The Parent-Child Dance: A Guide To Help You Understand and Shape Your Child’s Behavior
by Miriam Manela , C. Zwolinski
The Parent-Child Dance: A Guide to Help You Understand and Shape Your Child’s Behavior, shows you how to help your child improve his behavior and become calmer, happier, and more focused. You’ll also learn how to strengthen and enjoy your parent-child relationship–without guilt, shame, or blame.
Written by pediatric behavioral specialist, Miriam Manela, OTR/L, this sensitively-illustrated parenting guide contains over eighty creative activities and shows you the proven techniques the author has taught to thousands of parents, kids, teachers, and therapists.
Get help for your child for difficulties such as over-sensitivity or irritability; discomfort with touch, sound, smell, and taste; overly rough and rowdy behavior; frequent anger outbursts or temper tantrums; anxiety or nervousness; appearing withdrawn or shutdown; difficulty with peers, problems with teachers; and more issues that the author, a pediatric occupational therapist, has successfully treated in hundreds of patients in her private practice.
Recommendations and Praise for The Parent-Child Dance:
“Miriam Manela has the key to help you unlock the mystery of your child’s challenging behavior…A compassionate, insightful, user-friendly book.”
—Pat Carroll, host of “Raising Our Kids,” WCBS radio.
“This book is like having an occupational therapist living in your attic! Through science, step-by-step instructions, and helpful illustrations, Manela and Zwolinski beautifully reveal the secrets of therapeutic, purposeful connection for the benefit of parents and children alike. Let’s dance, let’s dance indeed!”
—Anthony T. DeBenedet, M.D., Coauthor of the Bestseller, The Art of Roughhousing
“The Parent-Child Dance is a wonderful resource book for parents and professionals to help children with the range of sensory processing disorders…This must-have book is full of activities that can be easily integrated into play and everyday routines.”
—Dr. Georgia DeGangi Clinical Psychologist, Occupational Therapist
“The Parent-Child Dance offers many creative activities parents can do with their children at home to help them with some common behavioral issues.”
—Howard Glasser is Executive Director of Children’s Success Foundation & Creator of the Nurtured Heart Approach®
“The Parent-Child Dance could only have been written by someone with Miriam Manela’s expertise, dedication, and insight. In it, Miriam helps you get in touch with your child’s inner world, and gives you the tools you need to strengthen your parent-child relationship without blaming or shaming.”
—Richard M. Zwolinski, Author of Therapy Revolution: Find Help, Get Better, and Move On
