Warning Signs: How to Protect Your Kids from Becoming Victims or Perpetrators of Violence and Aggression - Softcover

Johnson, Brian D.; Berdahl, Laurie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 161373042X ISBN 13: 9781613730423

Publisher: Chicago Review Press, 2016

Synopsis

What can parents and other concerned adults do to prevent the next Sandy Hook? Are there red flags that warn us if our children might become victims or perpetrators of bullying, or of sexual assault? How do we know when a child or young adult is at risk for suicide, or just moody? These are certainly questions most parents have wondered about, especially at a time when childhood dangers seem increasingly hard to predict or control.
 
Warning Signs is the first comprehensive book of its kind, explaining the underlying factors and signs of youth violence and aggression—and how to identify and guard against them. Topics include: violent media influences, bullying, hazardous friendships, sexual aggression and abuse, risky thinking and entitled attitudes, school safety, gun violence, mental health, and more. 
 
Doctors Brian Johnson and Laurie Berdahl provide specific, practical ideas, strategies, and tips based on current research and years of clinical experience. They even suggest language parents can use during tough conversations with their kids—or with another child’s parents. This timely guide will appeal to any adult who is worried about the levels of violence and aggression committed against and by today’s youth, and who wants to raise emotionally healthy, kind, safe children amidst today’s dangers. 

About this title

About the Author

Brian D. Johnson, PhD, is a licensed child psychologist, parenting expert, and professor at the University of Northern Colorado. He has been doing research, teaching graduate students, and counseling children and families for over twenty years and coordinates a mentorship program for at risk-youth including juvenile delinquents. Laurie D. Berdahl, MD, is an obstetrician-gynecologist with genetic research experience, and writer and speaker on parenting and adolescent wellness. Married for over thirty years, Drs. Johnson and Berdahl are the coauthors of 7 Skills for Parenting Success, have two grown children, and live in Greeley, Colorado. 

Review

"Linkingfacts and stories about young victims and perpetrators to powerful, protectivetools, this groundbreaking guide is essential for parents and others workingwith youth who want to help keep kids safe and reduce societal violence. Ihighly recommend it." --Daniel L. Clay,PhD, psychologist, author, Dean of the College of Education at the Universityof Iowa, author of Helping Schoolchildren with Chronic HealthConditions: A Practical Guide
 
"The scourge of violence and aggression makes headlines waytoo often. Warning Signs: How to ProtectYour Kids from Becoming Victims or Perpetrators of Violence and Aggressionprovides valuable and practical information on how to stop it. It should be atthe fingertips of parents, educators, youth workers, policy makers--anyone whocares about kids. I highly recommend it." --DavidWalsh, Ph.D., Psychologist and Author of WhyDo They Act That Way? A Survival Guide to the Adolescent Brain for You and YourTeen.  

"Warning Signs: How to Protect Your Kids from Becoming Victimsor Perpetrators of Violence and Aggression is a veritable 'how to' manualfor parents, educators, mental health practitioners and youth service workerswho want to better understand youth violence and more importantly, who seekpractical action steps to prevent tragic outcomes. WarningSigns is a must readfor those who want to better protect youth. Dr. Johnson and Dr. Berdahl havedone society a tremendous service in painstakingly researching and writing WarningSigns. After thirty-five years in the field, I still learnedvaluable new information from reading WarningSigns. I found the book to be an extremely beneficial read." --Michael Dorn, Executive Director of Safe Havens International andthe author of 27 books on school safety.
 

"Bullying, school safety, sexual assault: topics that parents don't want to think about but sadly are part of our culture and keep us up at night. WARNING SIGNS is a must-read guide for parents and any youth advocate who cares about children and wants to keep them safe and reduce risk."-- Michele Borba, Ed.D. Educational psychologist and author of UNSELFIE: Why Empathetic Kids Succeed in Our All-About-Me World. 

"Finally -- a comprehensive and well-researched exploration of the broad range of interpersonal, intra-personal, familial, social, cognitive, emotional, and environmental factors that contribute to youth violence, debunking the idea that mental illness or any one single influence is primarily to blame. Moreover, the authors point out innumerable warning signs in the form of a young person's behavior, attitude, social tendencies, and responses to challenging situations and the like that parents, clinicians, and educators can use to identify at-risk adolescents or young adults, as well as determine fitting opportunities for intervention. In addition, the "Finding the Words" sidebars included in each chapter are gifts to parents, giving them the specific words to use with their children when sharing the concerns they might have been harboring for months or even years."--Janet Sasson Edgette, Psy.D., LLC, Licensed Clinical Psychologist, author of  Stop Negotiating with Your Teen: Strategies for Parenting your Angry Manipulative Moody or Depressed Adolescent.

Edition details

• Publisher: Chicago Review Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 161373042X
• ISBN 13: 9781613730423
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 304