Parenting Better Children

 Parenting Better Children is an all-in-one package to manage behavior before it becomes clinically significant. Author Jennifer Wilke-Deaton has gone back to the basics and provides a fresh start to develop a new set of building blocks, detailing an 8-week course that includes straightforward teaching methods, outlines and handouts for skills training, and troubleshooting solutions.

·        New tools for positive behavioral management and emotional regulation

·        Recognizing escalation - and what to do about it

·        Reversing the negative impact of video games and aggressive media

·        Creating healthy communication

·        Establishing routines

·        Strategies keying on CBT and DBT

·        Effective attachment relationship building between children, parents, school staff

·        Support planning for children and families that lasts long after group time has ended

·        Easy to read and highly practical, an invaluable resource for parents, clinicians, school staff and other professionals working with challenging behaviors

“I love her simple, concrete examples that make even the most complex parent/child interactions accessible and doable.”

- Brian R. King, LCSW, author of the Perfect Moments in Relationships: Lessons in Connection for Work, Family, Love, and Life

“Weaving together her practical clinical experience and current research, Jennifer provides cleanly organized parenting strategies for both parents and clinicians.”

- L.C. Jones, Attorney, Juvenile Specialist

“Her step by step “Parenting Course” takes the reader through a well-organized, easy to apply program. A fantastic resource.”

- Susan P Epstein, LCSW, Author of 55 Creative Approaches for Challenging & Resistant Children & Adolescents

“Jennifer has hit a home-run with this practical blueprint for improving parental success.

She has standardized the basics and still managed to leave room for flexibility, so families can adapt lessons to meet needs.”

- Hasan Davis, J.D., Former commissioner of Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice and Child and Family Advocate