This is a long awaited how-to guide for educators who care about creating a safe, productive learning environment. With 45 years combined teaching experience, Sura Hart and Victoria Kindle Hodson merge recent discoveries in brain research with the proven skills of Non-violent Communication and come to a bold conclusion -- when compassion thrives, so does learning. Learn powerful skills to create an emotionally safe learning environment where academic excellence thrives. Build trust, reduce conflict, improve co-operation, and maximise the potential of each student as you create relationship-centred classrooms. This how-to guide is perfect for any educator, home school parent, administrator or mentor. Customisable exercises, activities, charts and cut-outs make it easy for educators to create lesson plans for a day, a week or an entire school year. This is the first complete curriculum for teaching NVC to elementary age students.