We recommend the following books:
- Kids are Worth It: Giving Your Child the Gift of Inner Discipline by Barbara Colorosso (2001)
- Children: the Challenge by Rudolf Dreikers (1992, first printed 1964)
- Parenting Young Children : Systematic Training for Effective Parenting (Step) of Children Under Six by Don Dinkmeyer Sr.
- The Parent's Handbook: Systematic Training for Effective Parenting (STEP) (Paperback) by Don Dinkmeyer Sr.
Parenting workshops:
Westside Family Place 2819 West 11th Avenue, Tel: 604- 738-2819
We highly recommend the S.T.E.P Program: Systematic training for effective parenting for all parents. Courses are run by the following organizations:
Parent Support Services of BC
Burnaby Family Life Institute
The Adler Centre
STEP Parenting Workshop:
The Adler Centre's STEP Parenting Workshops (Systematic Training in Effective Parenting) have been running for many years. Amongst many other things, you can expect to: find practical parenting strategies and tools, develop effective parenting patterns to reduce family conflict, learn why the ‘good parent’ and the ‘good child’ are myths, understand the purpose of behaviours such as temper tantrums and defiance, and learn how to encourage children to take responsibility, feel capable, and be respectful..not bad for an 8 session workshop!! For more information, dates, and location, visit their website or contact them at: apabc@adler.bc.ca or call:604-742-1818
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