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Textbook Details

  • EDITION:
    3rd Edition
  • ISBN:
    1889140201
  • ISBN-13:
    9781889140209
  • PUB. DATE:
    April 2005
  • PUBLISHER:
    Parentmagic, Inc.

1-2-3 Magic: Managing Difficult Behavior in Children 2-12 / Edition 3 by Thomas W. Phelan

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2 BOOKS WITH PRACTICAL ADVICE THAT WORKS!by Anonymous

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Tom Phelan presented a discipline program recently to my school district. He was sensible...and funny...so we bought his book. His advice is practical and well tested. His book sites many specific examples of what our kids do and say and what WE can do differently to change THEIR behavior. He addresses discipline regarding 2 types of behaviors... 'STOP' behavior (like bad words, hitting, whining...

I no longer have to raise my voice or get in yelling matches with my daughter!!by Anonymous

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I always tried the logical approach with my daughter, but it almost always turned into an argument or a yelling match, with each of us trying to be heard over the other. I never felt that it accomplished anything other than my guilty feeling of having raised my voice. But, I didn't know what else to do. That is how discipline was handled when I was growing up, and that is the only way that I knew...

Get control of your house, before your kids do!by Anonymous

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I checked this book out from the library based on a recommendation from our son's speech therapist. Our son had finally started to talk, but more than half of his vocabulary seemed to be back talk. We were already trying to use time outs with him, but what we were doing wrong was over-explaining to him why he had the time out. I'm a talker, and this book guided me to the no talking, no emotion phase,...


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1-2-3 Magic

Product Details

  • Pub. Date: April 2005
  • Publisher: Parentmagic, Inc.
  • Sales Rank: 64,733

Synopsis

Addressing the task of disciplining children without arguing, yelling, or spanking, this program offers easy-to-follow steps to manage troublesome behavior with patience and compassion.

Biography

Thomas W. Phelan, PhD, is a member of the Illinois and American Psychological Associations and is the author of 1-2-3 Magic, All About Attention Deficit Disorder, Medication for ADHD, and Surviving Your Adolescents. He lives in Glen Ellyn, Illinois