Child Development and Parenting- our most recommended resources and videos:
We know that all parenting information available on the web can get overwhelming, especially when you are sleep deprived. So, we recommend you start with these easy to manage resources:
Positive Parenting Tips
Your whole-brained child & teen
Why Do We "Flip our Lid?" (lose control of our emotions-upstairs/downstairs brain)
Dr. Dan Siegel's Hand Model
of the Brain (video)
What is the difference between a receptive vs. reactive outlook?
Refrigerator Lists (downloadable pdf summaries of top books by Drs. Dan Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson):
Myth of the Adolescent Brain
Lectures on ADHD by Russell A. Barkley, Ph.D.
1. what is ADHD?
2. why (causes of ADHD)?
3. Treatments
4. Manage at School
5. 12 Best Principles for Managing a Child or Teen with ADHD
My child has been diagnosed with ADHD. Now what?
Treatments (AAP, CDC)
Behavior Therapy-
Parent Training
(PDF download)
Reducing Challenging Behaviors--Developing Positive Behaviors
Does your child engage in any of the following behaviors? how can you change those behaviors?
Not complying with parental requests
Having catastrophic tantrums
Fussy eating
Playing disruptively with peers
Not sharing
Hitting Peers, parents, teachers
Not socializing with other children
Having a bad attitude
Being careless in playing with siblings
Arguing
Not engaging in self-care (bathing, brushing teeth, getting dressed)
Not going to bed on time
Lying
Speaking offensively or harshly
Breaking things
Showing disrespect;
Stealing
Bullying
Breaking curfew
Not letting parents know where you are
Not taking medicine
FREE COURSE-Dr. Alan Kazdin at Yale
Course Preview (video, 9 min):
Use Rewards,
not punishment (video)
Anxiety, Trauma, Toxic Stress
