Resources

Parenting Resources

1-2-3 Magic, Effective Discipline for Children 2-12 – Thomas W. Phelan

Parenting the Strong-Willed Child: The Clinically Proven Five-Week Program for Parents of Two- to Six-Year-Olds, Third Edition – Rex Forehand
Go To Your Room! Consequences That Teach – Shari Steelsmith
Putting Children First: Proven Parenting Strategies for Helping Children Thrive Through Divorce – JoAnne Pedro-Carroll, PhD
A Parent’s Guide to Raising Grieving Children: Rebuilding Your Family After the Death of a Loved One – Phyllis R. Silverman, Madelyn Kelly
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk – Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish
Queen Bees and Wannabes – Rosalind Wiseman
When Your Child is Cutting: A Parent’s Guide to Helping Children Overcome Self-Injury – Sony Patel
How Do We Tell the Children?: Helping children understand and cope when someone dies – Dan Schaefer, Christine Lyons

Children Resources

Healing Your Grieving Heart for Kids: 100 Practical Ideas – Alan D. Wolfelt
The Invisible String – Patrice Karst
Tear Soup: A Recipe for Healing After Loss – Pat Schwiebert
When Dinosaurs Die – Laurene Brown
When Someone Very Special Dies (workbook) – Marge Heegaard
Please Explain Anxiety to Me – Laurie E. Zelinger & Jordan Zelinger
The Bipolar Bear Family: When a Parent Has Bipolar Disorder – Angela Holloway
Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew, by Ellen Notbohm
Our FAScinating Journey: Keys to Brain Potential Along the Path of Prenatal Brain Injury, by Jodee Kulp
The Best I Can Be: Living with Fetal Alcohol syndrome or Effects, by Liz Kulp
The Optimistic Child: A Proven Program to Safeguard Children Against Depression and Build Lifelong Resilience, by Martin E.P. Seligman
How to Raise Emotionally Healthy Children: A Parenting Guide, by Gerald Newmark, PhD.
Positive Discipline for Preschoolers, by Jane Nelsen.
Easy to Love, Difficult to Discipline: The 7 Basic Skills for Turning Conflict in Cooperation, by Rebecca Anne Baily.
Why do they Act That Way?: A Survival Guide to the Adolescent Brain for You and Your Teen, by David Walsh PhD.
The Primal Teen: What the New Discoveries about the Teenage Brain Tell Us About Our Kids, by Barbara Strauch

Special Needs Resources

Learning Outside the Lines: Two Ivy League Students with Learning Disabilities and ADHD Give You the Tools for Academic Success and
Educational Revolution – Johnathon Mooney and David Cole
Autism – www.autismspeaks.org
Special Education Service Agency – Anchorage, Alaska – www.sesa.org

Adult Resources

The Daring Way – Brene Brown
Ted Talk – “The Power of Vulnerability” Brene Brown
The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are – Brene Brown
Happiness: Learn How to be Happy and Love your Life – Karen Shields
When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron
Grief’s Courageous Journey: A Workbook – Sandi Caplan

Hotlines

Alaska Crisis Line 907-563-3200

National Parent Helpline 855-427-2736

Child Help 800-422-4453

National Domestic Violence Hotline 800-799-7233

Links

www.fasdxservices.com

www.fasdcenter.samhsa.gov

www.autism-society.org

www.phoenixchildrens.com
Offers parents effective discipline strategies.

www.healthychild.org
Has tip sheets on child development and effective discipline.

www.shelternet.ca
Offers teens information and a quiz to help build healthy relationships. Provides suggestions for how to talk to a friend who is in an abusive relationship and explores options for how to get help and safety planning.

www.empowered.org
Provides prevention education to address bullying and peer aggression

www.teenshealth.org
Addresses a wide range of teen health concerns including cutting, tattoos, sexual health, personal safety, and diseases.