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Spirited Children and Challenging Behaviour

We offer workshops that can help:

  • Calming the Storm: Self-Regulation Strategies for Your Intense or Emotional Child

  • The Power of Labels: Turn Your Child's Challenging Behaviours into Assets

  • Supporting Your Child to Manage BIG Emotions

  • Taming the Dragon: Anger and Stress Management

  • Why Is My Child Acting Like This? Understanding and Defusing Challenging Behaviour


Check out our Workshops or view our Event Calendar to see what workshops are being offered at this time.


For local resources, visit the MyDufferin directory of services.


 

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Articles

Websites

Books


Specific Topics

Self-Regulation

Sensory Issues

Transitions


 

Articles

The Difference Between Tantrums and Meltdowns – Amanda Morin, Understood


Your Child's Temperament: Nine Traits to Consider – GreatSchools, 2024


Understanding the 'Goodness-of-Fit' Theory Can Help You Be a Better Parent – Rachel Fairbank, Lifehacker, 2021


7 ways to deal with a defiant kid – Jackie Gillard, Today's Parent, 2017


 

Websites

Lives in the Balance (Dr. Ross W. Greene)

Includes a number of two-minute parenting videos, handouts, and detailed information about the Proactive and Collaborative Solutions (CPS) model to prevent explosions – Dr. Ross Greene, author of The Explosive Child.


Parent Child Help (Mary Sheedy Kurcinka) The author of Raising Your Spirited Child. Her blog offers solutions to challenges that parents of spirited children face.



 

Specific Topics

Self-Regulation


Sensory Issues


Transitions


 

Books

Many of our book recommendations are available through your local library! We encourage you to take advantage of the local resources available to you. If you would like to support the author, you can click the book titles below and you will be taken to the Amazon book listing for your convenience.

The Explosive Child Dr. Ross W. Greene, Ph.D.

Ain't Misbehavin' Alyson Schafer

Raising Your Spirited Child Mary Sheedy Kurcinka, Ed.D.


* Please note that these links are shared for information purposes only and the sharing of this information should not be construed as an endorsement or recommendation on the part of The Parent Support Network.

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