THE PARENT'S GUIDE - STEP/Teen - Systematic Training for Effective Parenting of Teens

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A practical guide for raising teenagers through the STEP/Teen approach, offering down-to-earth guidance during the turbulent adolescent years. The book focuses on understanding teen motivations, building encouragement and self-esteem, improving communication through listening and emotional expression, and developing responsibility through thoughtful discipline. It emphasizes systematic training by studying chapters step by step, using questions, charts, and personal development exercises, and optionally joining parent study groups for support.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryHealthcare

FormatPDF

Pages204

Reading Time8 h 34 min

AccessFree to download

Introduction

Chapter 1 Understanding Your Teenager and Yourself

Chapter 2 Personality Development

Chapter 3 Emotions: A Source of Support or Frustration?

Chapter 4 Encouragement: Building Your Teen's Self-Esteem

Chapter 5 Communication: Listening

Chapter 6 Communication: Expressing Your Feelings and Exploring Alternatives

Chapter 7 Discipline: The Development of Responsibility

Chapter 8 Discipline: Selecting the Appropriate Approach

Chapter 9 The Family Meeting

Chapter 10 Special Challenges

To Learn More about STEP/Teen and STEP

THE PARENT'S GUIDE from the authors ofSystematic Training for Effective Parenting (STEP) The STEP approach to... parenting your teenagerParents all over the world have used the STEP method as aguideto parenting.Now the authors of STEPaddress the tough challengesof living with teens. by Don Dinkmeyer &Gary D.McKay # THE PARENT'S GUIDE STEP/Teen Systematic Training forEffective Parenting of Teens Other Works by Don Dinkmeyer and Gary D.McKay Raising a Responsible Child STEP-Systematic Training for Effective ParentingSTET—Systematic Training for Effective Teaching(with Don Dinkmeyer,Jr.) # THE PARENT'S GUIDE STEP/Teen Systematic Training forEffective Parenting of Teens Don Dinkmeyer,Ph.D.&Gary D.McKay,Ph.D. AGS staff participating in the developmentand production of this publication: Program Development Dorothy Chapman,DirectorDiane LeTendre,Art DirectorMarjorie Lisovskis and James Wendorf,Project Editors Product Development David Youngquist,DirectorSylvia Carsen,Production Artist Diane Kuhrmeyer,Materials Development CoordinatorLynn Rusch,Materials Development ManagerCarol Wagner,Production ManagerMaureen Wilson,Art Director Illustrations: Jim Johnston Cover photography: Niedorf Photography This book is printed on recycled paper. ⑥1983 AGSAmerican Guidance Service,Inc. All rights reserved,including translation.No part of this publicationmay be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any meanswithout written permission from the publisher.Printed in the United States of America. 4321 A 0 5 876 6 9 To our wives—Elvira Jane and Joyce —and to all the otherSTEP parents who've encouraged us along the way. To Don,Jim,Robert,Kristin,and Jennifer,and to allthe other teenagers—past and present—with whom we'velived and worked. Contents Introduction viii Chapter 1 Understanding Your Teenager and Yourself 1 Chapter 2 Personality Development 23 Chapter 3 Emotions:A Source of Support orFrustration?43 Chapter 4 Encouragement:Building Your Teen'sSelf-Esteem 65 Chapter 5 Communication:Listening 81 Chapter 6 Communication:Expressing Your Feelings andExploring Alternatives 101 Chapter 7 Discipline:The Development ofResponsibility 121 Chapter 8 Discipline:Selecting the AppropriateApproach 139 Chapter 9 The Family Meeting 157 Chapter 10 Special Challenges 173 To Learn More about STEP/Teen and STEP 191 ## Introduction Don Dinkmeyer,Ph.D. Diplomate of Counseling Psychology, American Board of Professional PsychologyDiplomate,American Board of Family PsychologyClinical Member,American Association for Marriage and Family TherapyPresident,Communication and Motivation Training Institute,Inc.(CMTI)Coral Springs, Florida Parenting teenagers is one of the most challenging tasks of raising childrentoday.Rapidly advancing social changes have made the job increasingly difficultand confusing.Compounding this are other factors:societal pressures,well-meaning friends and relatives,and conflicting theories presented in booksand magazines,on television,and through other media. To provide guidance through the often turbulent adolescent years,parentsneed a practical,down-to-earth philosophy that can help them understand themotivations of their teens.The area of discipline with teenagers is a sensitive butimportant one;it requires careful consideration and a lot of follow-through.Learning to encourage and to communicate openly with teens presents yetanother challenge requiring effort,understanding,and commitment. The Parent's Guide of STEP/Teen(Systematic Training for Effective Parentingof Teens)is based on its predecessor,STEP,one of the most widely usedparent-education programs in the world.Over one million parents have foundSTEP effective in improving parent-child relationships.STEP/Teen has beenwritten in response to requests from many of those parents for a STEP-likeapproach to improving relationships with teenagers. The amount of success you achie

FAQs

What is the purpose of STEP/Teen in The Parent's Guide?

It provides systematic, practical training to improve parent-teen relationships by helping parents understand teen motivations and apply structured procedures step by step.

How does the book suggest parents should study and apply the material?

It recommends studying each of the ten chapters one step at a time, spending at least a week per chapter, reading carefully, then reviewing questions and charts and practicing weekly activities.

What topics does the guide cover beyond communication and discipline?

It addresses personality development, emotions, encouragement and self-esteem, the family meeting, and special challenges faced during adolescence.

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