Re: handling rages/meltdowns

[Guest guest]

Wow, read the 1st and was great, gotta try the 2nd but the 3rd sounds

wonderful and like it might help dh too

On 8/23/10, <doyourecycle@...> wrote:

> I've found some extraordinary books on this matter. The first is by Ross

> Greene, " Explosive Child " and " Lost at School. " I think we've all read his

> first book, but Lost at School has great strategies to use at home. I am in

> the process of learning them and boy is it helpful stuff. I wish I could

> get all teachers to be required to read this book.

>

> The other book is, " The Optimistic Child " by Seligman: A

> revolutionary program that safeguards children against depression and builds

> lifelong resilience.This one requires parents to be insightful into their

> own thinking patterns so that we can guide our children towards more

> positive thinking. By that I don't mean looking in the mirror and saying how

> wonderful you are. What's compelling in this book is the author breaks down

> the problem and how our beliefs lead us to interpret problems and ultimately

> how we feel about it. He really does a fantastic job of breaking the process

> down to understand it so that it can be re-learned in a way that is more

> accurate and optimistic.

>

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[Guest guest]

Thank you so much for these book titles!

~ P.

From: <doyourecycle@...>Subject: ( ) handling rages/meltdowns Date: Monday, August 23, 2010, 5:25 PM

I've found some extraordinary books on this matter. The first is by Ross Greene, "Explosive Child" and "Lost at School." I think we've all read his first book, but Lost at School has great strategies to use at home. I am in the process of learning them and boy is it helpful stuff. I wish I could get all teachers to be required to read this book.

The other book is, "The Optimistic Child" by Seligman: A revolutionary program that safeguards children against depression and builds lifelong resilience.This one requires parents to be insightful into their own thinking patterns so that we can guide our children towards more positive thinking. By that I don't mean looking in the mirror and saying how wonderful you are. What's compelling in this book is the author breaks down the problem and how our beliefs lead us to interpret problems and ultimately how we feel about it. He really does a fantastic job of breaking the process down to understand it so that it can be re-learned in a way that is more accurate and optimistic.