by Jonathan C. Robinson (Author)
After reading "Teachable Moments" parents and helping professionals will:
Know nine parenting perspectives that will guide their understanding of children's issues and development
Understand adult and child developmental stages and the impact of these stages on their child's functioning. Readers will also be introduced to a new concept of four developmental stages of effective parenting that provides synchrony with their child.
They will also learn the new concept of four types of parent communication that enhance your relationship with your child.
After identifying and understanding eleven specific communication tools and behavior management strategies, readers also will have "Learn The Concept" practice exercises to help them implement these parenting tools.
This is a source book that parents and helping professionals will take down from their bookshelf time and again as issues and situations occur with their children and clients. As these tools are applied, children will feel more loved, respected, and engaged with their parents. Parents will feel more confident in their parenting style and more emotionally connected both with God and with their children. The market size expands to both churched and unchurched adults with children or grandchildren ages birth to twenty-one, and to the helping professionals who serve this market population.
Author Biography
Jonathan C. Robinson, Ph.D. is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and has been in private clinical practice for over 35 years. The resources woven into the fabric of Teachable Moments are the product of healing moments throughout his vibrant, clinical practice with children, parents, and families. Additionally, Teachable Moments has evolved over years of teaching community classes, providing countless workshops, making numerous professional presentations, and ten years of hosting a weekly listener call-in Christian radio show, linking caller questions about mental health issues with Bible resources and practical tools for better mental health.