Positive Discipline for Children with Special Needs: Raising and Teaching All Children to Become Resilient, Responsible, and Respectful

by Jane Nelsen Ed.D., Steven Foster, Arlene Raphael

Over 2 Million Positive Discipline Books Sold!

A Positive Approach To Helping Children With Special Needs Realize Their Potential Every child deserves to lead a happy and fulfilling life. For parents and teachers of children with special needs, helping their child to not only negotiate daily challenges, but to live fulfilling, meaningful lives, can be the most difficult challenge they will face. Over the years, millions of parents and teachers have come to trust Jane Nelsen’s classic Positive Discipline series for its consistent, commonsense approach to childrearing. Now, the bestselling series addresses the specific challenges that parents and teachers of children with special needs face, and offers them straightforward advice for supporting them in positive ways. In these pages are practical solutions to challenges such Learning to look beyond diagnostic labels ● Believing in each child's potential regardless of his/her stage of development ● Helping children integrate socially and interact with their peers ● Coping with the frustration that inevitably occurs when a child is being difficult ● Strengthening a child’s sense of belonging and significance ● And Many More! Use this book to answer such questions
   • How do you accommodate a disability, while still teaching a child to try their best?
   • How do you help a child cope with anger they may have trouble expressing, especially when that anger may on some level be justified?
   • How do you teach a child who may struggle with seemingly straight forward tasks to contribute to the world around them in a way that will be meaningful to them? “If you are raising or teaching a child with special needs, this book is a must-read. As the mother of a child with autism, my hopes and dreams for my son were no different than those of other parents. I wanted a parenting approach that helped my child grow up to be self confident, happy, and prepared for success in relationships, work, and life. I also needed practical, effective methods for addressing the significant, challenging behaviors I faced on a daily basis. Finally, in this amazing book, I found both…. Thank you, thank you, thank you to the authors of this groundbreaking book .”  -  Rachel Fink Parks, MS, PCC

Genres: Parenting, Education, Nonfiction, Teaching

258 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2011

Reviews

[Thomas Peterson · Rating 4 out of 5]

This child-rearing book was so much more helpful than my last attempt. I borrowed this book from the library, but I may eventually need to purchase it, as there is so many charts or lessons that I need to focus on. I am still open to other theories of child raising, but this book contained many beliefs that resonate with me, like respecting your children and their dignity, seeing their potential instead of their limitations, and working with them to resolve root cause issues. One thing I especially like is how it does not combine all tantrums, behavioral issues, and outbursts on simply wanting attention, but rather dives deep into some common reasons (misguided or innocent) that children may be crying out for. I would recommend this to parents or teachers working with children with special needs.

[A-inn · Rating 4 out of 5]

作者有很多本相關書籍，我還沒看過其他本。

這本前面幾章是講理論原則，後面每一章就是一個孩子的案例，感覺也適合教學現場的老師閱讀。

大人要能分辨「無辜行為」和「錯誤行為」。
了解無辜行為，避免週遭的人做出不當反應而使無辜行為演變為具社會動機的錯誤目的。（好多特生新聞都是這樣！）
從「錯誤行為」看出背後的「錯誤信念」，進而找出「錯誤目的」。解讀之後，幫忙說出感受及引導使用積極賦能的方式與他人連結，實現歸屬感和價值感。
裡面提到主要的錯誤目的有：尋求關注、報復、爭奪權力、自暴自棄。
想想大部分的衝突好像真的都能歸到這幾類。

Note
每個人都想追求「歸屬感」和「價值感」，如何引導人類以「對社會有益」的方式實現？
分辨「無辜行為」和「錯誤行為」。
從「錯誤行為」看出背後的「錯誤信念」，進而找出「錯誤目的」。解讀之後，幫忙說出感受及引導使用積極賦能的方式與他人連結，實現歸屬感和價值感。
錯誤目的：尋求關注、報復、爭奪權力、自暴自棄。
了解無辜行為，避免週遭的人做出不當反應而使無辜行為演變為具社會動機的錯誤目的。
九大氣質：活動力、規律性、趨避性、適應度、敏感度、情緒本質、反應強度、注意力、堅持度

[Karla · Rating 4 out of 5]

Authors give focus to finding and building on child strengths; the importance of providing encouragement as well. The authors talk about recognizing and fostering hopes and dreams for the child; building a network importance, and demonstrate empathy.
Nonverbal communication enhancements is a positive interaction style easily adoptable.
I enjoyed many facets of this text and would suggest reading if you have or are working with a unique child.

[Laura · Rating 4 out of 5]

This books was helpful, yet confusing. I've read another of Jane Nelsen's books, so I'm familiar with the positive discipline principles. The examples in the book were helpful, but the book wasn't laid out well - it sort of jumped all over the place. I feel like I need to go back and take notes on the portions I highlighted to make sense of it all before I can even begin to see what I'm already applying versus what I need to work on adding to my parent toolbox.

[Grace · Rating 5 out of 5]

I like that this approach blended authoritative parenting styles with socio-emotional development, something our children should all have access to as much as possible. This helps them to understand boundaries not just from goal driven measures, but from a perspective of process as well.

[Tammy Lyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Again, found some useful tool and strategies to use with our special needs son that we've implemented.

[Cyndee · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very helpful

[Crystal · Rating 5 out of 5]

must read

[Ghassan Samaha · Rating 5 out of 5]

very valuable and non replaceable asset for parents having a child with special needs (me as a parent included)

[Stacey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great, practical book that really resonated with me. Together with "Differently Wired," it really helped me hone my approach to parenting. The beginning is a bit rough to get through (I admittedly HATE self-help and philosophy jargon), but more straight-forward practical tips follow, so it's well worth plowing through.

[Jane · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was lucky enough to be a reader for one of the authors, Steven Foster. Not having children nor any experience with special needs kids, it was fascinating and I learned a lot. It's well written with many great stories, helpful graphs and highlighted areas for the take home lesson.

[Isabelle Macnider · Rating 5 out of 5]

Incredibly well-written and informative! A must for parents of kids with Special Needs.

[Kellie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was stellar. What an excellent read!

[Melissa Miller · Rating 5 out of 5]

I found this book very easy to read and very helpful. I am going to re-read it and make notes of the things that I need to work on and the suggestions included. I highly recommend it.