Littlerock Elementary

School Counselor


The following books are available through local bookstores as well as various internet book sites.  This is a partial list of what is available and was compiled from a variety of resources.
 
 

The ABCs of School Success: Nurturing Young Minds: A Guide for Parents & Educators
 
Elaine K. McEwan / Paperback / Published 1995

 

 

50 Ways to Bring Out the Smarts in Your Kid

 

Marge Kennedy / Paperback / Published 1996

 

 

Bringing Kids Up Without Tearing Them Down: How to Raise Confident, Successful Children

 

Dr. Kevin Leman / Paperback / Published 1995

                                  

 

Caring for Your School-Age Child: Ages 5 to 12

 

Edward L. Schor (Editor) / Paperback / Published 1996

                                 


The Case Against Spanking: How to Discipline Your Child Without Hitting

 

Irwin A. Hyman / Paperback / Published 1997

 

 

Cooperative Discipline

Linda Albert / Paperback / Published 1996
 

Discipline That Works: Promoting Self-Discipline in Children

 

Thomas Gordon / Paperback / Published 1991

 

 

Discipline With Dignity

Dr. Allen Mendler and Dr. Richard Curwin / Paperback / Published 1989

 

 

Discipline Without Tears

 

Rudolf Dreikurs, et al / Paperback / Published 1992

 

 

Don't Take It Out on Your Kids! : A Parent's Guide to Positive

Discipline

                                 

Katharine C. Kersey, Katherine C. Kersey / Paperback / Published 1994

 

 

Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping With Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood Through Adulthood

 

Edward M. Hallowell M.D. and John Ratey M.D. / Paperback / Published 1995



Ending the Homework Hassle: Understanding, Preventing, and Solving

School Performance Problems

 

John K. Rosemond, John Resemond / Paperback / Published 1990

 

 

Homework Without Tears: A Parent's Guide for Motivating Children to Do Homework and to Succeed in School

 

Lee Canter / Paperback / Published 1993

 


How to Discipline Your Six-To-Twelve Year Old...Without Losing Your Mind

 

Jerry Wyckoff, Barbara C. Unell (Contributor) / Paperback / Published

1991

 


How to Parent Your 'Tweenager'/Understanding the In-Between Years of Your 8 to 12-Year-Old

 

Mary Manz Simon / Paperback / Published 1995

 

 

How to Talk So Kids Can Learn: At Home and in School: What Every

Parent and Teacher Needs to Know

 

Adele Faber (Editor), et al / Hardcover / Published 1995

 

 

Keys to Parenting a Child With a Learning Disability

(Barron's Parenting Keys)

                                                          

Francine J. McNamara (Contributor), Barry Edwards McNamara / Paperback

Published 1995

 

 

Making Children Mind Without Losing Yours


Dr. Kevin Leman / Paperback / Published 1987

 

 

Making the Grade: An Adolescent’s Struggle With ADD

 

Harvey C. Parker (Contributor), et al / Paperback / Published 1992

 

 

Nobody Likes Me: Helping Your Child Make Friends

 

Elaine K. McEwan / Paperback / Published 1996

 

 

Overcoming Underachieving: An Action Guide to Helping Your Child

Succeed in School

 

Sam, Ph.D. Goldstein, Nancy Mather (Contributor) / Paperback / 1998

 


Positive Involvement: How to Teach Your Child Habits for School Success

                                

Jack Youngblood, et al / Paperback / Published 1995

 

 

Parenting Behaviors that Promote School Success

 

Thomas J. Brown / Paperback / Published 1998

 

 

Raising Lifelong Learners: A Parents' Guide

 

Lucy McCormick Calkins, Lydia Bellino / Paperback / Published 1998

 

 

The Tween Years: A Parent's Guide for Surviving Those Terrific,

Turbulent, and Trying Times Between Childhood and Adolescence

 

Donna G. Corwin / Paperback / Published 1998

 

 

 

 

 

      

     compiled by Lee Giske, Littlerock Elementary, June 1999