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Books
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The Scaffold Effect: Raising Resilient, Self-Reliant, and Secure Kids in an Age of Anxiety, Harold S. Koplewicz, MD
In The Scaffold Effect, world-renowned child psychiatrist Harold Koplewicz introduces the powerful and clinically tested idea that this deliberate build-up and then gradual loosening of parental support is the single most effective way to encourage kids to climb higher, try new things, grow from mistakes, and develop character and strength. Explaining the building blocks of an effective scaffold from infancy through young adulthood, he expertly guides parents through the strategies for raising empowered, capable people
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The Boy Who was Raised as a Dog, Bruce Perry and Maia Szalavitz
How does trauma affect a child's mind - and how can that mind recover? In the classic The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog, Dr. Perry explains what happens to the brains of children exposed to extreme stress and shares their lessons of courage, humanity, and hope. Only when we understand the science of the mind and the power of love and nurturing can we hope to heal the spirit of even the most wounded child.
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What Happened to You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience and Healing, Oprah Winfrey and Bruce Perry
Through deeply personal conversations, Oprah Winfrey and renowned brain and trauma expert Dr. Bruce Perry offer a groundbreaking and profound shift from asking “What’s wrong with you?” to “What happened to you?”
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The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Trauma and Adversity, Nadine Burke Harris
The stunning news of Burke Harris’s research is just how deeply our bodies can be imprinted by ACEs—adverse childhood experiences like abuse, neglect, parental addiction, mental illness, and divorce. Childhood adversity changes our biological systems and lasts a lifetime. For anyone who has faced a difficult childhood, or who cares about the millions of children who do, the fascinating scientific insight and innovative, acclaimed health interventions in The Deepest Well represent vitally important hope for preventing lifelong illness for those we love and for generations to come?
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Your Child's Social and Emotional Well-Being A Complete Guide for Parents and Those Who Help Them, John S. Dacey, Lisa B. Fiore, Steven Brion-Meisels
A practical guide designed to support parents and education professionals in developing social and emotional skills in children (4-16). Demonstrates using (SEL) at home and in the classroom, and shows how parents and professionals can work together for success Includes a wealth of exercises for promoting social and emotional wellbeing, along with tips, tools, and coverage of new developments such as computer-assisted instruction Written by authors with a wealth of practical and writing experience.
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All Dogs Have ADHD, Kathy Hoopmann
All Dogs Have ADHD takes an inspiring and affectionate look at Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), using images and ideas from the canine world to explore a variety of traits that will be instantly recognizable to those who are familiar with ADHD.
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Calm, Calm the Mind, Change the World, Micheal Acton Smith
Calm is the book that will show you how to take back a little bit of peace, space, and all-important calm. This book contains the simple tools, tricks, and habits that will change the rest of your life.
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All Birds Have Anxiety, Kathy Hoopmann
Life as a bird can be stressful! From worrying about airplanes, windows, and getting enough worms to eat, it is clear that birds can be anxious beings. Through a light-touch, quizzical depiction of bird behavior, All Birds Have Anxiety uses colorful images and astute explanations to explore with gentle humor what it means to live with anxiety day-to-day, and how to begin to deal with it.
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The Explosive Child, A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, and Chronically Inflexible Children, Ross Greene, Ph.D.
A groundbreaking approach to understanding and parenting children who frequently exhibit severe fits of temper and other intractable behaviors, from a distinguished clinician and pioneer in this field, now updated to include the most recent research.
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Emotionally Intelligent Parenting: How to Raise a Self-Disciplined Socially Skilled Child, Maurice Elias, Steven Tobias, Brian Friedlander, and Daniel Golman
Have you, as a parent, ever found yourself treating your children in a way you would never tolerate from someone else? The authors of Emotionally Intelligent Parenting call for a new Golden Rule: Do unto your children as you would have other people do unto your children. And most important, they show us how to live by it. Based upon extensive research, firsthand experience, and case studies, Emotionally Intelligent Parenting breaks the mold of traditional parenting books by taking into account the strong role of emotions -- those of parents and children -- in psychological development. With this book, parents will learn how to communicate with children on a deeper, more gratifying level and how to help them successfully navigate the intricacies of relating to others. The authors take the five basic principles of Daniel Goleman's best-seller, Emotional Intelligence, and explain how they can be applied to successful parenting. To this end, the book offers suggestions, stories, dialogues, activities, and a special section of Sound EQ Parenting Bites to help parents use their emotions in the most constructive ways, focusing on such everyday issues as sibling rivalry, fights with friends, school situations, homework, and peer pressure. In the authors' extensive experience, children respond quickly to these strategies, their self-confidence is strengthened, their curiosity is piqued, and they learn to assert their independence while developing their ability to make responsible choices.
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The Body Keep the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma, Bessel van der Kolk
Trauma is a fact of life. Veterans and their families deal with the painful aftermath of combat; one in five Americans has been molested; one in four grew up with alcoholics; one in three couples have engaged in physical violence. Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, one of the world’s foremost experts on trauma, has spent over three decades working with survivors. In The Body Keeps the Score, he uses recent scientific advances to show how trauma literally reshapes both body and brain, compromising sufferers’ capacities for pleasure, engagement, self-control, and trust. He explores innovative treatments—from neurofeedback and meditation to sports, drama, and yoga—that offer new paths to recovery by activating the brain’s natural neuroplasticity. Based on Dr. van der Kolk’s own research and that of other leading specialists, The Body Keeps the Score exposes the tremendous power of our relationships both to hurt and to heal—and offers new hope for reclaiming lives
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Confident Parents, Confident Kids, Jennifer S. Miler
Confident Parents, Confident Kids lays out an approach for helping parents—and the kids they love—hone their emotional intelligence so that they can make wise choices, connect and communicate well with others (even when patience is thin), and become socially conscious and confident human beings.
Web Resources
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Building Positive Conditions for Learning at Home: Strategies and Resources for Families and Caregiv
An article from AIR, with links to various resources for caregivers. Available in English and Spanish.
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Social and Emotional Learning: Strategies for Parents
A brief article with strategies for families offers several links to resources and books, from Edutopia.
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Lessons and Activities at Home - Empathy and Critical Thinking
At-home curriculum lessons for families on empathy and critical thinking, from Sanford Harmony. Register for free access to the online curriculum.
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Fun Family Activities Playlist
Fun family activities checklist to support families as they engage in social-emotional learning from Respectful Ways.
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Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning
Family tools and resources from the Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning.