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This revised and expanded edition of Skills for Families, Skills for Life can help family practitioners and other professionals incorporate the teaching of life skills into the assessment of and treatment planning for the families they work with. More...

Set up your child and yourself for success and learn how discipline can be more about teaching than punishment, and more positive than negative for parents and children. Time and research-tested Common Sense Parenting® skills have been adapted to...

Using Your Head as Well as Your Heart to Raise School-Aged Children This 4th edition of Common Sense Parenting® offers parents of children ages 6-16 a menu of proven techniques to use while facing family challenges: a teen who’s defiant;...

Winner of the 2025 IBPA Book Award (Neurodivergent Communities) Winner of the 2024 Counselor's Choice AwardWinner of the 2024 Royal Dragonfly Book Award A child-friendly guide that strips away the stigmas, myths, and misconceptions associated with...

Based on Boys Town's Common Sense Parenting®. New or experienced foster parents as well as grandparents and other relatives caring for a child forced from home by a crisis will find help and hope in Practical Tools for Foster Parents. More than...

Winner of the Mom's Choice Award - Gold Medal!  Discover how to address issues at school, at meals and bedtime, with siblings and peers, and out in public when you have a child with ADHD. Learn how to manage challenging behavior from the early...

Mom's Choice Award Winner - Silver Medal Reduce angry and aggressive behavior of children and teens by teaching new social skills and positive ways to express frustration. Worn out parents worried by their children's explosive, angry behavior learn...

The original Getting Along with Others workbook has had a makeover- updated language, fresh artwork, a new title, and a special code so you can download and reproduce the skill charts! This playful workbook can help you chart the growth and development...

Honesty is the best policy. Right? Sure, of course it is. But what happens when someone is a little too honest, and offers unsolicited - and way too much - information that may be hurtful to others? That's what happens when RJ struggles with his social...

Children are not born knowing how to accept no for an answer, nor do they come into the world knowing how to disagree appropriately. It's important for parents and the grown ups in their lives to understand that - just as these skills can be hard for...

Staying on task for young children can be a challenge and asking for help isn't always easy. It takes a lot of courage and practice to learn how to put both of these skills to use! This downloadable learning guide is designed for Counselors, Youth-Care...

It is easy for children to get excited and go full steam ahead - even when they shouldn't. Kids don't often think about consequences either, so there are times when they do something they shouldn't that could present some danger. Teaching children, and...

Teamwork and sharing are hard skills for some children to learn - and RJ is one of those kids! Working with others can help kids and adults understand that people have different talents, experiences, and cultures that give a lot of different...

When people think of feedback, they typically think of developmental feedback, or criticism. But positive feedback, or a compliment, is just as important. Receiving developmental feedback is never easy, but it is absolutely a part of life. Most people...

Everyone has a bad day once in a while. And, typically, when people have bad days, they find themselves blaming other events, people, etc. But it's also important to look inward and figure out whether a person could have done something different to...

These skill cards are for parents who are using the Common Sense Parenting of Toddlers and Preschoolers: Parent Trainer's Kit. Wallet-sized cards made of durable plastic. The cards have "how to" descriptions of four essential parenting skills: Effective...