Suggested Reading List for Parents Elementary School Alcova counselors advocate for children to promote academic success and interpersonal development as a foundation for effective life skills.
Miram Adderholdt-Elliott, Perfectionism: What is Bad About Being Too Good? Louise Bates Ames, Arnold Gesell, and Frances L. Ilg, The Child from Five to Ten.
T. Berry Brazelton, Working and Caring.
Barbara Brooks, The Scared Child: Helping Kids Overcome Traumatic Events
Lee Canter & Lee Hausner Ph.D., Homework Without Tears.
Jean Illsley Clarke, Self Esteem: A Family Affair.
Foster Cline and Jim Fay, Parenting with Love and Logic.
Barbara Coloroso, Winning at Parenting Without Beating Your Kids.
Stephen Covey, The Seven Habits of Highly Effecitve Families.
Bernice E. Cullinan, Reading to Me: Raising Kids Who Love to Read.
Dolores Curran, Traits of a Healthy Family.
Dr. Don Dinkmeyer & Gary McKay, Raising a Responsible Child.
Rudolph Dreikurs, Children the Challenge.
David Elkind, The Hurried Child.
Adele Faver and Elaine Mazlish, Siblings Without Rivalry How to Talk So Kids Will Listen How to Talk So Kids Can Learn
H. Stephen Glen & Jane Nelson Ed.D, Raising Self-Reliant Children in a Self Indulgent World. Positive Discipline (Jane Nelson)
Edward Hallowell & John Ratey, Driven to Distraction: Recognizing & Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood through Adulthood.
Louise Hart, The Winning Family.
Karen Renshaw Josline, Positive Parenting from A to Z.
Florence Karnofsky and Trudy Weiss, How to Improve Your Child’s Language and Thinking Skills.
Kevin Leman, Making Children Mind without Losing Yours.
Amy Lew and Betty Lous Bettner, A Parent’s Guide to Understanding and Motivating Children.
Linda Madaras, What’s Happening to My Body – Girls What’s Happening to My Body – Boys
Robert J. MacKenzie, Setting Limits.
Carl Metzger, Good Parenting Guide.
Dr. Ruth Allen Peters, Don’t be Afraid to Discipline.
Frank Walton, Winning Children Over, (English and Spanish).