WORKSHOPS

Family Matters is a free AINC, family-centered workshop series designed to promote
healthy parent-child interactions and strong emotional development by providing participants with
up-to-date information on the science and practice of effective parenting.
2012 SCHEDULE
January 18, 2012 Comfort at Home: Coping with Family Stress
with Anne Dorman & Kate Culligan
February 15, 2012 Falling Apart: How to Help Kids Bounce Back from
Tough Times
with Deborah Jacobvitz
March 21, 2012 Why Do Children Cry?
with Cathy Weaver & Robert Leyendecker
April 18, 2012 Minding the Family: Mindfulness at Home
with Patty Olwell & Robert Leyendecker
May 16, 2012 Keeping Your Cool in the Summer: Kids at Home
with Anne Dorman & Alexander Zesati
TIME: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
LOCATION: Child, Inc. at 818 E. 53rd Street
Dinner and Childcare Provided!
Spanish - English Interpreter
RSVP: Rachel Castillo at Child, Inc. at 512-451-7361 x191
For more information, contact Kathy Scherer at Austin IN Connection.
Visions for Tomorrow - NAMI Austin
A curriculum 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
Nurture Shock: 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
Parenting Science: Evidence based information for the thinking parent
Parent Educators' Consortium: Suggested Readings
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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