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http://www2.massgeneral.org/schoolpsychiatry/ -Massachusetts General Hospital)
-This site was created
for – and by – parents, educators, and clinicians working together to support
children and teens with mental health conditions. It has good information for
parents regarding a variety of mental health disorders in children and their
management at home, at school and with medications.
·
The Optimistic Child by Martin Seligman, PhD
-A book for parents based upon the scientific
research regarding the development of resiliency. While centered upon work with
pre-teen to adolescent children, offers valuable and specific advise for all
parents on how to help teach their children how to be resilient in the face of
challenges or failures. He discusses his work that demonstrates that when his
principles are put into practice, they can reduce the risk of depression and
anxiety in teenagers. Dr. Seligman has been a major figure in the research of
“positive psychology.”
Defiant/Oppositional
Behavior
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The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and
Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children by Ross W.
Greene (2010)
-Dr. Greene is a Harvard psychologist affiliated
who developed the technique of Collaborative Problem Solving—an approach to deal
with challenging children. His book has been updated for 2010 and provides
parents practical approaches to handling situations when the child acts
“difficult” or “defiant.”
·
Lost at School: Why Our Kids with Behavioral Challenges are
Falling Through the Cracks and How We Can Help Them by Ross W. Greene
(2009)
-Addresses how the “Challenging” child
struggles in the very demanding structure of school and provides specific
strategies to help parents and teachers work more effectively with these
children. Recommended reading for both parents and teachers.
·
Lives in the Balance (www.livesinthebalance.org)
-Non-profit organization that is the home for
Collaborative Problem Solving information and checklists. Official site for Dr.
Ross Greene (including a portal for emailing him questions).
·
Your Defiant Child: 8 Steps Toward Better Behavior
by Russell Barkley, PhD (1988)
-Provides a straightforward behavioral management
model for parents dealing with defiant behaviors. Geared more toward working
with children with mild to moderate behavioral struggles, rather than more
severe disorders and provides guidance for parents on how to identify more
severe problems.
