The Parent Resource Center Collection of Books includes:

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HIGHLANDS SCHOOL

PARENT RESOURCE CENTER

The Highlands School, Family, Community Partnership Team (SFCP) sponsors the Parent Resource Center (PRC). Located just inside the main door of the lobby, the PRC is your one source for information regarding Highlands School activities and events, District 203 information and parenting information.

The literature spinner houses all the current bulletins pertaining to Highlands School, District 203, Home & School, SFCP, sports activities, and community activities. The bulletin board will keep you informed of upcoming activities at Highlands and information that may be beneficial to your family.

The parent library contains books, videos, CD’s, and pamphlets focusing on child development, literacy, mathematics and parenting issues. An honor checkout system is in place with easy step-by-step instructions. Material from the parent library may also be checked out by completing the order form below and returning the form to school with your child. Your child’s teacher will forward the form to the Library Resource Center (LRC). The LRC staff will pull your request and check it out to you using the honor checkout system. The material will be delivered to your child for him/her to take home. Materials can be returned to the school with your child or by you coming in and following the easy book return instructions. We hope this form makes it easier for all parents to take advantage of the resources that are offered. The pamphlets are free for the taking, and the books, videos, and CD’s may be checked out for a two week period by parents, teachers and other family members. A basket is available for ongoing donations of parenting books and videos.

Materials available at the PRC do not represent an endorsement of any kind by the SFCP team, Highlands Staff or District 203.

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Parent Resource Center Check-out Order Form

TO: Library Resource Center

TITLE: ______________________________________________________

PARENT’S NAME: ______________________________________________________

STUDENT’S NAME: ______________________________________________________

TEACHER: ______________________________________________________

I agree to return the material I have requested to loan in two weeks from the date of check-out.

PARENT SIGNATURE: ________________________________________

To be completed by LRC: Date of check-out: __________________

Parent Resource Center

Parent Library

Collection of Titles

Updated: August 2004

ACADEMIC

· A Mind At A Time

· Awakening Your Child’s Natural Genius

· Bringing Out The Best: A Guide For Parents Of Young Gifted Children

· Everything You Need To Know About English Homework: A Desk Reference For Students And Parents

· Families Writing

· Family Math

· Family Writing: Fall 2002 (Video)

· Fascinating Fibonaccis: Mystery And Magic In Numbers

· Great Books For Boys: More Than 600 Books For Boys 2 To 14

· Great Books For Girls

· Guiding The Gifted Child: A Practical Source For Parents And Teachers

· Homework Without Tears

· How To Do Homework Without Throwing Up

· How to Get Your Child to Love Reading

· How To Help Your Child With Homework

· How Your Child Is Smart: A Life-Changing Approach To Learning

· John Dossey Parent Presentation – Mathematics (Video)

· Keys To Parenting The Gifted Child

· Learn At Every Turn: A Family Adventure In Learning (Video)

· Literacy Terms Dictionary

· Math And Music: Harmonious Connections

· The Gifted Kid’s Survival Guide: A Teen Handbook

· The Gifted Kid’s Survival Guide For Ages 10 & Under

· The Gifted Kid’s Survival Guide II

· The Parent’s Homework Dictionary

· The Read-Aloud Handbook

· The Survival Guide For Parents Of Gifted Kids: How To Understand, Live With, And Stickup For Your Gifted Child

· Understanding School Assessment: A Parent And Community To Helping Students Learn

· Up From Underachievement: How Teachers, Students, And Parents Can Work Together To Promote Student Success

· What Kids Need To Succeed

· Your Gifted Child: How To Recognize And Develop The Special Talents In your Child From Birth To Age Seven

DRUG PREVENTION

· Choices & Consequences

· Family Talk About Drinking (Video)

· Growing Up Drug-Free: A Parent’s Guide To Prevention

· How To Keep The Children You Love Off Drugs: A Prevention And Intervention Guide For Parents

· Marijuana: What Can Parents Do? (Book & Video)

· Parenting For Prevention: How To Raise A Child To Say No To Alcohol/Drugs

HEALTH

· Caring for Your Baby and Young Child

· Eating for A’s: A Delicious 12-Week Nutrition Plan To Improve Your Child’s Academic And Athletic Performance

· Facts For Families: Linden Oaks Hospital Reference Booklet

· Is This Your Child?: Discovering And Treating Unrecognized Allergies In Children And Adults

· The 3 a.m. Handbook: The Most Commonly Asked Questions About Your Child’s Health

· Your Child’s Allergies

· Your Child - Headaches and Migraines: Practical And Easy-To-Follow Advice

PARENT INVOLVEMENT

· 50 Ways To Save Our Children: Small, Medium & Big Ways You Can Change A Child’s Life

· Chicken Soup For The Mother’s Soul 2

· Chocolate For A Mother’s Heart

· Family Center: How To Set Up A Family Center In Your School

· Project Splash: See How The Outside Highlands Whale Sculpture Came To Be Created, With Dedication in Fall 1997 (Video)

· The Incredible Indoor Games Book: 160 Group Projects, Games, And Activities

· The Job/Family Challenge

· The Working Mother

· We Got Game: “Working Mother” Magazine Article Aug/Sept (Featuring Dist. 203)

PARENTING/REFERENCE

· 1 2 3 Magic – Effective Discipline For Children 2-12

· 1 2 3 Magic: Training Your Children To Do What You Want!

· 1 2 3 Magic: Training Your Preschoolers And Preteens To Do What You Want (Book & Video)

· 8 Weeks To A Well-Behaved Child: A Failsafe Program For Toddlers Through Teens

· Attention Deficit Disorder: A Different Perception

· “Because I Said So!”: Family Squabbles & How To Handle Them: A Go Parents! Guide

· Building Moral Intelligence: The Seven Essential Virtues That Teach Kids To Do The Right Thing

· Caring For Your Baby And Young Child: Birth To Age 5

· Children Learn What They Live: Parenting To Inspire Values

· Children: The Challenge: The Classic Work On Improving Parent-Child Relations – Intelligent, Humane, And Eminently Practical

· Endangered Minds: Why Children Don’t Think And What We Can Do About It

· Ethnicity & Family Therapy

· Family Rules: Raising Responsible Children

· Fathers & Babies: How Babies Grow And What They Need From You, From Birth To 18 Months

· From One Child To Two

· Games Babies Play: From Birth To Twelve Months

· How To Behave So Your Children Will, Too!

· How To Help Children With Common Problems

· How To Say It To Your Child When Bad Things Happen: Good Answers To Tough Questions

· How To Talk So Kids Can Learn At Home And In School

· How To Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk

· Intelligence: A New Look

· Is This Your Child’s World?: How You Can Fix The Schools And Homes That Are Making Your Children Sick

· It’s Your Pregnancy: An Obstetrician Answers Your Most Intimate Questions About Pregnancy And Childbirth

· Keeping Kids Safe Online: District 203 Presentation

· Kid’s And Money: Giving Them The Savvy To Succeed Financially

· Know Your Child: How To Discover And Enhance Your Child’s Potential

· Love and Logic Life Saver Kit: Six CD’s Titled:

CD#1: Helicopters, Drill Sergeants, And Consultants: Parenting Styles and

The Messages They Send

CD#2: “Didn’t I Tell You To Take Out The Trash?!”: Techniques For Getting Kids To Do

Chores Without Hassles

CD#3: Raising The Odds For Responsible Behavior

CD#4: Four Steps To Responsibility: Techniques To Lead Children To Responsible

Decision-Making

CD#5: Love Me Enough To Set Some Limits: Building Your Child’s Self-Esteem With

Thoughtful Limit Setting

CD#6: Avoiding Power Struggles With Kids

· Money Doesn’t Grow On Trees: A Parent’s Guide To Raising Financially Responsible Children

· No More Misbehavin’: 38 Difficult Behaviors And How To Stop Them

· On Becoming Childwise: Parenting Your Child From Three To Seven Years

· Parenthood By Proxy: Don’t Have Them If You Won’t Raise Them

· Parenting Young Children

· Pick Up Your Socks…And Other Skills Growing Children Need!: A Practical Guide To Raising Responsible Children

· Raising A Thinking Child: Help Your Young Child To Resolve Everyday Conflicts And Get Along With Others

· Raising A Thinking Child Workbook

· Raising Confident Boys

· Raising Confident Girls

· Raising Your Spirited Child: A Guide For Parents Whose Child Is More Intense, Sensitive, Perceptive, Persistent, Energetic

· Raising Your Spirited Child Workbook

· Saving Childhood: Protecting our Children From The National Assault on Innocence

· Sign Me Up!: The Parents’ Complete Guide To Sports, Activities, Music Lessons, Dance Classes, And Other Extracurricular activities

· Solve Your Child’s Sleep Problems

· Surviving Your Adolescents: How To Manage And Let Go Of Your 13-18 Year Olds

· Teaching Your Children Values

· Teenagers Learn What They Live: Parenting To Inspire Integrity & Independence

· The Biggest Job We’ll Ever Have: Find The Right Balance Between Character And Achievement For Your Child

· The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness: Five Steps To Help Kids Create And Sustain Lifelong Joy

· The Expectant Father

· The Irreducible Needs of Children: What Every Child Must Have To Grow, Learn and Flourish

· The Magic Years – Understanding And Handling The Problems Of Early Childhood

· The Parent’s Guide: Solutions To Today’s Most Common Behavior Problems In The Home

· The Parent’s Handbook

· The Self-Esteem Teacher

· The Successful Child: What Parents Can Do To Help Kids Turn Out Well

· The Trouble With Perfect: How Parents Can Avoid The Overachievement Trap And Still Raise Successful Children

· The Working Mother: Handling Both Baby And Job: No Nonsense Parenting Guide

· Too Much Of A Good Thing: Raising Children of Character In An Indulgent Age

· What To Eat When You’re Expecting

· What To Expect The First Year

· What To Expect The Toddler Years

· What To Expect When You’re Expecting

· Win The Whining War And Other Skirmishes

· Winning At Parenting Without Beating Your Kids (Video & Book)

· Worth The Risk: True Stories About Risk Takers Plus How You Can Be One, Too

· Your Baby & Child: From Birth To Age Five

· Your Eight-Year-Old: Lively And Outgoing

· Your Five-Year-Old: Sunny And Serene

· Your Four-Year-Old: Wild and Wonderful

· Your Growing Child: From Babyhood Through Adolescence

· Your Guide To A Happier Family

· Your Nine-Year-Old: Thoughtful and Mysterious

· Your One-Year-Old: The Fun, Loving, Fussy 12 To 24 Month Old

· Your Seven-Year-Old: Life In A Minor Key

· Your Six-Year Old: Defiant But Loving

· Your Ten-To-Fourteen-Year-Old

· Your Three-Year Old: Friend Or Enemy

SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL ISSUES

· Best Friends, Worst Enemies: Understanding The Social Lives Of Children

· Bullies and Victims: Helping Your Child Through The Backyard Battlefield

· Bullies Are A Pain In The Brain

· Cliques, Phonies & Other Baloney

· Fast Forwarding Through Childhood: Causes, Effects and Solutions For Stress In Children

· Girl’s Seen And Heard: 52 Life Lessons For Our Daughters

· Going To The Hospital: A Mr. Rogers’ First Experience Book

· Good Friends Are Hard to Find: Help Your Child Find, Make and Keep Friends

· How To Take The Grrrr Out Of Anger

· Kids Are Non-Divorceable

· Let’s Talk About It: Divorce: A Mr. Rogers’ Book

· Let’s Talk About It: Stepfamilies: A Mr. Rogers’ Book

· Libby Meets The Bully

· Making Friends: A Mr. Rogers’ First Experience Book

· Playground Politics: Understanding The Emotional Life Of Your School-Age Child

· Queen Bees And Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends & Other Realities Of Adolescence

· Raising Cain: Protecting The Emotional Life Of Boys

· Reviving Ophelia: Saving The Selves Of Adolescent Girls

· Self-Esteem Revolutions In Children: Understanding And Managing The Critical Transitions In Your Child’s Life

· Siblings Without Rivalry: How To Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live Too

· Stick Up For Yourself!: Every Kid’s Guide To Personal Power and Positive Self-Esteem

· Teaching Your Child The Language Of Social Success

· The Bully, The Bullied, And The Bystander: From Preschool To High School – How Parents and Teachers Can Help Break The Cycle Of Violence

· The Explosive Child: A New Approach For Understanding And Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children

· The New Baby: A Mr. Rogers’ First Experience Book

· When A Pet Dies: A Mr. Rogers’ First Experience Book

· When Dinosaurs Die: A Guide To Understanding Death