Guides and Pamphlets for Parents

"A Guide for Parents" Series shows parents how they can use the highly-effective principles and strategies from the Nonviolent Crisis Intervention^® program when dealing with challenging behavior from their own children.

Each guide includes a self-assessment to help parents examine their own beliefs and knowledge related to a specific topic, such as limit setting or managing anger. A post-test helps parents recognize what they've learned and how they can apply that knowledge immediately in their daily interaction with their children.

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Best Seller! The Art of Setting Limits: A Guide for Parents

Limit setting is a cornerstone of CPI's Nonviolent Crisis Intervention^® program, and this guide provides parents with information about CPI's time-tested approach to this important technique. Following a self-assessment on the topic, parents will learn:

• The difference between punishment and discipline
• Why limits are different from ultimatums
• How limits can be used to teach appropriate behavior
• The importance of logical consequences
• CPI's five-step approach to setting limits with children

By the time parents complete the post-test, they'll have several highly-effective limit-setting strategies to use with their own children.

Managing Your Own Anger: A Guide for Parents

This useful resource begins by helping parents assess their own style of managing anger when dealing with their children. The guide then goes on to explain:

• The emotion of anger
• The important distinction between angry feelings and angry behavior
• Specific skills for managing anger
• Healthy ways of expressing anger to children

The guide focuses on how to be a positive role model, so children can learn that it is possible to be angry without being hurtful to themselves or others.

The Power of Listening: A Guide for Parents

Empathic Listening is one of the most powerful tools parents have to build trust and self-esteem in their children. But being a good listener is not an automatic process, it is more than simply hearing a child's words. This guide will show parents how to listen more effectively. They'll learn:

• Why silence can be more helpful than words
• The importance of focusing on feelings, not just facts
• The dangers of giving advice
• How to "open up" conversations without prying questions

After completing this guide, parents will have a better understanding of how they can use the power of listening to improve rapport with their children.

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Best Seller! Bullying and Harassment at School: What Can Parents Do?

When a child is bullied or harassed, it can be just as upsetting for the parents—and parents are often unsure of how to handle the situation. Although bullying is often thought of as a natural part of growing up, it's important for parents to recognize the potentially serious consequences that can result from chronic bullying. This pamphlet answers common questions that parents have, such as:

• What is the difference between teasing and bullying?
• Who are the bullies and why do they harass other kids?
• What can I do to help my child deal with bullying?
• When should I contact the school or the bully's parents?

Dating can be an important part of a teenager's life, but it is also an area that can cause parents a great deal of anxiety. In addition to concerns about missed curfews, broken hearts, and sexual activity, parents also need to be aware of another risk—the possibility of dating violence. This pamphlet presents a quiz for parents that checks their awareness of dating and violence. The answers to the quiz then provide parents with critical insights and suggestions to help them protect their teens.

Fights at school. Teen suicide. Terrorism. All of these are examples of crisis moments that impact the lives of parents and their children. How parents respond to these crisis moments can have a critical impact on their children's emotional and physical well-being. This pamphlet guides parents through a simple process for talking to their children about crisis moments. These techniques will help both parents and children better cope with difficult situations—and even use crisis moments as opportunities to strengthen their relationships with one another.