ABOUT THE BOOK

All young people make mistakes. Teaching them how to handle mistakes and how to keep from making the same mistakes over and over is the awesome responsibility of parents and other adults who care for them. Providing good healthy discipline is a vital part of that teaching process. Too, often, though, when children and teens make mistakes, adults confuse discipline with punishment—and then get frustrated when the mistakes continue or even get worse. Discipline teaches a skill, or it isn’t discipline. Discipline That Works: 5 Simple Steps helps readers understand the difference between discipline and punishment. It provides guidelines and suggestions for helping young people learn from mistakes by teaching them self-control skills and new ways to handle difficult situations.

ABOUT Author

JOYCE DIVINYI, M.S., L.P.C., is a psychotherapist and acclaimed author of Good Kids, Difficult Behavior and its companion, The ABC’s Workbook. She has an Atlanta-based private practice in individual and family therapy, and is the owner of The Human connection, a company dedicated to understanding and changing human behavior. Ms. Divinyi has trained in schools, churches, juvenile court systems and treatment centers throughout the United States.