You Can’t Make Me! Pro-Active Strategies for Positive Behavior Change in Children

Working with children, especially when it comes to guiding their behavior or helping them make positive changes, can be challenging. This insightful book by Dr. James Ball offers helpful strategies for parents, teachers, and therapists. It provides simple, research-based techniques to help adults support children in building key social and emotional skills such as self-awareness, self-control, social understanding, relationship skills, and good decisions.

The book helps you understand why children may display challenging behaviors and what might be causing them. It suggests positive approaches to address these situations and emphasizes tested strategies that help adults respond effectively to challenging behaviors, making it easier to manage tricky situations.

A key theme in the book is how an adult’s response can make a big difference. Dr. Ball uses real-life examples to show how different strategies can lead to positive outcomes or worsen things. These scenarios will give you a clearer understanding of how to handle challenging behaviors in a way that promotes positive changes.

Additionally, the book features a section dedicated to supporting children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). This part provides specific advice and strategies for creating a supportive and practical approach to helping children with ASD navigate challenges, making the book especially valuable for families and professionals working with children on the autism spectrum.

150 pages