Raising a Thinking Child Workbook: Teaching Young Children How to Resolve Everyday Conflicts and Get Along with Others [Paperback]

Myrna B. Shure (Author), Theresa Foy Digeronimo (Author), Jackie Aher (Illustrator), Myrna B. Shure (Author), Theresa Foy Digeronimo (Author), Jackie Aher (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0878224580 | ISBN-13: 978-0878224586 | Publication Date: September 15, 2000 | Edition: Revised

For parents of children ages 4-7. The Raising a Thinking Child Workbook is based on the highly acclaimed I Can Problem Solve (ICPS) approach for use in schools. The workbook, which is now available in Spanish, stands alone as a practical parenting manual and also serves as the ideal ICPS parent involvement component. Educators can use the workbook with parents to help reinforce ICPS classroom lessons at home. The workbook's pages are packed with dozens of activities that invite parents and children as young as four to play games, to draw, and to color the reproducible illustrations. And while children are having fun, they will also be learning ICPS thinking skills. Children learn how to think, not what to think. They learn to decide on solutions based on consequences. They learn to negotiate for what they want and to cope with the frustration when they can t have what they want. And they learn to understand their own as well as others feelings.

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About the Author

Myrna B. Shure, Ph.D., is professor of psychology at Drexel University (formerly MCP Hahnemann University) in Philadelphia. Her I Can Problem Solve (ICPS) programs and her pioneering research with George Spivack have won three national awards, including the Lela Rowland Prevention Award from the National Mental Health Association. Dr. Shure is author of six books and numerous book chapters and journal articles. She also consults with the media on issues relating to social adjustment and interpersonal competence in our nation's youth. Her books for parents, Raising a Thinking Child Workbook (Research Press), Raising a Thinking Child (Simon & Schuster), Raising a Thinking Preteen (Henry Holt) show parents how to use the ICPS model to teach their children skills for social-emotional competence.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Research Press; Revised edition (September 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0878224580
• ISBN-13: 978-0878224586
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #310,072 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Social Skills Therapy between two covers, April 1, 2001

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Rondalyn V. Whitney (Towson, MD) - See all my reviews
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I'm an occupational therapist specializing in the treatment of children and teens with Nonverbal Learning Disorder and Asperger's. I LOVE this workbook -- I checked it out from the library and kept renewing it and keeping it for so long they finally said it was cheaper for me to pay a lost book fee. At last it is available for purchase again. If you have a child with a soical learning disorder or you're a therapist who works with these kids, you will find this full of great activities and concepts that are easy for the kids to learn and benefit from.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars terrific behavioral learning tool, February 3, 2009

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This review is from: Raising a Thinking Child Workbook: Teaching Young Children How to Resolve Everyday Conflicts and Get Along with Others (Paperback)

When my son began kindergarten this year, he immediately began acting out through hitting, pushing, and general misbehavior of all sorts. One of his problems has been lack of impulse control.

In response, we have been making our way through the "Raising a Thinking Child Workbook" together, and it is making a big difference for both of us. As a parent, I have learned to re-frame and re-phrase expectations in a more understandable way. The best growth has been in my son, though. He is now able to confront emotions and behaviors in a more thoughtful and clear way, and he has learned to curb his reactions and respond to situations in a calmer way.

Many different situations are presented throughout the book, setting up discussions of whether the situation is a "good idea" or a "bad idea" or whether things can happen before, after, or at the same time...and so forth. This leads into discussion of how both people in the situation might feel as well as possible solutions to ease the situation.

Some of the specific difficult situations that are presented include: child wanting parent's attention while parent is on the phone or cooking dinner, child throwing toys on the floor, teasing, fighting over TV/toys/video games, messy room. There are also many positive situations to discuss: child going to bed on time, helping to set the table, sharing, helping a hurt friend, etc.

This book is helpful both for child-child relationships and child-parent relationships. It has proven to be helpful for improving behavior both at home and at school.