publications

*Translated into French

A 25-page booklet available in English, Spanish and French for parents of stressed or traumatized children. I cannot tell you how many times I wished I would have had this exact booklet to give to my students’ parents when I needed to inform them about what their children were going through. This guide simply explains what stress or trauma is for a child, what it can look like at home and at school, and what parents or guardians can do to facilitate healing.

*Translated into Spanish – Hope and Healing: A Guide for Parents of Traumatized Children (self-published, 2006)
A 25-page booklet available for parents of stressed or traumatized children. I cannot tell you how many times I wished I would have had this exact booklet to give to my students’ parents when I needed to inform them about what their children were going through. This guide simply explains what stress or trauma is for a child, what it can look like at home and at school, and what parents or guardians can do to facilitate healing.

A 25-page booklet available in English, Spanish and French for parents of stressed or traumatized children. I cannot tell you how many times I wished I would have had this exact booklet to give to my students’ parents when I needed to inform them about what their children were going through. This guide simply explains what stress or trauma is for a child, what it can look like at home and at school, and what parents or guardians can do to facilitate healing.

*Translated into French

A 60-page practical and easily accessible guide for any adult working with children who are suffering the effects of stress, trauma, tragedy or loss. It is the precise book I was searching for when I was working with so many troubled children who needed very specific kinds of therapeutic activities in order to heal from their experiences. Parents, teachers, and counselors or therapists of any kind can use the numerous activities in this book with individual children, or with groups of children, to help them tap into their resources, strengths, and resiliencies. The importance of the activities in this book are more clearly understood after reading Why Students Underachieve, where all of the activities are explained in greater detail and with examples.

A 60-page practical and easily accessible guide for any adult working with children who are suffering the effects of stress, trauma, tragedy or loss. It is the precise book I was searching for when I was working with so many troubled children who needed very specific kinds of therapeutic activities in order to heal from their experiences. Parents, teachers, and counselors or therapists of any kind can use the numerous activities in this book with individual children, or with groups of children, to help them tap into their resources, strengths, and resiliencies. The importance of the activities in this book are more clearly understood after reading Why Students Underachieve, where all of the activities are explained in greater detail and with examples.

A 94-page book that begins with a fundamental question often asked by parents of children displaying various kinds of learning or behavioral difficulties: What’s wrong with my child? Presented in an easy-to-follow question and answer format, the book empowers parents with the resources to understand: 1) their child’s natural responses to the real events of their life; 2) the signs and symptoms of the effects of stress and trauma; 3) the methods employed by the brain in reaction to ongoing stressors or traumatic events; 4) how to prevent the learning and behavior problems associated with stress and trauma; 5) the natural way to heal the effects of stress and trauma without the use of medication. Within the pages of this book, numerous resources are described, including Self-Regulation Therapy (SRT), to assist parents in taking the most important steps toward healing their child.

Read by Dr. Melrose, Why Students Underachieve: What Educators and Parents Can Do about It is designed for all educators (teachers, administrators, and school support personnel) to easily access real stories of stressed or traumatized students in order to understand them, what they look like in the classroom and on the playground, and what their particular needs are. This audiobook is full of personal stories, case examples, and most importantly, effective and easy-to-use tools that can be implemented immediately with stressed or traumatized students in order to first, do no harm, and second, provide them with a real chance for a promising future.

Why Students Underachieve: What Educators and Parents Can Do about It is designed for all educators (teachers, administrators, and school support personnel) to easily access real stories of stressed or traumatized students in order to understand them, what they look like in the classroom and on the playground, and what their particular needs are. This book is full of personal stories, case examples, and most importantly, effective and easy-to-use tools that can be implemented immediately with stressed or traumatized students in order to first, do no harm, and second, provide them with a real chance for a promising future.