TLC FOR FRAZZLED KIDS, Helping Grown Ups Help Kids

by Nancy Goodell, Ann Garrett, Gasper Vaccaro (Illustrator)

Overview

ALL KIDS GET FRAZZLED SOMETIMES....

Because today's children contend with high levels of emotional vulnerability, the result may be a wide range of acting out behaviors.

TLC for Frazzled Kids is a practical step-by-step guide for working with children who experience loss of control during difficult situations. As a resource for parents, teachers, therapists, and child care workers, it is applicable in home, school, and a variety of settings. The methods support the overall development of resilient children as they learn strategies for safety and success.

Positive outcomes include self-control, problem solving, and effective communication between adults and children.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940013930988
Publisher:	Frazzled?!
Publication date:	02/29/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	124
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Nancy Goodell has worked with frazzled folks as a special education teacher, dance/movement therapist, school director, mother and grandmother. Her life's work supports growth-producing interactions between adults and children. Nancy grew up in Nebraska and has lived on both coasts. Currently she and her husband live and work in Southern California.

Ann Garrett has worked with frazzled kids in residential treatment and education for over thirty years. She is also the author of six books for children: FINS and FLIPPERS-SCALES and NIPPERS, KEEPER of the SWAMP, STARDUSTERS, TALES of TAILS, WHAT'S FOR DINNER? and WHAT'S FOR LUNCH?. Ann lives, works, and writes in Southern California.

Editorial Reviews

A Treasure of a Book!

TLC for Frazzled Kids is an easy to read and relate to treasure of wisdom and perspective for parents, teachers, grandparents,for anyone who wants to understand and communicate better with children. The book is filled with life experience, humor and presents its key points clearly in a way that really engages the reader and inspires creative problem solving and deeper compassion for the child's viewpoint.

Wendy Lamson

Excellent Dealing-with-Kids Tool Book

TLC for Frazzled Kids shares most enlightened and practical ways to deal not only with the disoriented children in their classrooms but with themselves as teachers. The phenomenal wisdom from discipline and practice is clearly illustrated and defined so anyone can use this in their own lives and with their families. I found it very everyday-usable as a resource for my own learning difficulties and psychological left-overs.

Sally Blakemore

A Must Read!

TLC for Frazzled Kids brings adults back to the core principles of good parenting and therapeutic interventions, focusing on positive, strength-based, non-punitive interactions with children. As parents and caregivers, we can be quick to react and step into conflicts with children that express our frustration, but do not honor the child's needs. Hence, we miss out on opportunities to teach and build self-esteem.

Abby McCarrel

Loved this little book!

Don't let the modest size of TLC for Frazzled Kids: Helping Grown Ups Help Kids by Nancy Goodell and Ann Garrett fool you. Its 104 pages are packed with so much wisdom that, while reading it, I kept asking myself "Where was this book when I needed it?" This mighty little book could also be titled TLC for Frazzled Parents of Frazzled Kids. Every page within every short chapter throws a lifeline to parents.

Beryl Bissell

Outstanding resource

This book is pure gold. Nancy Goodell and Ann Garrett have distilled decades of working with children into an easy-to-follow and effective method for creating sanity and peace when children are in meltdown. As an elementary school teacher, I've watched children physically relax and begin problem solving when I use these strategies to facilitate conflicts -- both on the playground and in the classroom.

Nancy Noto