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Challenging Behavior in Young Children

2007

Excerpt from instructional DVD series for teachers of young children titled: Facing The Challenge.

05:25 min

The Uncontrollable Child: Understand and Manage Your Child’s Disruptive Moods with Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills

Is your child extremely irritable most of the time? Do they have difficulty interpreting social cues? Are they impulsive and prone to outbursts or explosive rages? Parenting a child who has emotional dysregulation can be a bumpy ride.

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Matis Miller
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Why Shaming Your Children Is a Bad Idea and What You Can Do Instead

As parents, we need to step off our pedestal, stop dominating our kids, and instead treat them as we like to be treated. After all, do you like being shamed? Does it bring out the best in you?

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Shefali Tsabary
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Why Shaming Your Kids Isn't Effective Discipline

Here's what you need to know about shaming your kids online and in public, including examples of shaming words that single parents, in particular, should avoid.

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Jennifer Wolf
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Why Do Kids Act Up?

According to neuroscience, our children are like puppies.

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Alison Escalante
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Present Moment Parenting: The Guide to a Peaceful Life with Your Intense Child

There are many reasons a child doesn't respond to typical parenting techniques. Whatever the root cause of the intensity, parent coach and trainer Tina Feigal's revised edition of her book (formerly titled The Pocket Coach for Parents) will give you the tools you need to create a peaceful life.

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Tina Feigal, Amelia Franck Meyer, Mechele Pitt
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Taming the Spirited Child: Strategies for Parenting Challenging Children Without Breaking Their Spirits

Do you dread parent-teacher conferences? Does your child really know how to push your hot button? Has your child been labeled “defiant” or “rebellious”? Here are proven strategies that have helped millions to tame—not break—a spirited child.

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Michael H. Popkin
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Raising The Challenging Child: How to Minimize Meltdowns, Reduce Conflict, and Increase Cooperation

What's the worst you've ever faced as a parent? An all-out tantrum at the mall? A son who won't take out his earbuds to listen to you? A daughter who's failing at school and won't do her homework? A teen who constantly breaks curfew? A call from the police? Whatever you're dealing with, Raising the...

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Karen Doyle Buckwalter, Debbie Reed, Wendy Lyons Sunshine
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Beyond Behaviors: Using Brain Science and Compassion to Understand and Solve Children’s Behavioral Challenges

In Beyond Behaviors, internationally known pediatric psychologist, Dr. Mona Delahooke describes behaviors as the tip of the iceberg, important signals that we should address by seeking to understand a child’s individual differences in the context of relational safety.

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Mona Delahooke
2019
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Healing Self-Injury: A Compassionate Guide for Parents and Other Loved Ones

Healing Self-Injury provides desperately-needed guidance to parents and others who love a young person struggling with self-injury.

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Janis Whitlock, Elizabeth Lloyd-Richardson
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Self-Soothing Techniques for Kids

All kids feel anxious or stressed sometimes, like when they’re getting ready for a big test. But kids who learn and think differently may feel stress more often or more intensely. Self-soothing techniques can help them relax and regain their sense of control.

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Kate Kelly
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