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Bullying behaviour book now available on Amazon
29/10/13 17:36
Finally Intervening In Bullying Behaviour: Nine Ways to Take Direct Action is now published and available to buy from amazon.com. If you are dealing with bullying behaviour it is a major challenge to find and use successful ways to intervene. The book gives you step by step instructions Read More...
Bullying behaviour book release soon
09/10/13 17:53
This post was suppose to say that you could now get your copy of Intervening in bullying behaviour: Nine ways to take direct action. Instead the update is it will still be a couple more weeks away. Read More...
New bullying behaviour book due out soon
01/09/13 19:50
Sorry for the lack of posts recently. This has been due to devoting a lot of attention to the new book which is due out soon. Intervening In Bullying Behaviour: Nine Ways to Take Direct Action is in the final stages of production and should be on sale by the end of September.
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Review - Mobbing: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions
17/04/13 10:14
What could be worse than being subjected to bullying behaviour? The answer is in Mobbing: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions. Mobbing happens when a group of people gang up and use bullying behaviour. When the target tries to get help, the organisation supports and sides with the group doing the bullying behaviour. There is a lot more to mobbing than that and it is clearly explained in Duffy & Sperry's book. It contains four parts: Introduction, How mobbing develops, Consequences & recovery and Solutions & prevention. Read More...
Another good bullying behaviour interventions book
18/10/12 10:27
My investigations into bullying behaviour references has found another great book to help you deal with this difficult issue. Ken Rigby provides a great summary of 6 different approaches and is recommended. Read More...
Good ideas in Anti-Bullying handbook
13/10/12 15:29
There are a number of books on bullying behaviour and The Anti-Bullying Handbook 2nd edition by Keith Sullivan is a good one. The reason is the 5 chapters (about 60 pages) devoted to different types of interventions. While aimed at those working in school settings there is lots to learn about interventions that could be used in other situations. Like so many other books it covers defining & describing the problem, planning & implementing a policy to address the issue and preventative strategies. Read More...
Preventing Workplace Bullying
19/08/12 20:34
Preventing Workplace Bullying: An evidence-based guide for managers and employees is a useful book for understanding the issues involved and helps give guidance about how to deal with it. While it is written with Australian workplaces in mind - using australian laws and cases - it has lots of useful insights that make it a useful for any workplace. It has 4 parts starting with Read More...
Messages: The Communication Skills Book
08/08/12 10:02
I was looking through one of my many bookcases and noticed a book that I have had for around 20 years. Flicking through it I realised why I had kept it for so long. It is full of great practical information and tips on effective and assertive communication. Messages: Read More...
Goodreads.com giveaway closes with 802 interested
16/07/12 13:40
I offered the chance of getting 9 free copies of my book through a goodreads.com giveaway which closed recently with 802 people interest in getting a copy. For those selected to get a free copy I mailed the books today by air mail. A big thanks to everyone Read More...
Free copies available
21/06/12 16:55
To celebrate completion of publishing the book I thought it would be a good idea to have people have a chance to get a free copy of the book. There are a limited number of copies available. To find out
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Boundaries will change
17/06/12 13:31
As life and society changes over time, so do the boundaries or rules that we expect people to live by. Especially as children grow older it is important to recognise that the boundaries must change to allow for increasing knowledge, maturity and need to become more self reliant. So it becomes important to choose the when and how those changes in boundaries occur. Read More...
Balanced boundaries is better
16/06/12 10:57
Boundaries are rules that we expect people to live by. Groups of people have them to help make life run smoother. There is a balance between having not enough and too many boundaries. But the point of balance is not always in the centre. Read More...
Where is the boundary?
15/06/12 15:49
Boundaries are rules that we expect people to live by. Groups of people have them to help make life run smoother. So as we go about our daily life’s we encounter all sorts of different groups and so the boundaries change. There will be different expectations based on if we are with family, at school, at work, walking down the street or sitting in a movie theatre. It is import to have stable boundaries that do not move or change too often. Read More...
Amazon kindle ebook now available
13/06/12 12:19
I am really happy to announce that the kindle addition of Encouraging Appropriate Behaviour: A Six-Step Approach is now available at amazon.com You can now get Read More...
Australian health, welfare and community services directory
10/06/12 18:14
Another website that I came across recently and thought useful is serviceseeker.com.au It bills it self as “Australia's most extensive directory of community support services providing access to 288,843* health, welfare and community service records.” Use it to find out services in your area. Read More...
Raising children network
08/06/12 18:15
I came across this excellent website, raising children network a few days ago and I highly recommend it. The raising children network provides a hugh range of helpful information for parents of children of all ages including early teens. Also available is a large range of short videos that address a range of topics. Read More...
10 days to a less defiant child
29/05/12 12:03
10 Days to a Less Defiant Child by Jeffrey Bernstein, PhD is recommended reading. This is the book I wish I had when I started out in youth work. Working with youth at risk you dealt with lots of different sorts of behaviours. I had lots of parents asking me how we did it and ... Read More...
