This book will help you understand the roots of aggressive behavior and how you can reverse the pattern and help youth develop positive relationships with adults and peers. Learn how your emotional control can defuse a crisis situation and help the youth regain control. The book describes how to build on the special strengths and qualities of youth and to teach them alternative ways of behaving.

Working with Aggressive Youth in Open Settings: A Sourcebook for Child Care Providers

Father Flanagan's Boys' Home

Parenting & Relationships

Boys Town Press

Boys Town Family Home Program Consultation Manual

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Boys Town Pr

A highly topical and groundbreaking look at school safety and the power of people to create environments where respect, cooperation, and learning flourish. 
Frightened parents and beleaguered administrators are asking themselves, "How do we keep our schools safe for our children?" 
Safe and Effective Secondary Schools presents the Boys Town Education Model techniques that have, since 1979, helped thousands of educators promote and maintain positive learning environments while effectively responding to and decreasing problem behavior. These techniques can be applied by teachers or administrators to build healthier school environments and help all students, including those who are quick to anger or who flaunt an indifferent attitude. 
Using real-life tales from the classroom, Safe and Effective Secondary Schools illustrates how highly charged situations can be neutralized using people skills and practical teaching methods. These techniques form the foundation of the Education Model and are expanded upon to include useful information on types and levels of aggression, how conflicts excalate, early warning signs of violence, and characteristics of safe schools.

Safe and Effective Secondary School: The Boys Town Model

Education & Teaching

Nelson, Cathy S.

Gauger, Elizabeth S.

Schools & Teaching

This book presents effective parenting techniques that have been taught in classes worldwide and proven in thousands of homes. 
Topics include setting clear expectations, giving positive and negative consequences for behavior, staying calm, teaching self-control, using Effective Praise and Preventive and Corrective Teaching, helping children make decisions and solve problems, reaching goals with charts and contracts, and teaching social skills. Also provided are strategies for dealing with the influence of the media, peer pressure, and problems in school. You will read examples, sample behavior charts, and step-by-step breakdowns of 16 valuable social skills. 
Rated 'Outstanding' by The Parent Council 
Winner of The National Parenting Center's Seal of Approval

Common Sense Parenting: A Proven Step-By-Step Guide for Raising Responsible Kids and Creating Happy Families

Herron, Ronald W.

Burke, Raymond V.

Parenting

Who's in Control?
If you're like most teenagers, you're anxious for independence and ready to make your own decisions. Even though your parents, teachers, and other adults around you probably feel that you still need a lot of supervision, guidance, and rules to keep you to gain more control over your life. This book can show you how!
Take Charge!
Learn eight ways to get along better with your parents and gain their trust. Find out how much you're influenced by your friends and by what you see and hear on TV and radio, in magazines, or at the movies. Discover an easy way to look at and solve problems that can help you when you have difficult choices to make.
Also in this book, you'll learn about taking care of yourself on the inside and the outside, as well as the dangers of eating disorders, what dating is all about, and how you'll know when you're really in love.
Who's in the Mirror? can help you take those first steps toward the changes that will make things better now and start you on the way to a happy, successful future.

Who's in the Mirror?: Finding the Real Me (Boys Town Teens and Relationships)

Teen & Young Adult

Peter, Val. J.

Social Issues

Child supervision ; Home safety ; Money management ; Communication ; Stress ; Sexual abuse ; Medical needs ; Nutrition ; Education ; Social support ; Housing.

Skills for Families, Skills for Life: Helping Parents, Caregivers, and Teens Meet the Challenges of Everyday Life

Peterson, Jane L.

Shadoin, Linda M

Cook-Griffin, Joni

Hugs and smiles and playtime: If only parenting 2- to 5-year-olds was this simple. But any parent of a toddler or preschooler knows that it also often requires dealing with whining, tantrums, "no, I won't" and other generally naughty behavior that tests the limits of your ingenuity and patience. How can parents balance nurturing behaviors that demonstrate love and affection with the discipline all children need to learn and thrive? Common Sense Parenting of Toddlers and Preschoolers shows parents how discipline can be more about teaching than punishment and more positive than negative for both you and your child.
 Included in these pages: How to set reasonable expectations based on your child's age, development, and abilities How to use a parent's version of "show and tell" to both prevent problems and correct misbehavior How to use praise like a compass, helping your child stay on the right path How to create plans for staying calm for you and your child How to use consistency, consequences, and practice to help your child learn what you expect of him or her How to celebrate special rituals and everyday routines as cherished family traditions
 Winner of the National Parenting Center's 2001 Seal of Approval Gold Award Winner, 2002 National Parenting Publications Awards

Common Sense Parenting of Toddlers and Preschoolers

Barnes, Bridget A.

York, Steven M.

Social Skills and Me...Growing Together Activity Book

Children's Books

Activities, Crafts & Games

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