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Number 10 May 15, 2001 1. Family Meetings 2. Resource - Positive Discipline A-Z ========================== FAMILY MEETINGS ========================== One of the most useful parenting tool is the family meeting. While family meetings are useful for solving problems within the family, it also teaches children many significant life skills. These include: communication skills, cooperation, mutual respect, creativity, brainstorming skills, responsibility, expression of feelings and how to have fun as a family as well as problem solving skills. The following is a list of the important components of a successful family meeting was derived from Positive Discipline A to Z by Nelsen, Lott and Glenn (1993):
Family meetings take time to be successful. Remember, you are teaching and modeling life skills during this time as well as the short term benefits of problem solving. Allow the process time to evolve. ================================= RESOURCE - POSITIVE DISCIPLINE A-Z ================================= Positive Discipline A-Z (1993) by Jane Nelsen, Lynn Lott and H. Stephen Glenn is an excellent resource for parents to aid in their discipline of their children. Issues are listed clearly in the table of contents and practical suggestions are offered throughout the book. CONTACT INFORMATION _______________________ Alan R. Graham, Ph.D. Bill Benninger, Ph.D. ADDvisor.com Voice: 1-866-ADDvisor Fax: 847-824-2386 Email: Alan@ADDvisor.com Bill@ADDvisor.com Web: www.ADDvisor.com (c) Copyright 2001 ADDvisor.com, Ltd. All rights reserved The above material may be retransmitted or distributed to whomever you wish as long as not a single word is changed, added or deleted, including the contact information. However, you may not copy it to a web site. Republication of "The ADDvisor" in paper media is encouraged and permitted by organizations and associations which serve parents of ADHD children at the national, state and/or local level as long as the issue is reprinted in its entirety without charge and includes the contact information. With advance permission, we are happy to edit an issue to fit your space requirements. Republication is also encouraged under other circumstances, however, the advance permission of ADDvisor.com, Ltd. must be obtained in the event that changes in the text are desired or republication is to be made by individuals or by organizations other than those mentioned above.
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