James J Crist – författare

A book kids can turn to when they need advice, reassurance, and ideas for overcoming fear and anxiety.From a dread of spiders to coping with uncertainty to panic attacks, kids have worries, anxiety, and fears, just like adults. This is a book kids can turn to when they need advice, reassurance, and ideas for overcoming fear and anxiety. They’ll find out where fears and worries come from, practice Fear Chasers and Worry Erasers, and learn to seek help for hard-to-handle fears they can’t manage on their own.

Humorous yet practical advice for building positive sibling relationships.Turn sibling rivalry into positive sibling relationships with this fun, humorous pocket guide for kids. Siblings can make for great friends, and it’s nice to have someone who’ll love you no matter what. But kids know that sibling relationships can be hard when problems of fairness, jealousy, conflict, tattling, privacy, and other things come up—and they usually do.Siblings teaches kids how to deal with sibling rivalry and more, including special situations such as siblings with special needs, step-siblings, and adopted siblings, and it focuses on building positive sibling relationships. After all, siblings are siblings their whole lives.Laugh & Learn® SeriesSelf-help, kid-style! Realistic topics, practical advice, silly jokes, fun illustrations, and a kid-centric point of view all add up to one of the most popular series that young people turn to for help with school, families, siblings, and more. Kids ages eight to thirteen can tote these pocket-size guides anywhere and learn to slash stress, give cliques and rude people the boot, get organized, behave becomingly, and in general hugely boost their coping skills.

Shake those sad feelings with support, encouragement, and ideas for kids when they’re cranky and blue.Everyone feels “down” sometimes. Who wouldn’t feel blue if their best friend moved away or if they were being teased or bullied in school? Counselor and clinical psychologist James J. Crist has written a book that kids can turn to for support, encouragement, and ideas for coping with depression or for when they feel sad, bad, grumpy, or lonely.  Kids learn ten “Blues Busters” to help shake those sad feelings. They also discover lots of ideas they can use to talk about feelings, take care of themselves, boost their self-esteem, make and keep friends, and enjoy their alone time. A special section addresses hard-to-handle problems like grief, roller-coaster feelings, and depression in children. The book also includes resources and a note to grown-ups.

Every kid’s must-have primer for being a good friend.Whether kids find socializing as natural as smiling or as hard as learning a new language, this book can help them improve their social skills so they can better enjoy the benefits of friendship. Practical advice covers everything from breaking the ice to developing friendships to overcoming problems and being a good friend. True-to-life vignettes, “what would you do?” scenarios, voluminous examples, quizzes to test learning, “Try This” assignments for practicing techniques, and advice from real kids make this an accessible life-skills handbook.Survival Guides for KidsHelping Kids Help Themselves®Straightforward, friendly, and loaded with practical advice, the Free Spirit Survival Guides for Kids give kids the tools they need to not only survive, but thrive. With plenty of realistic examples and bright illustrations, they are accessible, encouraging, kid-friendly, and even life-changing.

Specialized tools and strategies for parents to help children of all ages cope with feelings of angerKeeping Your Cool When They Can’t provides knowledge, day-to-day tools, and parenting techniques that will help you deal with your child’s anger—and your own reaction to it. You’ll learn reasons why your child gets so angry, what you can do to prevent explosive bursts of rage, and how to handle them when they do occur. You’ll also gain insight into your own reactions, so you can respond more effectively to angry kids.As child psychologist Dr. James J. Crist explains, staying calm when kids get angry is the first step to helping your kid learn to cope. Calm parents can deescalate angry responses and help kids develop better ways to deal with anger. Keeping Your Cool When They Can’t gives you the knowledge you need to understand what’s going on when your child feels angry. You’ll learn what anger is, how to prevent it from becoming a long-term issue, and what to do when a child’s anger flares up.Get concrete tips for parenting anger-prone kidsLearn to prevent angry outbursts before they happenUnderstand your own triggers so you can help your child calm downLearn when and how to seek professional helpWhen kids yell and act out their anger, it’s hard not to get upset. This holistic book helps you manage your own emotional states, so you can better address anger in your kids.