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I believe parents and teachers need to work together to support students so they can do their best and achieve their potential. As a special education behaviour specialist, I support students who are troubled, troubling and troublesome. Sometimes parents will ask me for parenting advice because they don’t know what to do with their out-of-control children. I’m reluctant to give parenting advice. My training as a behaviour specialist has been how to help students control their behaviour at school, not at home.
In the past when parents have asked me for parenting advice, I’ve usually suggested they seek help from a therapist for parenting their out-of-control kids. Often, though, parents were reluctant to go that route and didn’t seek help. I’m not sure why. I know that some parents, especially sole parent families can’t afford the therapy. Therapy can be very expensive and some families just don’t have the money for therapy. Some parents asking for parenting advice have told me they have gone the therapist route but have found it didn’t really help much. I didn’t know what to say to them and always felt frustrated because I believed there must be a way to help parents develop effective parenting skills. It’s amazing that we get such little training about how to be an effective parent when being a parent is such an important job.
Happily, now when parents ask me for parenting advice I can recommend a parent training program that’s effective and affordable- Dr. Andrew Gibson’s Parenting Angry Children and Teens (P.A.C.T.) Training Program”. After speaking with Dr. Gibson, reading his book Got An Angry Kid?, reviewing his program and his newsletter, I believe that parents of families who live in conflict and have kids who have psychiatric labels like
- ADHD,
- oppositional defiance,
- conduct disorder,
- bi-polar disorder.
can learn effective parenting skills. Over 500 families have gone through Dr. Gibson’s program, and the success rate has been high.
I’ve never been excited enough about a parent training program to endorse it, but I’m excited about the P.A.C.T. parent training program. What Dr. Gibson says makes so much sense to me as a behaviour specialist, special education teacher and parent. Dr. Gibson has agreed to offer my readers a special free one month trial membership, a month free trial membership in Spike Club as well as his book ” Got An Angry Kid? Parenting Spike: A Seriously Difficult Child”. You only need to pay a $7.95 shipping and handling fee for his book.
You can see and hear Dr. Gibson tell you about his program in more detail, and the 8 benefits you will get from the program. I’m know you’ll be as impressed as I am about the level of support his program gives parents. If you know anyone who might find the the P.A.C.T. program useful, please tell them about it.
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