Boys Town Family Home Program Consultation Manual

Politics & Social Sciences

Father Flanagan's Boys' Home

Social Sciences

Boys Town Pr

This book describes how SAY groups are organized and presented by therapists. It includes a wealth of information on sexual abuse including the philosophy and technological basis for the methods used. The manual also provides suggestions to help therapists stay emotionally healthy while working with sexually abused youth.

The Say Book: A Notebook for Therapists

Collins, Leslie E.

Collins, Rita

Health, Fitness & Dieting

A dynamic plan to bring structure, support, and success to America's classrooms. 
Every teacher strives to create a classroom where students are responsible, repsect rules and stay on task. Now, in one single resource, educators are given the tools they need to create the ideal learning environment. 
The Well-Managed Classroom describes the powerful Boys Town Education Model techniques that have proven to increase instruction time and reduce discipline problems and office referrals. The book describes indepth how to integrate social skills instruction into the entire school day and across curriculum. Tips for managing student behavior by improving a teaching interactions are outlined as well as how to replace traditional office referral practices with more therapeutic teaching alternatives. 
A must-have guide, The Well-Managed Classroom is the key educators need to unlock the educational opportunities of every student.

The Well-Managed Classroom: Promoting Student Success Through Social Skill Instruction

Education & Teaching

Dowd, Tom

Connolly, Theresa

Criste, Andrea

Nelson, Cathy S.

Tobias, Lisa

Schools & Teaching

The best techniques available for working in homes with high-risk families are inside this comprehensive manual developed by the highly successful Girls and Boys Town Family Preservation Services program. Building upon existing strengths, this approach helps families acquire skills to overcome generations of dysfunction and manage urgent problems. 
The book first discusses the foundations of in-home treatment, including cultural and family differences, community resources and networking, family assessment, building relationships, and detecting abuse and neglect. The intervention techniques of active listening, teaching, exploration, Effective Praise, metaphors, circular refocusing, criticism by suggestion, reframing, role playing, confrontation, mediation and contracting, and crisis intervention are described. 
Identifying, increasing, and building on family strengths will make intervention quicker, more effective, and longer lasting. The book discusses how to create individualized treatment plans and a process called "phases" that helps the practitioner stay focused on treatment issues. Examples, references, and an index are also included.

Building Skills in High-Risk Families: Strategies for the Home-Based Practitioner

Peterson, Jane L.

Kohrt, Paula E.

Shadoin, Linda

Authier, Karen J.

Parenting & Relationships

A timely, illuminating tonic for calming fears and putting into perspective the perils of youth violence. 
As headlines scream news of youth-on-youth assaults in school and on the street, parents fear for the safety and well-being of their own children. How do you keep your child from becoming a victim or victimizer? 
Parents &amp; Kids Talking About School Violence is a "how-to" guide on alleviating a child's fears after shocking, violent events such as school shootings occur, The book counsels parents on how to encourage children to be open with their thoughts, feelings, and concerns. In addition, parents are cautioned neither to over-dramatize nor completely ignore the realities of violent events. The book also reflects on the impact that an exploitative media and "might makes right" culture has on families. 
Parents &amp; Kids Talking About School Violence includes advice to students who feel threatened, intimidated, or alienated. Combining old-fashioned common sense with critical social skills, readers are empowered to rise above the difficult situations confronting them in everyday life.

Parents & Kids Talking About School Violence (Boys Town How-To Book)

Peter, Val. J.

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

Gauger, Elizabeth S.

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

Personal Counseling Tapes for Teens    What questions do your teenagers struggle with every day?    Do they include the following:    How do I say "no" to drinking and drugs?  Am I in a healthy or harmful dating relationship?  What should I do if a friend is depressed or thinking about suicide?  How do I get through times of pain and suffering?  What is abuse and what can I do to stop it?  Why is faith important in my life?    These are questions many teens have faced at one time or another. And sometimes they're not quite prepared for or comfortable with revealing their concerns to the adults who care about them.    This audiotape series can be their first step toward seeking information and help with these difficult issues. Each tape is a conversation between a teenager and a Girls and Boys Town professional-psychologist, teacher, chemical dependency specialist-who has worked extensively with youth. Make these tapes accessible to the adolescents in your school, youth group, or church, and help teens find answers to their questions.

One to One: Personal Listening Tapes for Teens

Teen & Young Adult

Social Issues

Sign With Me: Positive Parenting

Moeller, Mary P.

Translated by Margarita Cardenas
 The successful and award-winning Common Sense Parenting, translated into Spanish!
 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.
 Parents receive examples and step-by-step breakdowns of 16 valuable social skills.

LA Crianza Practica De Los Hijos: Una Guia Paso a Paso Para Former Hijos Responsible Y Hogares Felices

Burke, Ray

Herron, Ron

See the best price to sell, buy or rent books by the Boys Town Pr publisher. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Boys Town Pr