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2016 Newsletters (HTML and PDF)

January

ONLINE :: PDF
Self confidence and how to help to develop it in your children

2014 Newsletters (HTML and PDF)

November	ONLINE :: PDF Attunement. This can help or hurt your child in many ways, including making and keeping friends.
August/September	ONLINE :: PDF Healthy child and adolescent development occurs through positive self-object experiences.

2013 Newsletters (HTML and PDF)

April

ONLINE :: PDF
Help children overcome anger so they are FREE...
and successful in making and keeping friends.

2011 Newsletters (HTML and PDF)

November	ONLINE :: PDF Spread APPRECIATION this holiday season
October	ONLINE :: PDF At Risk Parents will not help your children to make and keep friends
August/September	ONLINE :: PDF How to have productive children who attract good activities, good things life has to offer, and good friends into their lives
March	ONLINE :: PDF Transforming the Difficult Child; This will help your child to feel better about themselves and to make and keep friends!
January/February	ONLINE :: PDF Parent Child Communication; how it will affect children throughout their life. Good communication will help children to know how to make and keep friends.

2010 Newsletters (HTML and PDF)

December	ONLINE On Children
September	ONLINE :: PDF Recognize, Reinforce, and Appreciate Children's Favorable Behaviors.
August	ONLINE :: PDF Help your children to get along with each other.
April	ONLINE :: PDF Understanding our Four Basic Needs will help Ourselves and Our Children
February/March	ONLINE :: PDF Understanding Your Adopted Child - How to Help Them to Make and Keep Friends.
January	ONLINE :: PDF To Our Children's Success - Change your mornings and the way you interact with your children and you will help them to feel good and attract good days and good friends into their lives.

2009 Newsletters (HTML and PDF)

December	ONLINE :: PDF Productive ways parents can talk to their children. This will help the children to feel good about themselves and feeling good attracts good things into our lives.
November	ONLINE :: PDF The Importance of Attunement. This can help or hurt your child in many ways, including making and keeping friends.
October	ONLINE :: PDF Build new friendships and rebuild important relationships.
August/September	ONLINE :: PDF What makes PARENTING go right?
April/May	ONLINE :: PDF The Power of Your Emotions
March	ONLINE :: PDF When children are deciding whether to be friends with someone, they unconsciously or consciously ask themselves important questions.
February	ONLINE :: PDF Help your child to develop ways to Self-Regulate = (self-control) and they will attract friendships and success into their lives.
January	ONLINE :: PDF Promote your child?s well being and they will attract friends into their lives.

2008 Newsletters (HTML and PDF)

November/December	ONLINE :: PDF Symptoms of Inner Peace
October	ONLINE :: PDF The Kind of Parenting Style you Choose Can Help or Hurt Your Child.
September	ONLINE :: PDF Preparing our children for success and that includes assisting them in making and keeping friends.
August	ONLINE :: PDF Allow children to feel welcome at your home.
July	ONLINE :: PDF What is Social Anxiety?
June	ONLINE :: PDF Values and how they affect your family and your children's social skills
May	ONLINE :: PDF Children with Asperger’s Syndrome
March/April	ONLINE :: PDF Mother and Daughter Relationships
February	ONLINE :: PDF Father and Son Relationships - They can help or hurt your son's ability to make and keep friends.
January	ONLINE :: PDF It always starts with you - Parents make excellent leaders when they know where they are going. It always starts with you.

2007 Newsletters (HTML and PDF)
December	ONLINE :: PDF Harmony in Our Lives
November	ONLINE :: PDF Children with ADD/ADHD
October	ONLINE :: PDF Divorce and Parental influence on Social Development
September	ONLINE :: PDF Teasing Hurts and It Is NOT OK.
July/August	ONLINE :: PDF The Power of Happiness of Making Friends
June	ONLINE :: PDF Setting Limits with Our Children
May	ONLINE :: PDF Recognize, Reinforce & Appreciate Favorable Behaviors
April	ONLINE :: PDF Help Your Children Make Closer Connections
March	ONLINE :: PDF Help Your Child to Make Changes in Their Behavior
February	ONLINE :: PDF Help Your Child Build Self Confidence
January	ONLINE :: PDF Play Helps Children and Adolescents with Their Social Skills

Special Messages

April

Talking to Children About Violence ONLINE :: PDF

High profile acts of violence, particularly in schools, can confuse and frighten children who may feel in danger or worry that their friends or loved-ones are at risk. They will look to adults for information and guidance on how to react. Parents and school personnel can help children feel safe by establishing a sense of normalcy and security and talking with them about their fears.
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2006 Newsletters (PDF)

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November
October
September

Meet Susan B. Stern, LCSW of The Social Skills Place in North Shore Suburbs... an interview published on November 28, 2017 by VoyageChicago. Click here to see the interview.