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• Be A Parent Not a Pal - (book)
• The Parenting Your Teenager Program (Audio CD)
• The Personal career Planner and Study Smart Program (Audio CD)
• The Parenting Your Child Program (Audio CD)
• The Ready For School Program (Audio CD)

Be A Parent Not A Pal

Be A Parent Not A Pal gives parents the understanding, skills and confidence to parent their teenager in today's complex ever changing world.

The book promotes the view that parenting a teenager is a journey of discovery for both the parent and the teenager.

Chapter 1 is about being a parent. The essential need for the parent to be the leader of the family is stressed as is the need for the parent to be attentive to their own well being.

Chapter 2 is about being a teenager. The developmental phases and related tasks to be faced by a teenager are detailed. Issues related to each phase are identified and discussed.

Chapter 3 provides the preferred 'Love and Logic' approach to parenting a teenager. Key messages relate to purpose, consistency, connectedness and patience.

The book also provides advice on key Teen Topics including:

• Teens and Friends
• Teens and Body Image
• Teens and Depression
• Teens and Self Harm
• Teens and Drugs
• Teens and Suicide
• Teens and Technology

Teen behaviour episodes with action plans are also included to give parents practice in effective parenting.

The Parenting Your Teenager Program

This 9 track program is designed to give parents the skills and confidence to effectively parent their teenager. Program content includes:

• Understanding teenager behaviour
• How to effectively parent a teenager
• Teenager mental health
• Managing teenager risky behaviour
• How to manager challenging teenager behaviour
• How to manage stress related to raising a teenager

"Whether you are struggling to cope with your teenagers' challenging behaviour or you are coping and want to become better, this CD is a down to earth, practical tool which you will be able to access and apply immediately. I would highly recommend the CD and I am most certain that many parents will be coping better as a result of applying the techniques explained on the most informative CD."

The Personal career Planner and Study Smart Program

This 6 track program is designed to give high school aged and adult students the personal understanding and skills to achieve their best possible educational outcomes and secure an exciting, fulfilling career. Program contents include:

• Getting to know yourself, accept yourself and commit yourself to a career goal
• Exploring career options
• Developing effective study skills
• Developing effective, listening, reading and writing skills
• Developing memory and test taking skills
• How to manage study related stress

"In our contemporary employment market, students of today are likely to hold 7 different jobs during their working life. This excellent program provides the tools that students need to develop their carer decision making skills. This program will help a student understand their strengths and goals so they can forge their own exciting and fulfilling career."

The Parenting Your Child Program

This 7 track program is designed to give parents the skills and confidence to help their child grow to be a happy, confident adult. Program contents include:

• Understanding child behaviour
• How to effectively parent a child
• How to manage challenging child behaviour
• How to mange stress related to challenging child behaviour

"This practical audio CD provides theoretically sound and proven solutions to common behaviour issues in the home. It helps you to understand your child’s behaviour and to use practical ways on managing it. The seven separate tracks may be listened to individually or in one session with summary tracks and specific behaviour scenarios providing an excellent method for individual reflection on the content. This CD will assist parents in developing a positive, understanding relationship with their child."

The Homework Tutor Program

This 7 track program gives parents the skills and confidence to help their primary school aged child succeed at school. The program contents include:

• The Why, When, Where and How of homework
• How to be an effective reading tutor
• How to be an effective mathematics tutor
• How to manage homework related stress

"The Homework Tutor program is an excellent practical guide to assisting parents in helping their children with homework. By working in conjunction with the class teacher and using ideas from this program parents will be able to assist their children in achieving their capabilities."

The Ready For School Program

This 7 track program is designed to give parents the understanding and skills to help the social skills, emotional maturity, communication and physical skills, and the reading and mathematics readiness skills their child will need to succeed at school.

"An excellent program giving parents the understanding and confidence they need to ensure their child is prepared for and succeeds at school. A must have resource for every early learning years centre."