# Helping Your Family Thrive

A Practical Guide to Parenting With Positive Behavior Support

## Overview

Early Childhood

Prevent challenging behaviors before they occur and ensure that the whole family thrives with the evidence‐based, culturally sensitive, and family‐friendly positive behavior support (PBS) process.

Contains Companion Materials

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How can parents identify their strengths and needs, enhance their family functioning, and lay a foundation for positive behavior in children of all ages? Positive behavior support (PBS) is the key—and this is the book every family needs to master this proactive, problem‐solving process.

Evidence‐based, culturally sensitive, and family friendly, the PBS process in this book is an ideal way to prevent challenging behaviors before they occur and improve overall quality of life for whole families. Written by a team of behavior experts and parents, this book guides families through five critical steps:

1. Identifying family strengths, challenges, and needs through a preliminary self‐assessment
2. Creating a family vision and expectations based on shared core values
3. Arranging the environment (family space and time) to promote success
4. Teaching and rewarding desired behavior and responding to misbehavior
5. Monitoring outcomes and problem‐solving challenges

A reader‐friendly guide that should be on every family’s bookshelf, **Helping Your Family Thrive** will show parents how to approach their children's behavior proactively and positively—and structure their home life so that every family member thrives.

**PRACTICAL MATERIALS:** Throughout the book, practical exercises, worksheets, and in‐depth case studies illuminate what successful PBS looks like and help parents implement it successfully. Parents will also get 10 ready‐to‐use downloads, including fillable forms for identifying needs and goals, developing a Family PBS Plan, and monitoring progress.

**Have specific behavior issues to solve? Check out the companion book [Resolving Your Child's Challenging Behavior!](https://products.brookespublishing.com/Resolving-Your-Childs-Challenging-Behavior-P1324.aspx)**

## Reviews

- **Kimberli Breen, MS, CAS, MA** - "Revolutionary and audacious in its innovative approach to family life, this book will change the field. Unlike so many books of the past that focused on what’s wrong with children and their families, _Helping Your Family Thrive_ centers on what’s good and right with children and families. Designed to help you and your family before you even think you need it, this incredibly compassionate and comprehensive book provides innovative strategies for families of youth who are typically-developing, as well as those with special needs, to ensure your family maintains a good quality of life."

- **Gene McConnachie, Ph.D.** - "Does your family lurch from one task to the next, one problem to the next, where you always feel you are playing catch up? ... If you follow these practical and clearly-presented steps, your family’s quality of life will improve!"

- **Timothy R. Moore, Ph.D., LP, BCBA-D** - "Families raising children in every stage and circumstance have a common goal: to live into their vision of a quality life for each member individually and the family collectively. ..."

- **Laura Kern, JD, Ph.D.** - "This book is a valuable resource for both parents and those of us who work with families and young children. The authors are incredibly knowledgeable and sensitive to the needs of families while providing evidence-based strategies that will work to address challenging behaviors. By the book’s end, families will be able to develop and use a plan that will work for them."

Authors: [Meme Hieneman Ph.D.](https://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=1057&Name=Meme+Hieneman+Ph.D.), [Sarah Fefer Ph.D., BCBA](https://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=186110&Name=Sarah+Fefer+Ph.D.%2c+BCBA), [Shane Isley M.S., BCBA](https://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=186112&Name=Shane+Isley+M.S.%2c+BCBA), [Missy Sieders](https://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=186111&Name=Missy+Sieders)

**Read an Excerpt**

[Introduction and Overview of Positive Behavior Support for Families](/content/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Helping-Your-Family-Thrive_Excerpt.pdf)

**Download**

[Six Ways Families Can Encourage Positive Behavior](https://blog.brookespublishing.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/6WaysPositive.Hieneman.jpg)  
[Positive Behavior Support Quote Graphic](/content/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Helping-Your-Family-Thrive_PBS-Quote-Graphic.pdf)

**Watch**  
[**Coffee Chat:** Helping Your Family Thrive: A Practical Guide to Parenting with Positive Behavior Support](https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/4571602643852378891)

**Listen**  
[**Podcast:** Providing Effective and Engaging Caregiver Guidance: An Interview with Co-Author Shane Isley](https://www.bluesprigautism.com/aba-unfiltered-podcast-/podcasts/s3-e5-providing-effective-and-engaging-caregiver/)

**Read**  
[**Blog Post:** Tip Sheets from Two New Books on Positive Behavior Support](https://blog.brookespublishing.com/free-download-tip-sheets-from-two-new-books-on-positive-behavior-support/)

This product has additional materials available on the Brookes [**Download Hub.**](https://downloads.brookespublishing.com/resource/helping-your-family-thrive/)

Includes a downloadable family workbook with numerous exercises and worksheets to help families identify strengths and challenges, develop a Family PBS plan, and track progress.