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School Counselor Teaches Resiliency to Combat Future School Shootings
Releases third book called, “Relax”

Westlake, Ohio, Dec. 3, 2014 – Middle School Counselor Kasey Kellem says about 50% of the students she works with have problems with anxiety. That’s one of the reasons why she wrote the book “Relax.” Recently released through Halo Publishing International, it’s the third book in a five-part series called “Mind Over Matter” or M.O.M. Geared toward pre-school students, each book teaches a certain characteristic of becoming resilient.

“Everybody faces adversity at some point in life,” says Kellem. “The earlier a child learns how to become resilient, the easier it will be for them to deal with life’s struggles.”

Through her research, Kellem found that teens and young adults are not prepared to handle adversities such as bullying, divorce, abuse, death and disease, which may occur in their lives.

“This lack of resiliency, I feel, has been the cause of increased school violence and shootings,” says Kellem.

She studied 9 school shootings along with the most recent one at Sandy Hook Elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut. Almost two years ago to the day, on Dec. 12, 2012, Adam Lanza fatally killed his mother and then shot 20 children and six adult staff members before he took his own life. The troubled boy was a target of relentless bullying who also dealt with disease and divorce.

Kellem’s books teach on the five characteristics of resilancy: 1.Believe that you can get through adversity; 2. Surround yourself with those who love and support you; 3. Learn to relax; 4. Have a dream with goals; 5. Maintain a sense of humor. She says these characteristics help kids develop social competence, problem-solving skills, critical consciousness, autonomy and a sense of purpose. Kellem says all the students responsible for school shootings dealing back to Columbine in 1999 were missing some of these factors.
Kellem says she and her husband both practice the five characteristics of becoming and staying resilient. Currently, she fights Multiple Sclerosis, while her husband struggles with cancer.
“We fight with enthusiasm and a positive attitude to fight stress,” says Kellem.  “We have people around us who love and support us and we look for humor. It’s what get’s us through life.”

You can purchase The Mind Over Matter (M.O.M) books including “Relax” through Halo Publishing. Each sells for $16.95

“These books are also designed to be decorations on bookshelves, nightstands, or desks in a child ́s bedroom or playroom which will serve as constant resiliency reinforcement,” says Halo Publisher Lisa M. Umina.

Biography
Kasey Kellem is a middle school counselor and a former special education teacher, who has devoted her life to help children who are facing adversity to be resilient. She has earned a Bachelors Degree and Masters Degree in Special Education and an Educational Specialist Degree in Counseling. She is a devoted wife, stepmother, sister, daughter and friend.