Chester and can relate to him. They love to cuddle out stuffed Chester. I work with 3rd-5th grade high functioning autism students. Looking forward to having the DVDs instead of Videos!

- Kelly Kautz

I have been using the BeCool program for six years. Parents, children, and teachers all think it is superb. I am in a K-1 building with 700 students. The children all come back and rave about learning how to BeCool.

- Joan Sauer, Counselor, Evamere Elementary School, Hudson, Ohio

For more information on BeCool: Elementary, click here.

Just a quick note to let you know how thrilled I am with the Losing It! Program. Your teacher guide is excellent. I have a 6th grade teacher anxious for me to begin using the series in his room. I also plan to give it a try in one of the special education classrooms when they come back on track in July.

- Christy Reinold, Lodi Unified Counselor

For more information on BeCool: Middle School, click here.

Having used BeCool for over 8 years, I’ve liked how it employs a cognitive-behavioral tool for teaching assertiveness as a mode of anger management for developmentally disabled adults in my state forensic setting.

- Steven Yund, Psychologist

For more information on BeCool: High School+, click here.

I have used the Be Cool series and have been very pleased with the results.

- Kathy Peters, Teacher/Counselor, Angola, IN

I have used BeCool in another school, and it is fantastic for student interest and results. It is one of the best conflict resolution/bullying tools I have seen in the last 25 years of my work in public schools. All grade levels benefit!

- D. Weaver, Counselor

The BeCool series is wonderful! Not only are the video segments a good example of how to use the curriculum, but the lessons are already planned out which saves an incredible amount of time.

- Kelly Volz, Jr. High Counselor, Cuba, NY

I found this program to be very good…well laid out, easy to use, and effective.

- Casey Enright, Elementary and Middle School Teacher, Attawapiskat, ON, Canada

BeCool is an excellent program!

- Courtney Smith, K-12 Counselor, Covington, KY

This series combines captivating graphics, impactful mnemonic devices, and the proven effectiveness of Assertion Theory. Kids teaching kids is a powerful concept that James Stanfield employs to great effect in the BeCool videos. I am pleased to be able to endorse them.

- Michael T. Brown, PhD Professor, University of California
Nationally Recognized Authority on Child Development

In 30 years of teaching, I’ve never seen anything that deals as effectively with teaching the skills of coping with everyday conflict situations as the BeCool series.

- Carole L. Soden, Teacher

I especially like the way anger is approached from 3 angles: fair, unfair, and dangerous. I have never before come across material that covers it in this way- especially teaching children what to do if anger directed at them is fair.

- Judy Lancaster

[I] love the BeCool series and want to order it for my new school to continue with the program!.

- Jackie Howard, Principal, James Ardiel Elementary; BC, Canada

I thought the BeCool series had a relevant message, with an updated style that the students responded to. It was easy to use and offered useful instructional guidelines.

- Mary de Vita, Social Worker, General Mitchell Elementary; West Allis, WI

For more information on the BeCool series, click here.