Building and eroding respect.
28/05/12 12:39
The previous post talked about there has to be a minimum or basic level of respect that everyone needs to give and receive. That is how we can get society to function at its best. But our behaviour can help build this respect to a new level that improves and deepens our relationships. Read More...
It all starts with basic respect.
25/05/12 16:05
Having covered what is respect, how to show it and self respect in other posts it seems clear that there is many ways of expressing respect. So is there levels of respect? I think there is because in my past work it has been useful to use the concept of basic respect. Read More...
What is self respect?
24/05/12 13:58
One behaviour that seems to be really important in being able to show respect, is being able to respect your self. This idea dates back thousands of years to the Sayings of Confucius - “Respect yourself and others will respect you.” How can we respect others if we do not respect ourselves? Read More...
How do we show respect?
23/05/12 11:31
There are lots of ways of showing respect. While having respect for someone can be a feeling, we show respect through our actions and behaviours. Here are a range of examples:
- Asking to use someone else's stuff
- The way we speak to people using tone, words and body language
What is respect?
22/05/12 10:30
Show me some respect. What do we mean by that and how can we show respect? Over the next few posts I will try and shed light on what is respect. Most people consider respect as a value or virtue. Read More...
Idea’s for rewards for good behaviour part-3
19/05/12 14:12
As outlined in rewards parts 1 & 2 it helps to encourage good behaviour by offering incentives and small rewards. Here is a further 11 ideas for rewards for young children through to teens:
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Book now available from Amazon.com
19/05/12 14:01
I am really happy to announce that you can now buy the book on Amazon.com Only the paperback version is available from Amazon at the moment but
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Idea’s for rewards for good behaviour part-2
16/05/12 09:39
As outlined in rewards part 1 it helps to encourage good behaviour by offering incentives and small rewards. Below is 23 ideas for rewards for preteens and teens:
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Idea’s for rewards for good behaviour part 1
15/05/12 10:34
It helps to encourage good behaviour by offering incentives and small rewards. If there is a particular behaviour problem then getting an agreement to make changes can be supported with a reward when they do well. Here is 30 ideas for rewards for preschool & young children: Read More...
Help in finding solutions to childhood issues
03/05/12 11:28
Kids' Skills - Playful and practical solution-finding with children by Ben Furman is a book I would recommend to any parent or teacher of children. It offers a solution focused approach to helping children develop skills that overcome everyday problems. Read More...
Book soon to be release on Amazon
20/04/12 10:06
Now that the dust has settled on publishing the book I am looking at ways of making it easy to get hold of a copy. That means an ebook version and availability on some of the biggest online stores. The aim is to have these purchase options available towards the end of May but hopefully sooner. Read More...
4 Secrets to creating good behaviour agreements
11/04/12 09:57
I think having an agreement on what is the expected behaviour norms is essential in encouraging positive behaviour. That is because agreements outline types of behaviour, rules and/or boundaries to follow. It will lay the groundwork for consistency, justifying why the behaviour is not appropriate and creates expectations of mutual respect. A good agreement needs to have four things: Read More...
See inside the book
07/04/12 15:23
So people can try before they buy, I thought that they might want to look inside the book. I know I do when looking at books on Amazon. If I cannot take a look inside then most times I wonder if it is really what I want. So click on the book cover image below and take a closer look if you have not already.
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Benefits of what is in the book video
06/04/12 16:15
If you having been looking around the website you may have already seen the video of me discussing the benefits of the book. For those that have not, the video is below as well as the transcript.
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A quick tour of inside the book
06/04/12 15:04
A quick summary of what you will find in the book. The book contains:
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Book now available for purchase
04/04/12 07:18
After the slight delay I am now happy to announce the book is available for purchase online through the bookshop run by publish-me.com.au The buy page and side bar on most pages has the link which will take you direct to the book page on that site. From there you can select the postage option and then go on to payment. Secure payment is handled by paypal and you have the options to pay by a paypal account and of course mastercard, visa or discovery card. Other online options are coming soon. Read More...
Availability via online purchase delayed
03/04/12 08:45
I want to apologise to any who looked at the site sunday, yesterday and today hoping to make a purchase. There has been a few problems getting the book listed in the online book stores. This is currently being attended to. Read More...
Six-Steps to Encouraging Appropriate Behaviour
27/03/12 14:02
Everyone likes to focus on solutions to problems and so do we. But when you have 20 odd solutions to choose from how do you know which is the best one? Read More...
Launch date of book set for 1 April 2012
27/03/12 10:52
I am writing this waiting impatiently for the door buzzer to go. My books are on the way by courier from the printers and hopefully they will arrive today. So it is time to set a launch date for the book. Read More...
Why encouraging appropriate behaviour?
26/03/12 15:03
It has take about 14 years to get to this point. I spent lots of time thinking about how we deal with inappropriate behaviour. The more I tried things out, researched and read the more obvious it became. You are far better off... Read More...
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