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Mitchell Resources - Behaviour & Discipline

1-2-3 Magic - by Thomas Phelan (Video also available)

Parents have many questions about disciplining their children ages 2-12. This book provides suggestions for stopping inappropriate behaviour and increasing positive behaviour. It includes a chapter on building your child’s self-esteem, and one on dealing with manipulation.

Bully Proofing Your Child – Cara Garrity, Ph.d, Mitchell Baris,Ph.d,

By helping your child develop an effective strategy for dealing with bullying, you can reduce the chances that he or she will be a target and circumvent the bully/victim dynamic.  This step by step guide will help you to create a bully proof plan with your child. 

(The) Bully, the Bullied and the Bystander - by Barbara Coloroso

In this book, Barbara  Coloroso equips parents, caregivers, teachers and children with the tools they need to break the cycle of violence seen in bullying. She addresses each role, and proceeds to address what we can do as families and as a community.

Calming Your Fussy Baby: The Brazelton Way - Joshua D. Sparrow, MD

Calming Your Fussy Baby: The Brazelton Way helps parents interpret the very first cries of an infant, and shows them how to respond in the most appropriate and effective way.  Drs. Brazelton adn Sparrow deal squarely with such urgent problems as colic, whining and tantrums and show how the emergence of  gestures and words gradually takes the place of crying as the child's way to act on the world. 

Dealing with Disappointment - by Elizabeth Crary

This practical, easy-to-read guide walks parents through the concept of emotional competency, which begins by teaching children to identify and acknowledge their feelings. 

Discipline: the Brazelton Way - by T. B. Brazelton & J. D. Sparrow

The first section of this book discusses child development and how it relates to discipline. The book continues to discuss various aspects of disciplining your child, including getting your child’s attention, reading your child’s behaviour, and the role of consequences. IT continues to address common problems in discipline including specific issues such as bullying, sibling rivalry, tantrums, and many more.

Don't Give Me That Attitude: 24 rude,  selfish, insensitive things kids do and how to stop them - Michele Borba

This book begins with addressing various aspects of attitude that we may get from our children. It discusses issues such as where the attitude is coming from, immediate interventions, facing your own issues, and the worst mistakes parents make in trying to change bad attitudes.  The second part of the book addresses specific attitude problems such as cheating, being domineering, judging, pessimism, being a poor loser, and more.

(The) Explosive Child - by Ross W. Greene

This book addresses helping children who frequently act out, are non-compliant and aggressive. It provides suggestions for dealing with them at home and at school. It talks about anticipating situations that may be hard for your child, creating an environment that supports your child, and skills your child needs to function more adaptively.

Good Kids, Bad Habits – by Charles Schaefer & Theresa Foy DiGeronimo

This book provides five simple steps to helping your child to break habits.  Whether you are dealing with a toddler or a teenager, this book addresses common bad habits.

How To Behave So Your Children Will Too! - by Sal Severe

How To Behave So Your Preschooler Will Too! - by Sal Severe

Working on the assumption that children act like their parents, this book attempts to educate parents about the benefits of positive reinforcement with regards to their children’s upbringing. Dr. Sal Severe enlightens parents as to what they can do right, by focusing on the positive. Examples include reinforcing the good behaviour instead of criticizing the child, being consistent, not giving in to misbehavour just to placate the child, being more patient and understanding that children operate on a different time schedule. Based on stories, ideas, and solutions from the thousands of parents who have attended Dr. Severe's workshops, this text will entertain, reassure and make parenting simpler and more enjoyable.

How to Talk so Kids will Listen and Listen so Kids will Talk - by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish

This kit presents ways of coping with your child’s negative feelings, expressing your anger, engaging your child’s cooperation, and using alternatives to punishment. (2 copies)

Incredible Years: A trouble-shooting guide for parents of children aged 2-8 years - Carolyn Webster-Stratton

This book addresses temperaments of children, strategies to promote social, emotional and academic competence, working with teachers, making friends and much more.

Is my Child OK? When behaviour is a problem, when it’s not, and when to seek help - by Henry Paul

Written by an expert in children’s mental health, this book answers questions about sibling rivalry, separation anxiety, childhood eating habits, school refusal and more.  It is divided into sections such as feelings, behaviour, learning and school, the body, sexuality, family, global disorders and getting help.  Most chapters are fairly short and end with a list of suggestions of what to do.

