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SOS Resources For Counselors, Educators, and Others


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Helping adults and teens, using self-help and cognitive behavior therapy resources:

A Hole In The Sidewalk Poster for substance abuse, anger management, eating disorders, some impulse-control disorders, some sexual-paraphilia disorders, and 12 Step Programs. Spanish A Hole In The Sidewalk Poster.

Charlie's ABCs Of Emotions Poster illustrates how beliefs & self-talk primarily control emotions and behavior. Consider asking FedEx Kinko's to double the size of the poster and mount it on foamboard for counseling, group work, or presentations. Spanish Charlie's ABCs Of Emotions Poster.

Charlie's ABCs Of Emotions, Right & Left Sides Combination poster, work sheet, and counseling tool teaches adults and teens how to determine Activating Events, Beliefs and Self-Talk, and Consequences of Emotions and Behavior. Make copies for your clients. Spanish Charlie's ABCs Of Emotions, Right & Left Sides.

ABC Self-Analysis And Improvement Form Ask clients and students to complete three forms a week and to discuss these forms in your weekly appointments. Continue these homework assignments to keep clients involved.

How Self-Talk Causes Emotions Poster This combination poster and counseling tool illustrates crooked vs straight thinking, the three major musts, and "People are disturbed not by things, but by the views which they take of them."

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Counselors Using SOS Program shows how to use the SOS Help For Emotions program in working with clients. Homework assignments and quizzes are outlined. Includes discussion of CBT, REBT, CT, ACT, DBT, and mindfulness.

See SOS Research. Also see Cognitive Behavior Therapy/Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy Research which shows over 500 REBT research studies posted at Albert Ellis Institute website.

SOS ORDER FORM can be printed on one page to give to clients and professionals. Or order from our secure ONLINE ORDER FORM.

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Helping CHILDREN 2 TO 12 with behavioral and emotional problems, are for counselors & educators:

SOS Child Management Guidelines, our most popular download, lists three child rearing rules and four child rearing errors to avoid. Use this handout with the "DVD Video SOS Help For Parents" when counseling parents or teaching behavior management classes. Use Spanish Child Management Guidelines with DVD Video SOS Ayuda Para Padres. Counselors, see Technical Description of SOS Child Management Guidelines.

SOS Time-Out Guidelines, our second most popular download, lists nine common time-out mistakes that parents make and basic steps for using time-out. Use Spanish SOS Time-Out Guidelines with Spanish speaking parents and with "DVD Video SOS Ayuda Para Padres."

Evidence-Based Behavior Therapy SOS Interventions provides a comprehensive outline or picture of SOS methods, techniques, & skills. SOS Research shows research involving SOS Help For Parents program.

AUDIO: Behavior Therapy Interview with Dr. Clark, "How to use behavior therapy and SOS programs to help parents and children " (41 minute MP3 file)

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Menu of Interventions For 46 Problem Behaviors lists 23 methods for handling more than 46 problem behaviors. Mental health professionals often use this Menu at staffings when developing interventions for children. It is derived from the revised SOS Help For Parents book, pp. 233 to 242.

SOS DVD Lesson Plans These lesson plans for teaching and counseling describe how to use the DVD Video and SOS book, over six sessions or classes. The lesson plans are taken from the DVD Video Leader's Guide, Revised Edition.

SOS DVD & 19 Behavior Management Methods Taught This outline tells which SOS video scenes teach each of 19 major methods for managing behavior. For example, time-out is taught in scenes 14, 17, 22, & 31. Good effective instructions & commands are taught in scenes 2, 28, & 29.

Advertising Your SOS Parenting Classes & Counseling Practice Use this brochure to advertise your SOS parenting classes or counseling practice. Email us about adding SOS illustrations and text to your website which advertise your services.

Therapy & Assessment Resources For Helping Children lists child assessment and parent assessment tools.

Two Column Assessment & Intervention Technique shows how to identify target behaviors to increase and decrease, and how to select the best interventions for these target behaviors.

ABC Assessment And Modification Of One Problem Behavior By identifying and altering the Antecedents and Consequences of a target Behavior, you can alter that Behavior. This tool tells you exactly how to effectively use this technique.

Using Three Way Sort In Parent Counseling to determine what the parent is doing right, what the parent is doing wrong, and what new methods he or she needs to start using.

CD Time-Out Guide teaches time-out skills and accompanies the CD "How To Use Time-Out Effectively" for both individual listening and behavior management workshops.

If Your Child Rebels Against Time-Out do this, don't just read it!

Child Management Skills Test (CMST) These five objective tests assess parents' knowledge of 19 basic child management rules, errors, and skills taught in the SOS book and "DVD Video SOS Help For Parents" program. The CMST and scoring stencils are included with the "DVD Video SOS Help For Parents" program and can be ordered separately.

Time-Out Parent Inventory (TOPI) is administered by a counselor and assesses a parent's skill in using time-out with a child.

SOS ORDER FORM can be printed on one page to give to clients and professionals. Or order from our secure ONLINE ORDER FORM

Discount Coupon Prepaid Orders Use this 20% discount coupon to get free shipping and no taxes, when ordering five or more SOS books. Make SOS books available to clients when they most need them - immediately!

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