No-Drama Discipline Workbook: Exercises, Activities, and Practical Strategies to Calm The Chaos and Nurture Developing Minds

by Daniel J. Siegel

Based on their New York Times bestselling book No-Drama Discipline, internationally acclaimed neuropsychiatrist Daniel J. Siegel, MD, and brain-based parenting expert Tina Payne Bryson, PhD, have created a guide to manage and reduce drama in your interactions with your kids, and even decrease the amount of time you spend having to discipline. The goal is simple: discipline less on autopilot by developing a set of principles andstrategies based on your own family dynamics. These stories, reflections, and exercises will help you think more deeply about the way you communicate with your kids, and provide opportunities for peaceful and nurturing conflict resolution.

Genres: Parenting, Psychology, Nonfiction, Childrens

144 pages, Paperback

Published May 19, 2016

About the author

Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., is an internationally acclaimed author, award-winning educator, and child psychiatrist. Dr. Siegel received his medical degree from Harvard University and completed his postgraduate medical education at UCLA with training in pediatrics and child, adolescent and adult psychiatry. He is currently a clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine, where he also serves as a co-investigator at the Center for Culture, Brain, and Development, and is a founding co-director of the Mindful Awareness Research Center. In addition, Dr. Siegel is the Executive Director of the Mindsight Institute.

Dr. Siegel has the unique ability to convey complicated scientific concepts in a concise and comprehensible way that all readers can enjoy. He has become known for his research in Interpersonal Neurobiology – an interdisciplinary view that creates a framework for the understanding of our subjective and interpersonal lives. In his most recent works, Dr. Siegel explores how mindfulness practices can aid the process of interpersonal and intrapersonal attunement, leading to personal growth and well-being.

Published author of several highly acclaimed works, Dr. Siegel’s books include the New York Times’ bestseller “Brainstorm”, along with "Mindsight," "The Developing Mind," "The Mindful Brain," "The Mindful Therapist," in addition to co-authoring "Parenting From the Inside Out," with Mary Hartzell and "The Whole-Brain Child," with Tina Bryson. He is also the Founding Editor of the Norton Professional Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology, which includes "Healing Trauma," "The Power of Emotion," and "Trauma and the Body." Dr. Siegel currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife.

For more information on Dr. Siegel's work, please visit DrDanSiegel.com.

Reviews

[Chandra Crawford · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love it so much. I don’t fill it all out but even having the images on hand that show do’s and dont’s are super.

[Sandy · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 stars
A good companion book to help you implement No-Drama Discipline.

This is like a self.help book. There are lots of questions for you to reflect on your strengths, weaknesses, and your parenting styles, as well as exercises for you to prepare and train yourself to response appropriately in real life scenarios. However, I wish that they provide the appropriate responses for some of the scenarios they talk about too. Otherwise, I really have no idea whether my responses are the right things to do or not.

[Ashley · Rating 5 out of 5]

It took me almost 2 years to work my way through the workbook. Things would be smooth and great, but as soon as I’d revert back into old reactive parenting habits I’d pick it back up to remind myself of ways to connect, redirect, model empathy, etc. parenting is so hard and I constantly have to keep coming back to this to practice. I do think it gave me a ton of great strategies and ideas, though. This workbook is a great companion to the book and helps you put the ideas into practice.

[Lenna · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

[Laura · Rating 5 out of 5]

Will definitely be re-reading this often