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These materials regarding parenting are free of charge and available by completing the PUBLICATIONS ORDER FORM.  

 


12 Tips For Succeeding As A Single Parent
This list-style booklet helps readers overcome the obstacles that come with raising a child as a single parent. Booklet provides a list of tips that discuss building strong parent/child relationships, working with the child's other parent, using effective discipline, arranging child care, and staying involved in the child's education. Also covers planning, budgeting, and managing expenses. 8 pages, 5 1/2" x 8". Available in English and Spanish. (Download not available.)

 


Children With Special Needs
Encourages early diagnosis by alerting parents to the signs that may indicate special needs. Tells how parents and professionals can help children with special needs learn and grow; describes children's rights under P.L. 94-142. 16 pages, 5 1/2" x 8". Available in English and Spanish.  (Download not available.)


Child Care –
Making the Right Choice for You
An outstanding guide for parents!
Shows the merits of child care for both child and parent; recommends questions to ask when interviewing caregivers. Filled with practical tips to help ensure a child's safety and happiness in a child-care setting. Available in English only. (Download not available.)

 


Being a Good Father
An easy-to-read pamphlet that helps men meet their children's physical, emotional, and developmental needs. Promotes positive discipline and urges readers to be the best fathers they can be. Includes tips on co-parenting and staying involved when living apart from one's children. Available in English and Spanish. (Download not available.)


10 Tips For Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
This booklet offers grandparents the advice and support they need to meet the challenges of raising a grandchild. Booklet provides a list of tips that help readers acknowledge their feelings, communicate with their grandchild, establish routines, and provide emotional care. Also explains effective discipline, basic needs, and sources of financial assistance. 8 pages, 5 1/2" x 8". Available in English and Spanish. (Download not available.)


Parenting Children With Disabilities:
Their Special Needs & Yours
Children with disabilities are more likely
to be maltreated than those without disabilities. This booklet helps increase parents’ awareness and their ability to teach their children self-advocacy and self-protection strategies. It offers clear guidance on providing positive discipline, starting and staying involved with an Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP), becoming knowledgeable about their children’s disability, getting to know their children’s caregivers, and building a strong support system for themselves and their children. Available in English and Spanish. (Download not available.)

Anger Management For Healthy Child Development
This easy-reading publication explains how uncontrolled anger can lead to child abuse and differentiates positive discipline from discipline that is violent, threatening, or mean-spirited. It features checklists to help parents identify their anger triggers and their anger warning signs. The booklet also provides tips to help parents control anger, express anger in healthy ways, practice good self-care habits, and more. Available in English and Spanish.  (Download not available.)

 
Anger Management For Parents; A Parent's Handbook
This handbook uses easy-reading text plus interactive features to help parents develop an anger-management plan and understand the benefits of improving their anger-management skills. It also teaches readers to identify their early-warning signs of anger, and manage their anger in positive ways. Comprehensive approach also addresses positive discipline and dealing with children's anger. Fill-in sections, worksheets, and other interactive features make handbooks ideal for ongoing reference. 32 pages, 8 1/2" x 11". Available in English and Spanish. (Download not available.)