Parenting Resources 

Workshops, Books, Articles & Links 

"Emotional interactions are the foundation not only of cognition but of most of a child's intellectual abilities, including creativity and abstract thinking."

-Terry Brazelton, MD & Stanley Greenspan, MD

"As we grow and understand ourselves we can offer a foundation of emotional well-being and security that enables our children to thrive." 

-Daniel Siegel, MD & Mary Hartzell, MEd

 

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Workshops

Family Outreach Program - Austin IN Connection

Based on up-to-date research on emotional development, attachment and interpersonal neurobiology, The Family Outreach Program is designed to promote healthy psychosocial development and parent-child relationships within all types of families.  For more information, contact Kathy Scherer, PhD at kathys@austininconnection.org.

Visions for Tomorrow - NAMI Austin

A curricula that addresses the needs of families who have a child or adolescent with a mental illness.  Taught by primary caregivers, classes offer families a safe and supportive place to share experiences and learn from other adults who care for children with mental illness.  For more information, click here.

Parent Training Course

Learn a love-based approach for helping children with challenging behaviors; based on the program "Beyond Consequences."  Presented by Kathryn Zentner, LCSW.  For more information, click the link above.

Hand in Hand Workshops

"Parenting by Connection," presented by Kirsten Nottleson.

 

Books

NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children  -  Po Bronson & Ashley Merryman

Parenting from the Inside Out  -  Daniel Siegel, MD & Mary Hartzell, MEd

The Irreducible Needs of Children: What Every Child Must Have to Grow, Learn and Flourish 

-  Terry Brazelton, MD & Stanley Greenspan, MD

Touchpoints: Your Child's Emotional & Behavioral Development  -  Terry Brazleton, MD

The Neuroscience of Human Relationships: Attachment and the Developing Social Brain  -  Louis Cozolino, PhD

The Neurobehavioral and Social Emotional Development of Infants and Children  -  Edward Tronick, PhD

How To Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk   -  Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish

Parenting by Heart  -  Ron Taffel, PhD

The Science of Parenting  -  Margot Sunderland

Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child  -  John Gottman, PhD

Everyday Blessings  -  Jon Kabat-Zinn

All Children Flourishing: Igniting the Greatness of our Children  -  Howard Glasser, MA

Transforming the Difficult Child: The Nurtured Heart Approach  -  Howard Glasser, MA  & Jennifer Easley, MA

Attaching in Adoption  -  Deborah Gray

 

Articles

The Secret to Raising Smart Kids- Hint: Don't Tell Your Kids that They Are  -  Carol Dweck, PhD

The Importance of Play in Promoting Healthy Child Development and Maintaining Strong Parent-Child Bonds 

-  Kenneth Ginsburg, MD, MSEd

Supporting Healthy Relationships between Young Children and their Families- Lessons from Attachment Theory & Research   -  Center for Child & Family Policy, Duke University

The Human Brain: Hard-Wired for Connection: Q & A with Amy Banks, MD and Judith Jordan, PhD

 -  The Wellesley Center for Women

 

Links

John Bowlby Attachment and Loss  -  Video

Alan Sroufe, PhD Attachment Theory   -  Video

Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning  (CASEL)

Circle of Security

Hand in Hand

Prenatal and Perinatal

Bringing Baby Home

Parenting with the Brain in Mind  -  Tina Bryson, PhD

Inner Kids

Neuroscience for Kids

Math is Fun

 

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