Since its startup in 1990, Friendly Oaks Publications has served the needs of parents and child service professionals in the United States and abroad. Although a small publisher, Friendly Oaks Publications has produced 75 titles (many of these are program workbooks and guides for child service professionals that are not distributed to bookstores), including one award-winning book and one best-seller.  Included here are several of our most current popular titles.

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101 Ways to Make Your Classroom Special

ISBN 978-1-878878-57-1 (paperback)

$11.95

     This book helps teachers address a growing concern within the classroom: noncompliance. The practical ideas offered do not come from a single source, but rather the contribution of some of the best teachers across the country.

     Want to encourage a class to strive for improvement in grades and behavior? Start a Great Banana Split Race. Want to encourage youngsters to stick with a tough task? Introduce a Pencil Nap. Want to recognize a job well done? Offer a Garbage Pull. Ideas offered are as effective as they are creative.

     In short, 101 Ways to Make Your Classroom Special Creating a place where significance, teamwork and spontaneity can sprout and flourish will be a valuable resource for teachers and school counselors for years to come.

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Windows II: A book for those with a heart

for helping kids heal

ISBN 1-878878-60-3 (paperback)

$21.50

     Children often put into behavior what they cannot put into words. Helping them to understand events and circumstances that cause them to experience confusion and fear can be a challenge indeed. And helping youngsters put their thoughts and lives back on track can be tougher still. Through focused questions and activities, the 24 compelling, "therapeutic" stories in Windows II provide the child service professional specific ways to:

     The 24 topics include handling with anger, asking for help, dealing with loss, and offering encouragement. All questions in the questions and activities part of each section have the answers provided, making this a great "grab-it-off-the-shelf-and-go" resource.

Audio CD for Windows II

$9.50

    Dr. Sutton went into the studio and recorded all 24 of the stories of Windows II. This added feature provides the depth of another voice, and it helps make a smooth transition to the questions and activities that follow each story.

It Makes a Difference!                    (2002 Reprint)

ISBN 1-878878-07-7 (paperback)

$14.00

     Dr. Sutton wrote this book to help child service professionals gain information and strategies for working with emotionally and behaviorally difficult youngsters.

     A major contribution of this book is the way in which it condenses emotional and behavioral characteristics into three categories: Depressed and Anxious, Conduct Disordered and Oppositional and Defiant. These categories, accounting for over 95% of the special emotional and behavioral needs of school-age youngsters, are each addressed in terms of presenting characteristics, causal factors, strategies for management and intervention, and implications for discipline. Special education classification, placement and programming are also discussed. The book concludes with suggestions for working with parents. A handy index for quickly locating answers to specific issues and concerns is also provided.

This book is a new reprint of the original book that was published in 1990.

Children of Crisis, Violence and Loss                   

ISBN 1-878878-38-7 (comb bound)

$17.50

     Trouble creates crisis and change in the lives of young people that is often difficult to manage, much less prevent. This book addresses the Crisis Response (even including a few genuine "benefits"), and suggests many ways that a counselor can help a crisis-affected youngster to navigate the stages of Denial, Fear, Anger and Depression on the way to ultimate Reorganization and recovery.

     Interventions and activities are developed around 20 "challenges" that were identified in Dr. Sutton's extensive work with children and adolescents. Specific chapters of this book offer immediate and practical suggestions for teachers and parents as they assist the crisis-affected child.

What Parents Need to Know About ODD, revised

ISBN 978-1-878878-73-1 (paperback)

$21.95

     Oppositionality and defiance in young people are growing concerns. Conflict in the home is testing families to the breaking point. Capable students are failing in school simply because they refuse to comply.

     Problems are plentiful, but solutions (the kind that work) seem to be in short supply.

     What Parents Need to Know about ODD, revised, not only provides down-to-earth insights, strategies and interventions for dealing with behaviors like defiance, procrastination, noncompliance and manipulation, it taps a well of knowledge on the subject. Dr. Sutton not only shares from his 30+ years of working with young people, he incorporates the wisdom of other specialists on the topic of difficult, defiant and noncompliant behavior.

     This unique and refreshing program addresses issues like:

60 Ways to Reach a Difficult and Defiant Child: A Guide              

for Counselors                   

ISBN 978-1-878878-75-5 (paperback)

$21.50

     This book combines years of experience in working with difficult youngsters with practical strategies that have gotten results. It is a fast-paced journey through the challenges counselors and support staff face today.

     60 Ways to Reach a Difficult and Defiant Child contains strategies and interventions for deepening rapport and establishing trust while deflecting defensiveness and apprehension. Some strategies are diagnostic, helping a counselor to informally assess a youngster's affect, how he structures thought, and how he manifests anxiety.

     Included are interventions on acceptance and forgiveness, as well as strategies designed to show youngsters how to interpret and evaluate their progress for themselves. Also covered are ways to pick up on insincerity, manipulation and outright dishonesty.

     This book contains a very handy and quick-to-access topical index.

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