Emergency/Crisis Resources
Calgary Distress Centre
24 hours Crisis Line:
403-266-1605
distresscentre.com
Community Resource Team
403-299-9699
woodshomes.ca
Alberta Children’s Hospital
Emergency Department
2888 Shaganappi Trail
Calgary, Alberta T3B 6A8
403-955-7211
Book Resources:
Parenting General:
The Whole Brain Child
Daniel Siegel, MD & Tina Payne Bryson, PhD.
2011
Parenting from the Inside Out
How a deeper self-understanding can help you raise children who thrive
Daniel J. Siegel & Mary Hartzell
2003
No-Drama Discipline
Daniel Siegel & Tina Bryson
2014
Scientific Parenting
Dr. Nicole Letourneau
2013
Growing up Again (Second Edition)
Parenting ourselves, parenting our children
Jean Illsley Clarke & Connie Dawson
1998
Hold on to Your Kids (Revised and Updated)
Why parents need to matter more than peers
Gordon Neufeld & Gabor Maté
The Science of Parenting
How today’s brain research can help you raise happy, emotionally balanced children
Margot Sunderland
2006
Conscious Parenting
Shefali Tsabary
2010
Out of Control
Shefali Tsabary
2013
The Awakened Family
Shefali Tsabary
2016
Raising a Secure Child
Kent Hoffman, Glen Cooper & Bert Powell
2016
Loving Your Kids On Purpose
Danny Silk
2016
Teenagers:
The Teenage Brain
Frances E. Jensen, MD
2015
Brainstorm
The power and purpose of the teenage brain
Daniel Siegel
2013
Too Safe for Their Own Good
How risk and responsibility help teens thrive
Michael Ungar
2007
Raising Emotionally Intelligent Teenagers
Guiding the way for compassionate, committed, courageous adults
Maurice J. Elias, Steven E. Tobias, & Brian S. Friedlander
2000
Personal Growth for Parents:
Boundaries
Where you end and I begin
Anne Katherine
2000
The Gifts of Imperfection
Brene Brown
2010
Books for Kids:
Please Explain Anxiety to Me! Simple Biology and Solutions for Children and Parents
Laurie Zellinger & Jordan Zellinger
2011
What Do You Do with a Problem?
Kobi Yamada
2016
Your Fantastic Elastic Brain
Joann Deak
2010
Sea Otter Cove: A Stress Management Story for Children
Lori Lite
2012
The Way I Feel
Janan Cain
2000
Listening to my Body
Gabi Garcia
2017