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Parenting Skills Resources
The Scary Truth About What’s Hurting Our Kids
Your Modern Family
https://www.yourmodernfamily.com/scary-truth-whats-hurting-kids/
The Lethality of Loneliness
John Cacioppo
TEDxDesMoines
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0hxl03JoA0
No Such Thing as a Bad Kid, Understanding and Responding to the Challenging Behaviors of Troubled Children and Youth
By C.D. Applestein
Gifford School
http://www.amazon.com/Such-Thing-Appelstein-Charles-Paperback/dp/B009O3EFXM/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1370813454&sr=1-2&keywords=no+such+thing+as+a+bad+kid
Parents are Teachers: A Child Management Problem
By Wesely C. Becker
Research Press
https://www.researchpress.com/search/Parents%20are%20teachers
Parent-Child Interaction Therapy, 2nd Edition
By C. Bodiford McNeil and T.L. Hembree-Kigin
Springer
http://www.springer.com/?SGWID=0-102-24-0-0&searchType=EASY_CDA&queryText=Parent-child+interaction
Parenting with Love and Logic, Teaching Children Responsibility
By F. Cline & J. Fay
NavPress
Parenting Teens with Love And Logic
By F. Cline & J. Fay
NavPress
http://www.navpress.com/product/9781576839300/Parenting-Teens-with-Love-and-Logic-Foster-Cline
Transforming the Difficult Child: The Nurtured Heart Approach
H. Glasser and J. Easley
Nurtured Heart Publications
http://www.jacketflap.com/bookdetail.asp?bookid=0967050707
Choice Theory: A New Psychology of Personal Freedom
William Glasser, M.D.
Harper Perennial
http://www.harpercollins.com/books/Choice-Theory-William-Glasser-MD?isbn=9780060930141&HCHP=TB_Choice+Theory
Aggression Replacement Training: A Comprehensive Intervention for Aggressive Youth, 3rd Edition
Dr. Barry Glick & Dr. John C. Gibbs
Research Press
https://www.researchpress.com/books/409/aggression-replacement-training
The Prepare Curriculum: Teaching Prosocial Competencies, Revised
Dr. Arnold P. Goldstein
Research Press
https://www.researchpress.com/books/818/prepare-curriculum
The Explosive Child, A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children
Ross W. Greene, Ph.D.
HarperCollins
http://www.harpercollins.com/books/The-Explosive-Child-Ross-W-Greene-PhD?isbn=9780061906190&HCHP=TB_The+Explosive+Child
Treating Explosive Kids, The Collaborative Problem-Solving Approach
Ross W. Green & J. Stuart Ablon
Guilford Press
http://www.guilford.com/cgi-bin/cartscript.cgi?page=pr/greene.htm&dir=pp/cbtchild
Ross Greene's website if filled with free resources and training videos to help parents, teachers, and clinicians in implementing the model. It is a wonderful website that is filled with a ton of information. Parenting from the Inside Out, How a Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help you Raise Children who Thrive
D.J. Siegel & M. Hartzell
Tarcher/Penguin
http://www.us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9781585422951,00.html?Parenting_From_the_Inside_Out_Daniel_Siegel
Trauma-Informed Treatment: The Restorative Approach
Patricia D. Wilcox
Neari Press
http://bookstore.nearipress.org/index.php/trauma-informed-treatment-the-restorative-approach.html
The James Lehman, The Total Transformation Program
http://www.thetotaltransformation.com/?dsource=13Brand&gclid=CLOrlJj_17cCFSZgMgodyVgAuQ
This really is a very good program but what I believe is missing is teaching parents the importance of having a positive relationship with one's child before implementing the techniques. Also, not to be used with highly traumatized youth. If understood in the context of the other sources listed in this reference, it adds a good element.
http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/children/clinical_services/CAARE/pcit/
You can go to the above website and take the PCIT training course for free. You will have to take quizzes to move on, but it is entirely at your own pace and FREE!!!
http://www.livesinthebalance.org/
Child Development
Promoting Healthy Childhood Development Today: A Guide for Parents and Caregivers
By James R. Harris, Jr.
Neari Press
http://bookstore.nearipress.org/index.php/promoting-healthy-childhood-development-today-a-guide-for-parents-and-caregivers.html
Power Struggles
Try and Make Me!
Power Struggles: A Book of Strategies for Adults who Live and Work with Angry Kids
By Penny Cuninggim
Neari Press
http://bookstore.nearipress.org/index.php/try-and-make-me-power-struggles-a-book-of-strategies-for-adults-who-live-and-work-with-angry-kids.html
Mental Health
The Mental Health Association of Minnesota
Publications, support groups, success stories, blog, and more about mental health issues, legislation, and online screening for mood and anxiety disorders.
http://www.mentalhealthmn.org/
Medications
The National Institute of Mental Health
A user-friendly booklet that provides basic information on many medications commonly prescribed for residents of a Nexus Treatment program.
