Resources for Parents

Useful Books for You

• Addressing Children’s Behavior Problems:
  Parenting the Strong-Willed Child, Revised and Updated Edition: The Clinically Proven Five-Week Program for Parents of Two- to Six-Year-Olds written by Rex Forehand, Ph.D., and Nicholas Long, Ph.D.
  
  Your Defiant Child: Eight Steps to Better Behavior written by Russell A. Barkley and Christine M. Benton
  
• Managing Attention Deficits and Hyperactivity:
  Taking Charge of ADHD: The Complete, Authoritative Guide for Parents (Revised Edition) written by Russell A. Barkley, Ph.D.
  
  
• Helping Children with Divorce:
  Making Divorce Easier on Your Child: 50 Effective Ways to Help Children Adjust written by Nicholas Long, Ph.D. and Rex Forehand, Ph.D.
  
  
• Talking with Children about Feelings and Building Emotional Intelligence:
  How to Talk so Children will Listen and How to Listen so Children will Talk written by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
  
  The Heart of Parenting: Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child written by John Gottman, Ph.D. and Joan Declaire
  
  
• Helping Children (and their parents) with Sleep:
  The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night written by Elizabeth Pantley
  
  The No-Cry Sleep Solution for Toddlers and Preschoolers written by Elizabeth Pantley
  
  
• Helping Children with Asperger’s Syndrome:
  Asperger's Syndrome: A Guide for Parents and Professionals
  by Tony Attwood
  
  
• Helping Children with Sensory Integration Difficulties:
  The Out-of-Sync Child: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder (Revised Edition), written by Carol Stock Kranowitz, M.A. and Lucy Jane Miller, Ph.D.
  
  The Sensory-Sensitive Child: Practical Solutions for Out-of-Bounds Behavior by Karen A. Smith, Ph.D., and Karen R. Gouze, Ph.D.

Useful links for you

• Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder
  www.help4adhd.org
  
  
• Good Resource on Children’s Physical and Psychological Health-Related Difficulties
  www.kidshealth.org
  
  
• Resource on Bi-Polar Disorder (Note that it is always important to conduct a thorough evaluation for Bi-Polar Disorder because many other difficulties in young children may look like Bi-Polar when, in fact, they are not.)
  www.bpkids.org