Same Homework, New Plan: How to Help Your Kid Sit Down and Get it Done
Help is on the way for parents who find themselves entrenched in the nightly homework struggle. This book offers parents easy-to-follow steps to a successful homework management strategy informed by Dr. Sally Hoyle's 19 years as a practicing psychologist and her personal experiences as a mother. Learn how to:
- Help your child overcome organizational problems
- Make teachers your allies
- Use high-tech solutions and easy activities that make homework less stressful
- Boost your child's self-esteem
- Establish a homework routine that works
Same Homework, New Plan will help parents decrease homework meltdowns, reclaim their family's evenings and weekends, and help their kids succeed.
Published in 2005
The Sexualized Child in Foster Care: A Guide for Foster Parents and Other Professionals
This practical guide gives foster parents and other professionals information, training tips, and numerous references for those who want to go beyond the basics. Signs and symptoms of sexual abuse, with particular attention to the child’s age, are given. Chapters include information on sex and sexuality, distinguishing normal from abnormal sexual behavior, treatment methods, research on sexual abuse assessment and methods, concerns about the sexually aggressive child, emotional costs of treating sexual abuse survivors in foster care and how to take care of ourselves, and a look ahead to recommended research topics and training improvements. A large amount of information is condensed into bulleted lists for easy reference.
Published in 2000
When Do I Go Home? Intervention Strategies for Foster Parents and Helping Professionals
The first section of this book tells the story of Karli and her baby brother Jon, who have been removed from their home. She doesn’t know where her mother is, and now she and her brother are being placed in separate family foster homes! The second part of the book identifies the challenges that arise when children like Karli and Jon are taken into an unfamiliar system. The author’s practical intervention strategies can help foster parents and other professionals meet the needs of these children with sensitivity and compassion. Foster parents and helping professionals should read this book to foster children as a means of promoting positive adjustment.
Published in 1999
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