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/mental-health-medications/index.shtml
Mental Health America
Information on common medications prescribed for mental health issues.
http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/go/med_info/
Therapy Resources Systems Theory and Functional Family Therapy
Systems Theory and Family Therapy: A Primer
R.J. Becvar & D.S. Becvar
University Press of America
https://rowman.com/ISBN/9780761812951
Functional Family Therapy for Adolescent Behavior Problems
J.F. Alexander, H.B. Waldron, M.S. Robbins, and A.A. Neeb
American Psychological Association
http://www.apa.org/pubs/books/4317302.aspx
Functional Family Therapy in Clinical Practice. An Evidence-Based Treatment Model for Working with Troubled Adolescents
T.L. Sexton
Routledge
http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415996921/
School Shootings & Traumatic Events
A Variety of Resources for Helping Kids Deal with School Shootings and Other Traumatic Events
http://www.macmh.org/2012/12/trauma-resources/
Thoughts on Vegas, and Why Men Keep Doing This
Charlie Hoehn
https://byrslf.co/thoughts-on-the-vegas-shooting-14af397cee2c
Healthy Sexuality
It's Perfectly Normal
Epidemic of the 21st Century
By Robie H. Harris
Candlewick Press
http://bookstore.nearipress.org/index.php/it-s-perfectly-normal-epidemic-of-the-21st-century.html
Sexuality
Taking Action, Support for Families of Adolescents with Illegal Sexual Behavior
B.L. Bonner
The Safer Society Press
http://www.amazon.com/Taking-Action-Families-Adolescents-Behavior/dp/1884444814
Helping Children with Sexual Behavior Problems, A Guidebook for Professionals and Caregivers, 4th Edition
T. Cavanagh Johnson
Neari Press
http://bookstore.nearipress.org/index.php/helping-children-with-sexual-behavior-problems-a-guidebook-for-professionals-and-caregivers.html
Healthy Families
T.J. Kahn
The Safer Society Press
http://www.safersociety.org/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?preadd=action&key=WP148
Childhood Sexuality, A Guide for Parents
G. Ryan & J. Blum
Kempe Children's Center & Families First, Inc., Denver, CO
http://books.google.com/books/about/Childhood_Sexuality.html?id=uW5cHQAACAAJ
Taking Action, Support for Families of Children with Sexual Behavior Problems
J.F. Silovsky
The Safer Society Press
http://www.amazon.com/Taking-Action-Families-Children-Behavior/dp/1884444806/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1465225953&sr=8-1&keywords=taking+action+support+for+families+of+children+with+sexual+behavior+problems
The Impact of Pornography on Children, Youth and Culture
By Cordella Anderson
Neari Press
http://bookstore.nearipress.org/index.php/the-impact-of-pornography-on-children-youth-and-culture.html
Understanding Children's Sexual Behaviors: What's Natural and Healthy
By Toni Cavanagh Johnson
Neari Press
http://bookstore.nearipress.org/index.php/understanding-children-s-sexual-behaviors-what-s-natural-and-healthy.html
Helping Children with Sexual Behavior Problems: A Guidebook for Professionals and Caregivers
By Toni Cavanagh Johnson
Neari Press
http://bookstore.nearipress.org/index.php/helping-children-with-sexual-behavior-problems-a-guidebook-for-professionals-and-caregivers.html
Sexuality Curriculum for Abused Children and Young Adolescents and Their Parents
By Toni Cavanagh Johnson
Neari Press
http://bookstore.nearipress.org/index.php/sexuality-curriculum-for-abused-children-and-young-adolescents-and-their-parents.html
Treatment Exercises for Child Abuse Victims and Children with Sexual Behavior Problems
By Toni Cavanagh Johnson
Neari Press
http://bookstore.nearipress.org/index.php/treatment-exercises-for-child-abuse-victims-and-children-with-sexual-behavior-problems.html
Sexual Behavior
National Center on Sexual Behavior of Youth
Publications and general information on sexual behavior issues in children and adolescents.
http://www.ncsby.org/
The Safer Society Foundation
Publications on prevention and treatment of sexual abuse, as well as books offered through the Safer Society Press on family issues related to sexual abuse.
http://www.safersociety.org/
SexEd Library
Publications on the latest in human sexuality, including sexual and reproductive health, puberty, abstinence, relationships, sexual orientation, body image, self-esteem, STDs, HIV/AIDS, unintended pregnancy, and more.
http://www.sexedlibrary.org/
Prevention
The Stop Child Molestation Book: What Ordinary People Can Do in their Everyday Lives
to Save Three Million Children
By Gene G. Abel & Nora Harlow
Xlibris Books
http://bookstore.nearipress.org/index.php/the-stop-child-molestation-book-what-ordinary-people-can-do-in-their-everyday-lives-to-save-three-million-children.html
Taking Action (Children)
Support for Families of Children with Sexual Behavior Problems
By Jane F. Silovsky
Safer Society Press
http://bookstore.nearipress.org/index.php/taking-action-children-support-for-families-of-children-with-sexual-behavior-problems.html
Taking Action (Adolescents)
Support for Families of Adolescents with Illegal Sexual Behavior
By Barbara Bonner
Safer Society Press
http://bookstore.nearipress.org/index.php/taking-action-adolescents-support-for-families-of-adolescents-with-illegal-sexual-behavior.html
Survivors
The Thursday Group: A Story and Information for Girls Healing from Sexual Abuse
By PeggyEllen Kleinleder and Kimber Evensen
Neari Press
http://bookstore.nearipress.org/index.php/the-thursday-group-a-story-and-information-for-girls-healing-from-sexual-abuse.html
