Father Flanagan's Boys' Home Staff

Contracts can be a very effective tool for helping children manage their own behavior. This video goes through the different steps of writing an effective contract with your child and discusses how to use contracts in a variety of situations. Includes a handout. Questionnaire: 10 multiple choice, true/false and completion questions.

Corrective teaching uses a combination of consequences and pre-teaching to help parents use discipline not just as punishment, but as a way to teach children a better way to behave. This video walks parents through the four steps of corrective teaching. Video includes a handout. Self-Study Questionnaire: 10 multiple choice, true/false and completion questions.

This manual from Boys Town in Nebraska explores a systematic approach to dealing with the youth for whom aggression and coercion has become a pattern. The program explores the use of effective praise, preventive teaching, pro-skills, crisis intervention skills and problem solving. This would be an especially good resource for group homes, residential providers, youth correction homes and therapeutic foster homes. Questionnaire: 15 true/false, multiple choice, and short answer questions.

This look seems to really break down social skills. It breaks down eight of the most important social skills and how their behaviors effect others.