Family Prevention
- Teaching Parenting Skills
- Materials for Parents
Parenting Skills:
The Parenting Skills Treatment Planner, with DSM-5 Updates
Parenting Skills Homework Planner
The Parent's Handbook:
Systematic Training for Effective Parenting
Systematic Training for Effective Parenting (STEP) website
A MONOGRAPH: SUMMARY OF THE RESEARCH RELATED TO THE USE AND EFFICACY OF THE SYSTEMATIC TRAINING FOR EFFECTIVE PARENTING (STEP) PROGRAM 1976-1999 prepared for American Guidance Services, Inc.
Chapter 14: How to Provide a Parent Education Workshop by Dr. Nancy Rosenbledt
This chapter describes the process in developing and implementing parent education for school-based family counselors to provide family-preventive services through psycho-educational trainings and workshops. Examples from parent education workshops within the school-based family counseling model framework are included in PowerPoint slide format from actual presentations based on best practices from a positive parenting perspective. (From Gerrard, B. & Soriano, M. (Eds.) (2013) School-based family counseling: Transforming family-school relationships. Phoenix, AZ:Createspace.)
Just for Parents/Guardians:
Positive Discipline:
The Classic Guide to Helping Children Develop Self-Discipline, Responsibility, Cooperation, and Problem-Solving Skills
How to Discipline a Child - Dr. Nelsen TV Interview - Positive Discipline is not Permissive
Free Positive Discipline Downloads from
Free Downloads
Positive Discipline Guidelines
Spanish Guidelines
Sample Empowering Responses
Two Opposing Schools of Thought on Human Behavior
Differences Between Praise and Encouragement
Helpful Hints for Empowering vs Enabling
Mistaken Goal Chart
Mistaken Goal Chart 0 - 3
Spanish Mistaken Goal Chart
Wheel of Choice
Anger Wheel of Choice
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk
How to Talk So Teens Will Listen and Listen So Teens Will Talk
Siblings Without Rivalry:
How to Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live Too
The Toolbox for Parents:
A Parenting Skills Workbook
Family Meetings:
Ten Tips for Holding Family Meetings (Colorado State University Extension)
Family Meeting Tutorial
Family Meeting Video