Other Parenting Resources
We are in the process of creating a parent-teacher library of materials addressing the issues of childhood behavior (in addition to Love & Logic) and understanding grief. Look for future updates. If you would like to borrow something, please email Mrs. Wildner. The material you request will be sent home in an envelope with your oldest student.
The Kazdin Method for Parenting the Defiant Child with No Pills, No Therapy, Not Contest of Wills (includes DVD) by Alan E. Kazdin, Ph.D
Includes index. Introduction -- Seven myths of effective parenting -- Everything you need to know (except how) -- Putting the method in place : transitions, tantrums, and a very young child -- Your six-to-twelve-year-old : supermarket scenes, late for school, sibling squabbles, homework avoidance, and more -- Your preadolescent : bad attitude, bad language, home alone, and much more -- Punishment : the most misunderstood, misused, and overused tool in the parental toolbox -- Special situations : how to jumpstart behavior, work with more than one child, and handle low-rate misbehaviors -- Troubleshooting -- Your child's wider world -- Parenting stress and household chaos -- Beyond the method -- Conclusion: Positive parenting. Offers parents of defiant children a step-by-step method for controlling their child without using drugs or therapy and disproves common myths about tantrums, time-outs, punishments, and other discipline issues, with a DVD featuring proven tips for addressing problem behaviors.
Drawing the Line: Ten Steps to Constructive Discipline And Achieving a Great Relationship with Your Kids by Michael J. Weiss, Ph.D., and Sheldon H. Wagner, Ph.D. with Susan Godberg
What do you want for your kids? -- Drawing the line -- Relating in peace, or R.I.P -- Becoming credible: Timing, less talking, and proximity -- Practice makes parent -- "Will I have to do this forever?" -- Beyond the kids: From polarized partners to parents on the same page -- Parent traps -- Parent triumphs. Offers parents a ten-step approach to discipline that explains how to replace bad habits with appropriate behavior by creating, not avoiding, conflict, how to identify behavior that needs to be changed, why it is essential to choose the right time and place for a conflict, how to avoid bullying children into acting better, and other related topics.
