Nurturing Nonviolent Children: A Guide for Parents, Educators, and Counselors

by Jones-Smith, Elsie

• ISBN13: 9780275984038
• ISBN10: 0275984036
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-05-01
• Publisher: PRAEGER AGENCY ACCOUNT

Summary

This book empowers parents, educators, and counselors to prevent youth violence by teaching the thinking skills necessary for children and teens to deal with anger and frustration in healthy, productive ways. A longtime psychologist and counselor - as well as parent and past teacher - Jones-Smith offers research and vignettes to recognize the growing problem of youth violence, understand its causes, and help adults closest to children know techniques to nurture non-violence as a way of life. She offers practical information like why a child may try to harm another and what to do when a child is angry. And, she also presents tips for parents, teachers, and counselors, including teaching children impulse control and anger management, teaching natural consequences, and instilling empathy, the antidote to violence.

Author Biography

Elsie Jones-Smith is Clinical Psychologist, Counselor Educator, and President of the Strength-Based Institute, which provides consultation to organizations dealing with youth suffering from problems including drug and alcohol addiction. She is a fellow of two divisions of the American Psychological Association, Society of Counseling Psychology and the division on Ethnic Minority Issues.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. vii
Series Foreword	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction	p. xv
Many Roots and Causes for Children's Violence	p. 1
Attachment	p. 39
Understanding Needs, Developmental Stages, Developmental Tasks, and Violence	p. 77
Helping a Child Learn How to Deal with Anger	p. 113
School Violence: The Role of the Family and Educators	p. 145
Reducing the Impact of Television and Media Violence	p. 177
Helping a Child Develop Responsible Behavior	p. 209
The Resilient Child	p. 241
It Takes a Village: Nurturing a Nonviolent Child Is a Process and a Journey	p. 267
Notes	p. 273
Index	p. 301
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