Helping Parents with Challenging Children: Parent Workbook

Having a child with challenging behaviour can be frustrating and affect the entire family. This workbook will help you take a more positive attitude toward your child and carry out effective steps to improve behaviour. You will begin to feel more confident in your parenting skills and more optimistic about your childs future. The program outlined in this workbook will be tailored to your childs and familys needs and goals. It will teach you how to identify what sets off yourchilds problem behaviour, as well as what your child gets or avoids from misbehaving. You will learn strategies to prevent problems, manage consequences, and teach your child new skills. With the help of your facilitator you will design a behaviour support plan for your child. Finally, you will put theplan into effect and monitor the results. Throughout the program, you will be practising how to think more positively, which can help you be a better parent. In addition to working with your facilitator in session, you will be completing homework assignments using the workbook. Each chapter provides the information and forms you need to assess your childs behaviour, apply new strategies, and track your familys progress. As you support positive behaviour step by step, you will be workingtowards improving the lives of your child and your family.