Books with author Heather T. Forbes

Beyond Consequences, Logic, and Control covers in detail the effects of trauma on the body-mind and how trauma alters children's behavioral responses. The first four chapters help parents and professionals clearly understand the neurological research behind the basic model given in this book, deemed, 'The Stress Model.' While scientifically based in research, it is written in an easy to understand and easy to grasp format for anyone working with or parenting children with severe behaviors. The next seven chapters are individually devoted to seven behaviors typically seen with attachment-challenged children. These include lying, stealing, hoarding and gorging, aggression, defiance, lack of eye contact, and yes, even a chapter that talks candidly about how parents appear hostile and angry when they work to simply maintain their families from reaching complete states of chaos. Each of these chapters talks in depth on these specific behaviors and gives vivid and contrasting examples of how this love-based approach works to foster healing and works to develop relationships, as opposed to the fear-based traditional attachment parenting approaches that are being advocated in today's attachment field. The authors end with a Parenting Bonus Section: true testimonials from parents who have been able to make significant changes in their homes with this model of parenting, giving real-life examples of how they have been able to find the healing, peace, and love that they had been seeking prior to working through the techniques outlined in this book.

Kay is unhappy with her life and herself.When she is pulled into an alternative world without sunlight by Wickes, the cat demon, she is forced to look outside herself and confront what she has been turning away from. She meets new and unusual creatures and characters throughout her travels, including the Salem tribe who accept her into their way of life. But catastrophe occurs when the village is attacked and Kay has to face beasts which have more connection to her than she realises.A tale of adventure, growth, fear, hope, despair, friendship, sadness, darkness and light and the importance of what’s inside you.

Full of pizzazz and adventure, The Gingerbread Girl takes children on an explorative journey of emotions, survival challenges, and determination. Written from a trauma perspective, unlike the traditional Gingerbread Boy story, it has a different ending (SPOILER ALERT) that shows how even in the most challenging of situations, you can still remain in a place of personal power and confidence. The Gingerbread Girl includes an in-depth social/emotional discussion guide written by Heather T. Forbes, LCSW. It is designed to be an example of how any traditional storybook can be used as a social/emotional learning experience for children. When we teach young children how to identify their emotional responses, they become better equipped to handle adversity and develop better self-regulatory skills that will serve them to remain in a place of power and control of their own actions.

'Kay is unhappy with her life and herself. When she is pulled into an alternative world without sunlight by Wickes, the cat demon, she is forced to look outside herself and confront what she has been turning away from. She meets new and unusual creatures and characters throughout her travels, including the Salem tribe who accept her into their way of life. But catastrophe occurs when the village is attacked and Kay has to face beasts which have more connection to her than she realises. A tale of adventure, growth, fear, hope, despair, friendship, sadness, darkness and light and the importance of what's inside you.'