Johnson's Crying & Comforting - Eileen Hayes & Johnson & Johnson

This easy to read guide addresses different cries, comfort objects, massage, teething, persistent crying and more.

Just Because it's Not Wrong Doesn't Make it Right - by Barbara Coloroso

This book begins with the idea that it is in us to care that we are born with an innate capacity for compassion and caring.  Coloroso shows parents how to nurture and guide children's ethical lives from toddlerhood through the teen years using everyday situations at home, at school, in social settings, and in the world at large.

Keys to Disciplining your Young Child - by Eleanor Siegel & Linda Siegel

This book begins by emphasizing the importance of deciding on how you will discipline your children. There are different perspectives on time-out, rewards and losing privileges. The book also addresses issues common to children infant to age 5, such as dawdling, picky eaters, lying and stealing.

Kids are Worth it: Giving your child the gift of inner discipline - by Barbara Coloroso (2 copies)

This book examines the difference between encouragement and rewards, discipline and punishment. Parents will learn how to empower and influence their children instead of controlling them and trying to “make them mind” – teaching them how to think, not just what to think. It examines the approaches and the methods of three typical family types – the brick wall, the jellyfish and the backbone. It includes two new chapters: one dealing with the triangle of influence and another that talks about  the impact of threats, punishments, bribes, and rewards on the parent-child relationship.

Kids, Parents and Power Struggles: Effective strategies that will help you - Mary Sheedy Kurcinka

This book addresses building connections with your children, caring for yourself and your child, understanding your temperaments, understanding why your child is misbehaving, and helping children with stress, boundaries and assertiveness.

Last Straw Strategies: Jealousy - by Michelle Kennedy

This book offers you a full range of ways to deal with your child’s jealous feelings, whether they arise out of sibling rivalry, problems with pets, or another cause.  Packed with last straw tips to cover all of the causes and results of jealousy, the information comes straight from parents who have been in your shoes.

Love and Limits: Guidance tools for creative parenting - by Elizabeth Crary

This book is based on the following five points: look for good behaviour, acknowledge your child’s feelings, avoid problems, set appropriate limits and teach new skills.  It also addresses how to reduce power struggles, and teach problem solving.

No More Misbehavin': 38 difficult behaviours and how to stop them - Michele Borba

This book addresses discipline for parents of children ages 3-12. After discussing getting ready to take a new approach on discipline, this book addresses anger, biting, bossiness, chores, not listening, giving up easily, materialism, poor sportsmanship, selfishness, tattling and more.

Pacifiers, Blankets, Bottles & Thumbs: What every parent should know about starting and stopping - Mark L. Brenner

This book begins by addressing the role of these transitional objects that many children use. Whether it provides a sense of security or is used during a time of regressive behaviour, many parents wonder how to set limits and help our children cope well without them.

(The) Parent’s Handbook: STEP (Systematic training for effective parenting) - by Dinkmeyer, McKay and Dinkmeyer

This book provides practical guidance in raising children. It discusses understanding yourself and your beliefs, encouraging your child, helping children cooperate, and discipline that makes sense. This book provides many examples to help you talk through what you would do in similar situations.

Parenting the strong-willed child - Rex Forehand

Best-selling five week program improves the disruptive child's behaviour and helps you find positive and manageable solutions.

Positive Discipline for Preschoolers - Jane Nelsen

A commonsense approach to child-rearing with updated reports on the latest research in child development and learning.

Positive Discipline - The First Three Years - Jane Nelsen

You will learn how to use kind but firm support to raise a child who is both capable and confident with these practical solutions.

Siblings without Rivalry (Kit) - by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish

This group workshop kit provides a set of audio tapes as well as the material someone would need to present this workshop. It includes comics illustrating the points, and handouts for parent participants.

Time-In Parenting  - by Otto Weininger, Ph.D

How to teach children emotional self-control, life skills, and problem solving by lending yourself and staying connected.

Understanding Sibling Rivalry - Joshua D. Sparrow

This book will show parents how to defuse much of the bickering while helping to strength sibling relationships. 

Without Spanking or Spoiling  - by Elizabeth Crary

This book addresses disciplining toddlers and preschoolers. It addresses teaching problem solving, active listening and consequences. There are chapters on increasing the behaviour your want, and decreasing the inappropriate behaviour. It has numerous worksheets in it, and many examples. It ends with 150 ideas for dealing with common problems, and some summary sheets.

Note: Look under “Children’s Books” for books which help children deal with their feelings.

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