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

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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.

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.