For over a decade, parents have relied on this wise and practical book to help them raise well-behaved, cooperative children. Now, in this new edition, Drs. Brazelton and Sparrow have added an indispensable basic guide to the five main steps of discipline, as well as new information on the common challenges parents face in today's fast-paced world. By following this advice, parents will feel more confident and will experience the joy of raising children...

"'The Nurtured Heart Approach' gives parents and teachers an absolutely clear understanding of how a challenging child really responds to normal ways of parenting and why traditional methods actually make the situation worse. It also provides a powerful set of strategies designed specifically to turn the challenging child around to a new pattern of success. Using this approach, it is easy to shift the difficult child to being a cooperative child who...

"In this dazzling debut, Carla Shalaby, a former elementary school teacher, explores the everyday lives of four young "troublemakers," challenging the ways we identify and understand so-called problem children. Time and again, we make seemingly endless efforts to moderate, punish, and even medicate our children, when we should instead be concerned with transforming the very nature of our institutions, systems, and structures, large and small. Through...

Demonstrates how normal growth spurts in a child's life can lead to conflicts and testing behavior, offering practical solutions to a range of problems including defiance, lying stealing, fighting and inappropriate language.

In her new book, Beyond Consequences, Logic, and Control: A Love Based Approach to Helping Children with Severe Behaviors, Volume 2, [author Heather Forbes] offers practical and effective solutions based in scientific research, coupled with professional and personal experience. She is a master at bridging the gap between academic research and real life when the rubber hits the road parenting. This book is written in an easy to understand and easy...

The discipline systems used in most K-12 schools are obsolete, and aren't working for the kids to whom they're most often applied: those with behavioral challenges. Lost & Found provides a roadmap to a different paradigm, helping educators radically transform the way they go about helping their most challenging students.