Best Selling Books by Jane Nelsen

Written by parenting and recovery experts, this important first book on healing the broken circle of the parent-child relationship helps parents take charge of their lives and make changes that will bring the whole family together. Topics include how to rebuild trust, break old patterns of codependence, and improve communication.

Give up guilt and shameRebuild trustCreate structure and routineImprove communicationsLearn parenting skills

According to bestselling author Jane Nelsen, the chronic stress of modern life keeps millions of people from enjoying the sweet happiness that comes with peace of mind. Dr. Nelsen''s From Here to Serenity shows readers how they can achieve inner peace by following four basic and easily applied principles: understanding how feelings can act as a personal compass, freeing one''s self from the filters of one''s thought system, realizing that other people do the best they can with what they know, and learning how gratitude can overcome depression and anger.

1001 solutions to everyday parenting problems.

As a working parent, do you struggle to find a balance between work and family? Do you feel frustrated or helpless when it comes to enforcing family rules and discipline? You are not alone. Tens of millions of parents share these common concerns. But help has arrived! Over the years, parents just like you have come to trust the POSITIVE DISCIPLINE series for its consistent, commonsense approach to child rearing.Positive Discipline for Working Parentsis an invaluable resource to nurturing cooperation, good character, and positive life skills in children. You''ll learn how to: • Avoid power struggles with your children • Maintain schedules, plan meals, and reduce stress through effective time management • Learn the power of family meetings in tackling discipline and developmental problems • Help those who care for your children understand the important philosophy of kindness and firmness in setting boundaries • And much more!

The philosophy of positive discipline is that of raising children in a positive environment enabling them to grow into secure, capable people. Tailored to the needs of parents, teachers, and anyone who works with children, Prima''s "Positive Discipline" library is an invaluable resource.A million new stepfamilies form each year, and none of these blended families makes the adjustment unscathed. Most encounter many difficulties, from deep-seated emotional trauma to the minor skirmishes that every family faces every day. They''ll find solid, tested advice here on how to overcome the problems and accentuate the rewards of their new relationship.

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A Blueprint for Bringing Together Two Families Living in a stepfamily is challenging. But a household where yours and mine must become ours can become a harmonious family unit. It is possible to build a stepfamily that works for all of its members--an environment where both adults and children can feel safe, loved, and free to grow and learn. Written to address the particular challenges that stepfamilies typically confront, this latest addition to the bestselling "Positive Discipline series helps you understand the process of stepfamily living and empowers you to make the right decisions. Inside, you will find real solutions that can make your new family a cohesive and happy unit. You''ll discover how to: -Resolve responsibility and role issues -Blend rules and traditions -Build effective communication between all family members -Handle discipline and finances -Develop respect and affection among rival children -And much more! "Anchored in today''s family realities, the essence of this book is a respectful approach to stepfamily discipline. The scenarios are grittily realistic and the wealth of positive suggestions ring true. Families are always a work in progress so this book is useful for both seasoned and novice parents and stepparents." --Margorie Engel, Ph.D., president, Stepfamily Association of America

The number one stressor for teachers, who want to make a difference in the lives of students, is the time they have to spend on dealing with "misbehavior." Based on the best selling Positive Discipline series (rooted in the work of Alfred Adler and Rudolf Dreikurs), this deck of cards includes 52 tools that teach skills for dealing with "misbehavior" in ways that teach social emotional learning at the same time. Instead of using rewards and punishments (proven by research to be ineffective long-term), these tools help teachers understand the "belief behind the behavior" (the driving force behind the behavior) and then how to use encouraging methods such as involving students in focusing on solutions. Each tool includes a cartoon to help you see the humor in difficult situations, which then helps you access the part of your brain that is open to solutions. The "text" side of the card provides quick and easy steps to implement 52 tools that meet the Five Criteria for Positive Discipline.

Positive Discipline in the Workplace created by Jane Nelsen and Dina Emser provides a step-by-step approach to sharing experiential activities to connect Positive Discipline principles with business audiences who want to create a culture of mutual respect in the workplace. This program stands alone or offers significant enhancement to other leadership programs; it emphasizes experiential activities to inspire deeper understanding and change. Participants love the Team Problem Solving Steps because this process provides a fun and effective way for them to get specific help with real opportunities and challenges at work.

A Biblical Approach to Raising a Respectful, Responsible, and Capable Child "Train a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not turn from it." (Proverbs 22:6) As Christian parents, you know you need to train your child, yet you probably wonder just how you can accomplish the fulfillment of this Scripture. What kind of parenting ensures that your child will become a responsible, capable adult who can choose to love and follow God for life? Positive Discipline in the Christian Home clarifies how the Bible and the time-proven skills of Positive Discipline can work together. Using stories and passages from the Bible as well as real-life stories from families using these principles, this non-denominational book will show you how to: * Teach your children life skills and values * Set appropriate boundaries with your children *Understand and respond to misbehavior with loving guidance *Follow through with kindness and firmness at the same time * AND MUCH MORE!

Positive Discipline Tools for Early Childhood Educators is intended to present powerful tools for training educators (and parents), and for helping them understand the importance for young children of social and emotional skills, kind and firm discipline that teaches, encouragement, and training in life skills, resilience, and character.

