Parent Resources


Parent Book Recommendations

  • Whole Brain Child by Dan Siegel

  • The Explosive Child by Dr. Ross Greene (an off putting name but a really great book for emotional intensity)

  • How To Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber (There is a little kids edition for early childhood and an original edition for adolescents)

  • Positive Discipline by Jane Nelsen (There are versions for various ages as well as a book dedicated to support in the classroom)

  • The Developing Mind by Dan Siegel

  • Emotional Intensity in Gifted Students by Christine Fonseca

  • Parent Led CBT for Child Anxiety by Cathy Creswell

  • 101 Success Secrets for Gifted Kids by Christine Fonseca

  • From Worrier to Warrior by Dan Peters (there is an adult and student version so the child and parents can read it together)

  • The Growth Mindset Coach by Annie Brock

  • Highly Sensitive Child by Elaine N Aron

  • Punished by Rewards by Alfie Kohn

  • Beyond Behaviors by Mona Delahook

  • Divergent Mind by Jenara Nerenberg (a great read for the parents of girls with high sensitivity, ADHD, autism or any neurodivergence)

Child Book Recommendations

  • ******Fantastic Elastic Brain by JoAnn Deak********

  • What to Do When Good Enough Isn’t Good Enough by Dr. Thomas Greenspoon

  • The Girl Who Never Made a Mistake by Mark Pett

  • The Mindful Dragon by Steve Herman

  • A Perfectly Messed Up Story by Patrick McDonnell

  • Beautiful Oops by Barney Saltzberg

  • The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires

  • The Dot by Peter Reynolds

  • The Book of Mistakes by Maria Luyken

  • After the Fall by Dan Santat

  • I Can’t Do That Yet by Esther Pia Cordova

  • What Do You Do With a Problem by Kobi Yamada

  • Spaghetti in a Hot Dog Bun by Maria Dismondy

  • My Strong Mind by Niels Van Hove

  • The Terrible Two by Mac Barnett

  • Schooled by Gordon Korman

  • Loser by Jerry Spinelli

  • Ungifted by Gordon Korman

  • My Big Life Journal

  • A Thousand No's by DJ Corchin


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