For Parents

Parent Resource Library is located in our own St. Clare library on a reserved shelf.  You can check out any book on your child's library card.  Below is the link:

Parent Resource Library

(books/videos are available in the School Library for parents to check out)

The Myth of Laziness

America’s Top Learning Expert Shows How Kids-and Parents-Can Become More Productive

By Mel Levine, M.D.

A Mind At A Time

America’s Top Learning Expert Shows How Every Child Can Suceed

By Mel Levine, M.D.

The Challenging Child

Understanding, Raising, and Enjoying the Five Difficult Types of Children

By Stanley I. Greenspan, M.D.

The Minds of Boys

Saving Our Sons From Falling Behind in School and Life

By Michael Gurian and Kathy Stevens

Real Boys

Rescuing Our Sons from the Myths of Boyhood

By William Pollack, PH.D.

The Survival Guide for Parents of Gifted Kids

How to Understand, Live With, and Stick Up For Your Gifted Child

By Sally Yahnke Walker, PH.D.

Advice to Parents on ADHD

(Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)

By Larry B. Silver, M.D.

Succeeding With LD

20 True Stories About Real People with LD

By Jill Lauren, M.A.

Is Your Child Hyperactive? Inattentive? Impulsive? Distractible?

Helpling the ADD/Hyperactive Child

A Practical Program For Changing Your Child’s Behavior

With And Without Medication

By Stephen W. Garber, PH.D., Marianne Daniels Garber, PH.D., and Robyn Freedman Spizman

Reving Ophelia

Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls

By Mary Pipher, PH.D.

Queen Bees & Wannabes

Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends

 & Other Realities of Adolescence

By Rosalind Wiseman

I Have Tourette’s But Tourette’s Doesn’t Have Me

Dispelling the Myth One Child At a Time

HBO Family Production

The Adult ADD Reader

A Collection of Short Easy to Read Articles by Nationally Prominent Authorities and Adults with ADD

Produced by Attention Deficit Disorder Resources

Asperger’s Syndrome

A Guide For Parents and Professionals

By Tony Attwood

The Survival Guide for Kids with LD

By Gary Fisher, P.H.D., and Rhoda Cummings, ED.D

Parent in Control

Restore order in your home and create a loving

relationship with your adolescent

by Gregory Bodenhamer

Games For Reading

Playful Ways to Help Your Child Read

By Peggy Kane

The Book Whisperer

Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child

By Donalyn Miller

Misunderstood Minds

Searching For Success in School

PBS video

Anger

How to Recognize and Cope With It

Leo Madow, M.D.

Positive Discipline

The classic guide for parents and teachers to help children develop self-discipline, responsibility, cooperation, and problem solving skills

By Jane Nelsen, Ed. D.

The Explosive Child

A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children

By Ross W. Greene, Ph.D.

Empowering Parents

How To Raise Obedient Children- It’s Possible.  It’s Right.

By William & Candace Backus

The A.D.D. and A.D.H.D. Diet

A comprehensive look at contributing factors and natural treatments for symptoms of Attention Deficit Disorder and Hyperactivity

By Rachel Bell and Dr. Howard Peiper

Helping Your Anxious Child

A Step-by-Step Guide for Parents

By Ronald M Rapee, PH.D.

Helping Your Angry Child

Worksheets, fun puzzles, and engaging games to help you communicate better

By Darlene Gaynor Nemeth Ph.D.

Raising Our Daughters

The Ultimate Parenting Guide For Healthy Girls and Thriving Parents

By Kathy Masarie MD

Raising Our Sons

The Ultimate Parenting Guide For Healthy Boys and Thriving Parents

By Kathy Masarie MD

Raising A Thinking Child Workbook

Teaching Young Children How to Resolve Everyday Conflicts and Get Along With Others

By Myrna B Shure

Parents Are Teachers

A Child Management Program

By Wesley C. Becker

Raise Your Kids Without Raising Your Voice

With over 50 Solutions to Everyday Parenting Challenges

By Sarah Chana Radcliffe

A Special Education

One Family’s Journey Through the Maze of Learning Disabilities

By Dana Buchman

Ending the Homework Hassle

Understanding, Preventing, And Solving School Performance Problems

By John Rosemond

Don’t Miss the Bus

Steering Your Child to Success in School

By Mary Ann Smialek

Guys Write For Guys Read

By Jon Scieszka

Action Strategies For Deepening Comprehension

Role Plays,Text Structure Tableaux, Talking Statues, and Other Enrichment Techniques that Engage Students With Text

By Jeffrey D Wilhelm PHD

Misreading Masculinity

Boys, Literacy, and Popular Culture

By Thomas Newkirk

Positive Discipline

For Single Parents

By Jane Nelsen

The Hurried Child

Growing Up Too Fast Too Soon

By David Elkind

The Friendship Factor

By Kenneth H Rubin PHD

Best Friends, Worst Enemies

Understanding The Social Lives of Children

By Michael Thompson PHD

The Truth About the Male and Female Brain

The Essential Difference

By Simon Baron Cohen

No More Mistbehavin:38 Difficult Behaviors and How to Stop Them by  by Michele Borba

What to Do When You Grumble Too Much

A Kid’s Guide to Overcoming Negativity

By Dawn Huebner PHD

Split in Two

Keeping It Together When Your Parents Live Apart

By Karen Buscemi