All Positive Discipline Tools for Kids teach one or more of the five CASEL core competencies:? Self-Awareness? Self-Management? SocialAwareness? RelationshipSkills? ResponsibleDecision-MakingSee: CASEL (Collaborative for Academic and Social Emotional Learning: www.casel.org)

Where did we ever get the crazy idea that to get children to do better, first we have to make them feel worse? Coaches hold tremendous influence over children. We have the power to build them up into better athletes and people or tear them down by belittling them. The choice is ours.

Clarifies the difference between abuses and effective use of time out.

Traditional Chinese edition of Positive Discipline for Preschoolers: For Their Early Years?Raising Children Who Are Responsible, Respectful, and Resourceful

This activity book is designed to help you gain a better understanding of your child and become familiar with the kinds of activities and discipline methods that help your child thrive.

Alkylation of ZrCl$sb4$ with phenyllithium affords the new d$sp0$ complex $rmlbrack Li(Etsb2O)rbracksb2lbrack ZrPhsb6rbrack ;$ the $rmlbrack ZrPhsb6sp{2-}$) anion adopts a trigonal prismatic geometry. Despite the presence of orbitals on the phenyl ligands that are of the right symmetry to serve as $pi$-donors, the trigonal prismatic geometry clearly shows that the phenyl groups are not acting as $pi$-donors. The lithium cations form weak interactions with the ipso carbons of the phenyl rings. In an attempt to prepare six-coordinate d$sp0$ species that lack Li$spcdots$C interactions, the synthesis of zirconium pentafluorophenyl complexes was investigated. The compounds (Li(12-crown-4)$rmsb2rbracksb2lbrack ZrClsb2(Csb6Fsb5)sb4$) and $rmlbrack Li(tmed)sb2rbracklbrack Li(tmed)rbracksb2lbrack ZrFsb2(Csb6Fsb5)sb5$) were isolated; the first adopts an octahedral structure owing to the $pi$-donor character of the chloride ligands, while the latter adopts a regular pentagonal bipyramidal structure. The latter compound also shows that C-F bond activation has occuned. Alkylatidn of the phosphine complexes ZrCl$sb4$(PP) and HfCl$sb4$(PP) complexes with $rm LiCHsb2SiMesb3$ affords unusual lithium salts of five-coordinate zirconium auryls; one of these salts, $rmlbrack Li(dcype)sb2rbracklbrack Zr(CHsb2SiMesb3)sb5$) where dcype is 1,2-bis(dicyclohexylphosphino)ethane, was structurally characterized. The structure of the anion is best described as a distorted square pyramid; the structure is consistent with molecular orbital calculations which predict that square pyramidal structures should be adopted for such d$sp0$ species. Equally interesting is the structure of the cation, which consists of a lithium atom surrounded by a distorted tetrahedral array of two diphosphine ligands. These results bear on important issues such as whether five-coordinate d$sp0$ alkyls are susceptible to Jahn-Teller distortions, and whether trialkylphosphine ligands should be classified as hard or soft Lewis bases. Treatment of $rm (Csb8Hsb8)ZrClsb2(thf)sp{cdot}2KCl$ with one equivalent of p-tolyllithium, followed by the addition of $rm N,N,Nspprime ,Nspprime$-tetramethylethylenediamine (tmed), yields red crystals of the mono(p-tolyl) complex $rmlbrack Li(tmed)rbracklbrack (Csb8Hsb8)Zr(p$-$rm Csb6Hsb4Me)Clsb2$); this compound has been crystallographically characterized. Treatment of $rm (Csb8Hsb8)MClsb2{cdot}2KCl$ (M = Zr, Hf) with three equivalents of methyl-, phenyl-, or p-tolyllithium in tetrahydrofuran or diethyl ether, followed by addition of $rm N,N,Nspprime ,Nspprime$-tetramethyl-ethylenediamine, yields several new organozirconium and -hafnium compounds of stoichiometry $rmlbrack Li(tmed)sb2rbracklbrack (Csb8Hsb8)MRsb3$) where R = Me, Ph, or p-$rm Csb6Hsb4Me$. With larger alkyl groups, electrically neutral organozirconium and -hafnium complexes can be isolated: treatment of $rm (Csb8Hsb8)MClsb2(thf)sp{cdot}2KCl$ with 2 equiv. of LiCH(SiMe$sb3)sb2$ gives products of stoichiometry $rm (Csb8Hsb8)Mlbrack CH(SiMesb3)sb2rbracksb2$. The structure of this latter complex has been determined. Interestingly, this latter 14-electron molecule reacts reversibly with carbon monoxide but is unaffected by dihydrogen even at elevated pressures.

As Alfred Adler and Rudolf Dreikurs taught, behavior is goal directed, and people constantly seek to improve themselves and their situations. Because more information and research is now available, we can understand what truly motivates people and keeps them engaged. It is called "encouragement". Research has now proven, over and over, that encouragement is the best way to motivate behavior change so that everyone maintains dignity and respect. In these tool cards you will learn what encouragement looks like and how to apply the principles in the workplace.