BOOKS
Respectful Parents, Respectful Kids: 7 Keys to Turn Family Conflict into Cooperation
Sura Hart and Victoria Hodson
Transforming the Difficult Child: the nurtured heart approach
Howard Glasser and Jennifer Easley
This book details an excellent system that rewards and nurtures a child without bribery or medicine
Superkids: practical child management
Philip Dutton
Dutton is a child psychotherapist using mainly EMDR, but this book has the issue nailed!
Talking to Tweenies: getting it right before it gets rocky with your 8-12 year old
Elixabeth Hartley-Brewer
A really excellent books to start parents thinking in solution terms rather than problem terms
WEBSITES
www.HomeschoolDiner.com
A site aimed at homeschoolers but that helps parents deal with perfectionism and the problems it brings, some of which are often at the bottom of eating disorders.
Parenting with Love and Logic – an excerpt of this excellent book can be read here, along with the full contents. Give parents a taster before they buy?
The Voucher System for Home – e-book
The whole works to help parents manage children’s problem behaviours before they escalate. Can be bought and downloaded here. Gail Brewster is well thought of in the States for her work with high-needs kids.
COURSES
Develop your child
Become a family/parent coach or a professional coach of parents/families.
http://www.developyourchild.co.uk/index.php/family-coaching.php
www.raiseachild.co.uk
Training resources for parents, social workers and other professionals
Coach parents using Clean Language, a powerful means of getting to the core.
OTHER
Steven Richfield’s Parent Coaching Cards.
Available from addiss
See the detail at www.parentcoachcards.com – also now available as a download for iTouch and iPhone.
Clean Change Cards
Can be used to coach parents
