The Family Support Services Program at Washington Intermediate School has purchased resource materials in order to start a lending library that is available to families and caretakers of students.  We also encourage Washington staff to access this library.  Please contact Julie Sullivan in Crow Village to access this Resource Library.

  I. Audiotapes

 1. Kids Don't Come With Instruction Manuals - No More Homework
  Headaches (audiotape, workbook and flashcards)

 II. Books

 1.   Putting On the Brakes, Young People's Guide to Understanding
  Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) by Patricia Quinn
  and Judith Stern

 2. Blink, Blink, Clop, Clop:  Why Do We Do Things We Can't Stop?
  An OCD Storybook by E. Katia Moritz and Jennifer Jablonsky

 3. The Survival Guide for Parents of Gifted Kids by Sally Walker

 4. How To Help Your Child With Homework, Every caring parent's
  guide to encouraging good study habits and ending the Homework
  Wars by Marguerite Radencich and Jeanne Schumm

 5. Child Therapy Today edited by Laura Slap-Shelton
  Volume 1 - Child Sexual Abuse, Obsessive Compulsive Disorders in Children,    Child Custody Issues, Childhood and Adolescent Depression, Violent and     Aggressive Children, Attention Deficit Disorders in Children
  Volume 2 - Childhood and Adolescent Anxiety Disorders, Childhood and 
  Adolescent Eating Disorders, Helping Children Cope with Death, Behavioral
  Difficulties in the Classroom, Involving Parents in Therapy, Keeping Children
  in the Home, Innovative Techniques in Child Therapy
  Volume 3 - Understanding and Treating the Oppositional/Defiant Child,
  Group Therapy with Children, Treating Autistic Children, Gender Identity 
  Disorder in Children, Emotional Literacy:  Teaching Mental Health to
  Children, Treating Childhood Enuresis
  Volume 4 - Treating Childhood Obesity, Treating Selective Mutism, Tourette    Syndrome in Children, Nicotine Addiction in Young People, Child and Adolescent
  Psychopharmacology, The Underachieving Child
  Volume 5 - Adventure Therapy for Troubled Youth, Habit Disorders in
  Children, Childhood-Onset Schizophrenia, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder 
  in Children, Shyness in Children
 
 

III. Reproducible Parent Guides - ten different handouts on communication,
 positive emotional support and conflict resolution.    (see attached list)
 
 

 IV. Videotapes

 1. The Anger Control Tool Kit (video and workbook)

 2. ADHD:  What Can We Do

 3. Why Won't My Child Pay Attention:  A Guide for Parents of
  Hyperactive and Inattentive Children

 4. SOS!  Help For Parents - A Practical Guide for Handling Common
  Everyday Behavior Problems (video, book and leader's guide)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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