Some good news for those wanting to purchase a copy of Encouraging Appropriate Behaviour or Intervening in Bullying Behaviour. Both books (printed and kindle version) prices have had their price reduced.

Encouraging Appropriate Behaviour:
Printed was $19.95USD* now $11.95USD*
Kindle was $9.99USD* now $7.99USD*

Intervening in Bullying Behaviour
Printed was $13.95USD* now $9.95USD*
Kindle was $7.99USD* now $6.99USD*

*Pricing has been updated on Amazon 28/2/2016 but it may take a few days to adjust on their system. Price reductions in all other amazon stores have also changed.

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Following on from other posts about good books to learn about bullying behaviour and preventing it, this list is if you are looking for information on how to deal with a situation that has already occurred. Unfortunately this is the hardest area to find information but it is out there. Following is a list of 10 books. Read More...

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Following on from my post about good books to learn about bullying behaviour, I thought I would separate out some of those books to help people find the right book on how to deal with a bullying behaviour issue. So the following books have good sections on preventing bullying behaviour. Read More...

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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...

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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...

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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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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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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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...

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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...

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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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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...

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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...

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I am sure there are plenty of questions people want to ask about the book and how I came to write it. So I put together a Q and A which should satisfy many of the queries people might have. Rather then bury them in the blog I have created a web page with all that information in one place. So if your interested in knowing:

Who should buy your book?
Why should people buy your book instead of a different book on the subject?
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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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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 summary of what you will find in the book. The book contains:
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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...

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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...

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Following on from my last post about what are the six BECOME steps, I thought people might want to know about the benefits of using them. The benefits include:

• encourages appropriate behaviour
• creates a structure that gives you confidence to address issues

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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...

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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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