Explains how parents can use consequences as a deterrent, communicate assertively, and give youngsters a sense of contribution to prevent whining.

"Integrative neurologist Dr. Kulreet Chaudhary discovered a beautiful side effect to the eating and lifestyle tools she gave her brain patients--shedding excess pounds. In this, her first book, she shows readers that weight gain is a result of the body being in a toxic, inflammatory state. If your body is not prepared or 'primed' for weight loss, you will fight an uphill biochemical battle, and the odds of succeeding are slim. So she's reverse engineered...

Provides practical techniques and activities to help parents raise a child with attention deficit disorder, from setting rules and communicating effectively to addressing homework problems and building self-esteem, also included information on medications, education, counseling, and new therapies.

"In Behavior Solutions: Teaching Academic and Social Skills Through RTI at Work, authors John Hannigan, Jessica Djabravan Hannigan, Mike Mattos, and Austin Buffum address the role that student behaviors and emotional states play in schools and describe how students are generally lacking the support they need to pursue positive behaviors. This systemic behavior gap can be bridged, the authors state, by utilizing the PLC framework and RTI process to...

Teaching social skills to your teen.

"In this dazzling debut, Carla Shalaby, a former elementary school teacher, explores the everyday lives of four young "troublemakers," challenging the ways we identify and understand so-called problem children. Time and again, we make seemingly endless efforts to moderate, punish, and even medicate our children, when we should instead be concerned with transforming the very nature of our institutions, systems, and structures, large and small. Through...

Presents a seven-step program designed to help children ages six to sixteen recognize and effectively deal with their anger, discussing why children become angry, when a child needs help dealing with their anger, what the best anger management practices are, how to design an anger management plan, and more.

"Daniel grew up in the shadow of his older sister, the brash, self-assured, and utterly reckless Jackie, now living with her dirtbag boyfriend and wandering through dead-end jobs. When his parents find her marijuana stash in his closet and decide they do not want him to turn out like his sister, Daniel suffers the “trickle-down parenting” effect and is sent to Quest Trail. Surrounded by other similarly uprooted teens, Daniel endures a series of...

A practicing psychotherapist discusses why it is so hard to break bad habits and offers new ways to make lasting changes to end procrastinating, overeating, passive aggressiveness, and other self-destructive behaviors.