The We Do Listen Foundation

Entertaining, educational books, videos, games and songs to help young children become better listeners, learn important life lessons and feel good about themselves. Children who learn these skills will grow up better informed to resolve conflicts and empowered to change the world.

EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING / ATTENTION:

• Smart but Scattered: The Revolutionary "Executive Skills" Approach to Helping Kids Reach Their Potential, by Peg Dawson & Richard Guare

• Raising Boys with ADHD.  Secrets for Parenting Healthy, Happy Sons, by James W. Forgan, PhD & Mary Anne Richey, Prufrock Press, Waco, Tx 2012.

• Kids Reach Their Potential, by Peg Dawson & Richard Guare

• Take Charge of ADHD: The complete Authoritative Guide for Parents, by Russell Barkley, PhD.

• Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with ADHD from Childhood through Adulthood, by Edward M. Hallowell & Ella J. Ratey.

MANAGING FEELINGS:

• When My Worries Get Too Big, by Kari Dunn Buron 

• The Worried Child: Recognizing anxiety in children and helping them, by Paul Foxman, PhD

• The Anxious Child: How parents and teachers can relieve anxiety in children, by John S. Dace

• My Book Full of Feelings,  by Amy Jaffe & Luci Gardner

•  What to Do When You Worry Too Much: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Anxiety,  by Dawn Huebner & Bonnie Matthews 

•  Freeing Your Children From Anxiety: Powerful, Practical Solutions to Overcome Your Child's Fears, Worries and Phobias, by Tamar Chansky

• Helping Your Child Overcome Separation Anxiety or School Refusal, by Andrew Eisen, Linda Engler, & Joshua Sparrow

BEHAVIORAL REGULATION:

• The Tough Kid Tool Box,  by William R. Jenson

• The Explosive Child, by Ross Green

• SOS, Help for Parents. A Practical Guide for Handling Common Everyday Behavior Problems, by Lynn Clark, PhD

• 123 Magic Effective Discipline for Children 2-12,  by Thomas Phelan, PhD

• Treating Explosive Kids: A collaborative Problem Solving Approach, by Ross Green, PhD & Stuart Ablon, PhD

• Raising Your Spirited Child: A Guide for Parents Whose Child Is More Intense, Sensitive, Perceptive, Persistent, and Energetic, by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka, Ed.D.

• Skills Training for Struggling Kids: Promoting your Child's Behavioral, Emotional, and Social Development, by Michael Bloomquist

 SOCIAL SKILLS:

• The Social Skills Picture Book: Teaching Play, Emotion and Communication to Children with Autism, by Jed Bake

• Social Rules for Kids: The Top 100 Social Rules Kids Need to Succeed, by Susan Diamond, MA, CCC

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