Recommended Reading…
In case you haven’t heard from me in a while, no, I wasn’t ignoring you! However, I had emergency surgery and was in the hospital for several days last week, and now I’m starting to get back to myself. (Nothing life-threatening, thankfully, just a very painful experience.)
I’d like to share several inspirational parenting books that I had the opportunity to read while resting. These books are award-winning, easy-to-read, and will give you the additional mental fortitude you need to be a wonderful parent!
Parenting With Love and Logic: Teaching Children Responsibility
by: Foster Cline, MD & Jim Fay
From the back cover: “Parents consistently tell us they wish they had known about love and logic earlier. This common sense approach gives parents a tangible hope that they can still influence their kids.”
Buy the book on Amazon or ebay and increase your parenting confidence!
Too Much of a Good Thing: Raising Children of Character in an Indulgent Age
by Daniel J. Kindlon
From the back cover: “Kindlon’s book serves as the latest thoughtful reminder that sometimes the best way a parent can say ‘I love you’ is by gently but firmly invoking that powerful little two-letter word: ‘No.’”
Learn to say ‘no’ to your child confidently by buying this book on Amazon or ebay!
Dibs In Search Of Self
by: Virginia M. Axline
From the cover: “The renowned, deeply moving story of an emotionally lost child who found his way back.” The Child Therapy Classic
Get this eye-opening story on Amazon or ebay.
Thinking About You Thinking About Me
by: Michelle Garcia Winner
From the cover: Philosophy and strategies to further develop perspective taking and communicative abilities for persons with Social Cognitive Deficits: Asperger Syndrome, Pervasive Development Disorder – Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS), High-Functioning Autism, ADHD, Hyperlexia, Non-Verbal Learning Disability (NVLD)
From the back cover: “This book is a must read! From Michelle’s detailed explanations and case examples, to the oh-so-practical ideas, strategies and worksheets and ready-to-use IEP goals, her book covers it all. I can’t recommend it enough!”
This book is self-published by the author, so I did not find it on ebay, however it is available on Amazon. My close friend in New York who is the principal of a special-ed school recommended it to me as the only book of its kind, and well-worth its $39 price.
If you have not yet experienced the bargain-hunting thrill of shopping on ebay and buying valuable books for prices like 99 cents, register for free here!
Happy reading and effective parenting!
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I just wanted to pop in and recommend a series of books that, literally, have changed my life. We’re talking saved my marriage, helped me understand the world so much better, and of course shown me how to be a better parent than I ever could have imagined! The author of all the books is Greg Baer M.D. and the series is titled “Real Love”. The specific book for parenting would be “Real Love and Parenting”; there are also books for marriage, dating, etc. You can check out the basic principles outlined, as well as all the materials available, at the website http://www.RealLove.com
Thanks for your time and I hope this info is helpful.
Ellen or anyone…. My daughter emily, six years old and in first grade is most certainly having some cognitive difficulties. Last year she was tested and everthing was average or above! Yet when it comes to multitasking she loses what she knows. She recognizes all her single words…, even got 100% on her spelling test plus a extra point for useing the words in a sentence she wrote. Yet, Put the words together in a story form she does not recognize them! She has a lot of Assist at school and support at home and neither of us are focusing on what she cannot do. Her wonderful teacher who is always available specializes in learning disorders is a pleasure and cannot figure out what makes her tick and what other keys to try and unlock the mystery. She is determined though. With emily her sight words do not appeal to her sense of logic. The ‘H’ should not belong in whip. Therefore making it wrong and so on. Could she actually be training her own brain to not remember? I had many difficulties myself. She leaves out her vowels like I had. Another person told me she is not being taught. Emily can sit at a piano and teach herself how to play with musical note recognition…is great in math…is social with her teachers and peers. gymnastically inclined and can hum beethoven and others. Any recommendations will be helpful. thanks trish
Hello ,i am helping my partner raise her grandchildren one is 5 and the other is 7 .We are having problems with the 7 year old thinking she is the boss and she whines when talked to and stays up all hours of the night .My hands are tied and i dont know what to do with this child she is acting up in school as well as home and we are getting fed up and confused with her and dont know what to do to help her out , i have sat down with her and tryed to help her with her homework but it doesnt help and giving in to her doesnt help eather .
Hi Chris,
If all behavior is to be considered as communication, and the inflexiblity (what you call being the boss & whining) are happening at school and home, perhaps the 7 year old is missing 1 or more skills that would make it easier for her to adapt.
If this is getting in the way of school, you can ask for the school to evaluate the child in “all areas of suspected disablity.” Most school folks don’t have the credentials to diagnose. You might want to tell the girl’s pediatrician about several specific examples and ask for a referral for additional testing.
You might try looking at doing an informal Functional Behavioral Assessment (FBA) and gather as much information as you can about
“what happened before”, “what happened during”, and “what happened afterward.” One reasonable grid for collecting this information is at:
http://cecp.air.org/fba/problembehavior3/appendixb.htm
Hang in there, Sarah A.K.A. Luke’s mom