The Coping Power Program is designed for use with preadolescent and early adolescent aggressive children and their parents and is often delivered near the time of children's transition to middle school. Aggression is one of the most stable problem behaviors in childhood. If not dealt with effectively, it can lead to negative outcomes in adolescence such as drug and alcohol use, truancy and dropout, delinquency, and violence. This program has proven effective in helping to avoid these types of problems. The parent component of the program consists of 16 group meetings also held during the 5th and 6th grade school years. Parents are taught ways of reinforcing their children's positive behaviors, as well as effective discipline techniques for eliminating negative behaviors. Skills for improving family communication, providing academic support in the home, and building family cohesion are also a focus. Parents also learn how to give effective instructions and establish age-appropriate rules and expectations for their children at home. In addition to these basic parenting skills, the program describes relaxation techniques that parents can use to deal with their own stress. Tips for taking care of personal needs and effective time management strategies also help to ease the challenges of parenting an aggressive child.

Coping Power: Parent Group Facilitator's Guide (Treatments That Work)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Wells, Karen

Psychology & Counseling

Oxford University Press

The Coping Power Program is designed for use with preadolescent and early adolescent aggressive children and their parents and is often delivered near the time of children's transition to middle school. Aggression is one of the most stable problem behaviors in childhood. If not dealt with effectively, it can lead to negative outcomes in adolescence such as drug and alcohol use, truancy and dropout, delinquency, and violence. This program has proven effective in helping to avoid these types of problems. The parent component of the program consists of 16 group meetings also held during the 5th and 6th grade school years. Parents are taught ways of reinforcing their children's positive behaviors, as well as effective discipline techniques for eliminating negative behaviors. Skills for improving family communication, providing academic support in the home, and building family cohesion are also a focus. Parents also learn how to give effective instructions and establish age-appropriate rules and expectations for their children at home. In addition to these basic parenting skills, the program describes relaxation techniques that parents can use to deal with their own stress. Tips for taking care of personal needs and effective time management strategies also help to ease the challenges of parenting an aggressive child.

Coping Power Parent Group Workbook (Programs That Work) (Treatments That Work)

Lenhart, Lisa

Lochman, John E.

By completing My Last Writes-The Ultimate End of Life Planning Workbook for Your Family, you will avoid confusion, guesswork and family conflict for your family at a time when they will need your guidance more than ever. My Last Writes is a comprehensive fill-in workbook that details everything surviving family members will need to know after you’ve passed including the following: family and personal information about yourself, funeral details previously planned, location of essential documents and key professional people your family will need to contact, location of insurance policies, Will, end of life health documents, etc., estate and additional asset information, financial matters including lien and loan information, business, banking and tax information, employment and retirement information, vehicle, real estate and other real assets information, a section for various accounts and passwords information, accounts that need to be canceled, another section for special gifts not included in the Will, instructions for pet care/management when you're gone. Additionally, there are numerous miscellaneous details that will need to be addressed with the guided questions along with extra note space for information you wish to include and finally a section to complete personal notes and letters to loved ones. In short, this book will be the most loving gift possible and will bring peace of mind to your grieving loved ones.

My Last Writes: The Ultimate End of Life Planning Workbook for Your Family

Self-Help

Death & Grief

Karen Wells

Childhood in Global Perspective

The second edition of this compelling and popular book offers a unique global perspective on children’s lives throughout the world. It shows how the notion of childhood is being radically re-shaped, in part as a consequence of globalization. Taking an engaging historical and comparative approach, the book explores social issues such as how children are constituted as raced, classed and gendered subjects; how children’s involvement in war is connected to the globalization of capitalism and organized crime; and how school and work operate as sites for the governing of childhood. The book discusses wide-ranging topics including children’s rights, the family, children and war, child labour and young people’s activism around the globe. In addition to updated literature throughout, the revised edition includes new chapters on migration and trafficking, and the role of play. The book will continue to be of great value to students and scholars in the fields of sociology, geography, social policy and development studies. It will also be a valuable companion to practitioners of international development and social work, as well as to anyone interested in childhood in the contemporary world.

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Polity

Childhood Studies: Making Young Subjects (Short Introductions)

What does it mean to think of children as social subjects and how should we go about studying childhood in society? Childhood is a key site where children come to understand themselves as particular kinds of people, not only as individuals but also as members of social and cultural groups. This compelling and accessible book explores how immature humans enter into political, economic, social and cultural life. Integrating key theories from a range of disciplines, Karen Wells provides a set of analytical tools to explore how culture, society, politics and economics shape childhood and children's lives. She explains how childhood is not only culturally shaped, but also formed at the intersection of politics and economics. At this intersection between governing practices and the affordances of children's bodies, young subjects are made. Childhood Studies will be essential reading for students and scholars in childhood and youth studies and related disciplines, and for anyone who wants to understand the impacts of social inequality on children and what it means to be a child in the contemporary world.

Childhood in a Global Perspective

The second edition of this compelling and popular book offers a unique global perspective on children’s lives throughout the world. It shows how the notion of childhood is being radically re-shaped, in part as a consequence of globalization. Taking an engaging historical and comparative approach, the book explores social issues such as how children are constituted as raced, classed and gendered subjects; how children’s involvement in war is connected to the globalization of capitalism and organized crime; and how school and work operate as sites for the governing of childhood. The book discusses wide-ranging topics including children’s rights, the family, children and war, child labour and young people’s activism around the globe. In addition to updated literature throughout, the revised edition includes new chapters on migration and trafficking, and the role of play. The book will continue to be of great value to students and scholars in the fields of sociology, geography, social policy and development studies. It will also be a valuable companion to practitioners of international development and social work, as well as to anyone interested in childhood in the contemporary world.

Parenting & Relationships

An inspirational gift book for expectant parents A mother's interaction with her baby can greatly improve the child's physical and spiritual development, both before and after birth. The Miracle of You encourages expectant moms to read to their children before they're born, using a second-person voice to speak directly to the child. Karen Wells couples inspirational week-by-week Scriptures and faith statements with twenty-two illustrations, all following a baby's physical development as well as aspects of spiritual growth, including hope, destiny, courage, faith, obedience, and peace. A great tool for pregnancy resource centers and pro-life groups, The Miracle of You is a touching reminder that God has a plan for every child, from conception to birth and beyond.

The Miracle of You: Inspirational Promises for Expectant Parents

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Kregel Publications

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Coping Power: Parent Group Facilitator's Guide (Treatments That Work)

Coping Power Parent Group Workbook (Programs That Work) (Treatments That Work)

My Last Writes: The Ultimate End of Life Planning Workbook for Your Family

Childhood in Global Perspective

Childhood in Global Perspective

Childhood Studies: Making Young Subjects (Short Introductions)

Childhood Studies: Making Young Subjects (Short Introductions)

Childhood in a Global Perspective

Childhood in a Global Perspective

The Miracle of You: Inspirational Promises for Expectant Parents