Parenting Better Children is an all-in-one package to manage behavior before it becomes clinically significant. Author Jennifer Wilke-Deaton has gone back to the basics and provides a fresh start to develop a new set of building blocks, detailing an 8-week course that includes straightforward teaching methods, outlines and handouts for skills training, and troubleshooting solutions.
· New tools for positive behavioral management and emotional regulation
· Recognizing escalation - and what to do about it
· Reversing the negative impact of video games and aggressive media
· Creating healthy communication
· Establishing routines
· Strategies keying on CBT and DBT
· Effective attachment relationship building between children, parents, school staff
· Support planning for children and families that lasts long after group time has ended
· Easy to read and highly practical, an invaluable resource for parents, clinicians, school staff and other professionals working with challenging behaviors
Reviews:
“I love her simple, concrete examples that make even the most complex parent/child interactions accessible and doable.”
- Brian R. King, LCSW, author of the Perfect Moments in Relationships: Lessons in Connection for Work, Family, Love, and Life
“Weaving together her practical clinical experience and current research, Jennifer provides cleanly organized parenting strategies for both parents and clinicians.”
- L.C. Jones, Attorney, Juvenile Specialist
“Her step by step “Parenting Course” takes the reader through a well-organized, easy to apply program. A fantastic resource.”
- Susan P Epstein, LCSW, Author of 55 Creative Approaches for Challenging & Resistant Children & Adolescents
“Jennifer has hit a home-run with this practical blueprint for improving parental success.
She has standardized the basics and still managed to leave room for flexibility, so families can adapt lessons to meet needs.”
- Hasan Davis, J.D., Former commissioner of Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice and Child and Family Advocate
