Recomended Reading
Toddler Years
The Montessori Toddler - offers practical advice for fostering independence, curiosity, and emotional intelligence in toddlers.
by Simone Davies
Oh Crap! Potty Training - a step-by-step guide for parents navigating the challenges of potty training.
by Jamie Glowacki
School Age Years
The Whole-Brain Child provides 12 strategies to support healthy brain development, manage meltdowns, and nurture resilience in children, blending neuroscience with practical parenting techniques.
by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson
Parenting from the Inside Out - focuses on how parents’ own childhood experiences shape their parenting, offering tools to build stronger emotional connections and respond with empathy.
by Daniel J. Siegel and Mary Hartzell
Raising a Secure Child: How Circle of Security Parenting Can Help You Nurture Your Child's Attachment, Emotional Resilience, and Freedom to Explore
by Kent Hoffman, Glen Cooper, Bert Powell
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk - offers proven communication techniques, scripts for conflict resolution, and ways to foster cooperation while maintaining warm relationships.
by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
The 5 Love Languages of Children - helps parents identify their child’s primary love language and communicate affection effectively, enhancing emotional connection.
by Gary Chapman and Ross Campbell
You Are Not Alone for Parents and Caregivers: The NAMI Guide to Navigating Your Child’s Mental Health―With Advice from Experts and Wisdom from Real Families
by Christine M. Crawford
The Explosive Child 6th Edition: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children
by Ross W. Greene PhD
Raising Kids with Big, Baffling Behaviors: Brain, Body Sensory Strategies that really Work
by Robyn Gobbel
Tiny Humans, Big Emotions: How to Navigate Tantrums, Meltdowns, and Defiance to Raise Emotionally Intelligent Children
by Alyssa Blask Campbell and Lauren Elizabeth Stauble
Peaceful Discipline - focuses on teaching children responsibility and self-regulation through positive, respectful guidance
by Jane Nelsen
Teen Years
Fourteen Talks by Age Fourteen: The Essential Conversations You Need to Have with Your Kids Before They Start High School
by Michelle Icard
Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood
by Lisa Damour Ph.D.
ADHD
Smart but Scattered: The Revolutionary "Executive Skills" Approach to Helping Kids Reach Their Potential First Edition
by Peg Dawson, Richard Guare
Brilliantly Wired Raising Kids With ADHD: A Positive Parenting Guide With Strategies to Build Focus, Self-Esteem, and Emotional Regulation
by Ms Michelle Prefontaine
Selective Mutism
Selective Mutism: An Assessment and Intervention Guide for Therapists, Educators, and Parents: Revised and Updated
by Aimee Kotrba PhD, Katelyn Reed MS
Call Me Lion (for ages 9-12)
by Camilla Chester
Why doesn't Alice talk at school?: A storybook to read to friends and the class about Selective Mutism
By Lucy Nathanson
OCD
Breaking Free of Child Anxiety and OCD: A Scientifically Proven Program for Parents
by Eli R. Lebowitz, PHD
Autism
Uniquely Human: Updated and Expanded: A Different Way of Seeing Autism
by Barry M. Prizant Ph.D.
