
Parent Resources
Pina recommends the following resources to parents:
Books on challenging behaviour:
-
The Explosive Child by Ross Greene
-
Changeable: How Collaborative Problem Solving Changes Lives at Home, at School and at Work by Stuart Ablon
-
Sulky, Rowdy, Rude: Why kids really act out + what to do about it by Bo Hejlskov Elven & Tina Wiman
-
Self-Reg: How to help you child (and you) break the stress cycle and successfully engage with life by Stuart Shanker
Books on attachment and behaviour:
-
The Power of Showing Up by Dan Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson
-
The Yes Brain by Dan Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson
-
No-Drama Discipline by Dan Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson
-
Brain-Body Parenting by Mona Delahook
-
Love Builds Brains by Jean Clinton
-
Hold on to your kids: Why parents need to matter more than peers by Gordon Neufeld
-
Rest, Play, Grow: Making sense of preschoolers (or anyone who acts like one) by Gordon Neufeld
Websites:
-
Children’s Inclusion Support Services a program of Andrew Fleck Children’s Services (if your child has special needs or has behaviour challenges and attends licensed child care in Ottawa):
https://www.afchildrensservices.ca/childrens-inclusion-support-services/ -
Ottawa Child & Youth Initiative Growing Up Great (parent tip sheets in English, French, Arabic, Simplified Chinese, and Spanish):
https://www.growingupgreat.ca/english/infant-early-childhood-mental-health/ -
Kai's Sensory Kreations (sensory activities for all ages and abilities): https://www.facebook.com/kaissensorykreations/
