1st Edition
The Positive Parenting Handbook Developing happy and confident children
Foreword
Background to CEIT
Chapter 1: Introduction- understanding common behaviour problems in young children
Chapter 2. Building a positive relationship: letting children know that they are important to you
Chapter 3: Encouraging your children’s positive behaviour
Chapter 4: How to get better at giving instructions
Chapter 5: Ignoring problem behaviour
Chapter 6: Managing difficult behaviours
Chapter 7: Teaching new behaviour to our children
Chapter 8: Developing Children’s Language
Chapter 9: Summing it all up
Chapter 10: Typical problems experienced by real families: Positive parenting in action
10.1 A bedtime problem
10.2 A morning problem
10.3 A shopping problem
10.4 A toileting problem
10.5 An eating problem
10.6 Avoidance and anxiety problems
Other useful books and information sources for parents
Biography
Professor Judy Hutchings was an NHS Clinical Child Psychologist for 37 years, and since 1988 has also worked as a researcher at Bangor University, where she set up the Centre for Evidence Based Early Intervention. She introduced parenting programmes into treatment and preventive services and undertook research trials on services for children with behavioural problems, including developing the EPaS (Enhancing Parenting Skills) programme. In 2011, she was awarded an OBE for her work with children and families.
