Dr. Robert Brooks
www.drrobertbrooks.com
Dr.
Robert Brooks has lectured nationally and internationally to audiences
of parents, educators, mental health professionals, and business people
on topics pertaining to motivation, resilience, self-esteem, family
relationships, the qualities of effective leaders and executives, and
balancing our personal and professional lives. He is on the faculty
of Harvard Medical School and has served as Director of the
Department of Psychology at McLean Hospital, a private psychiatric
hospital. His first position at McLean Hospital was as principal of the
school in the locked door unit of the child and adolescent program.
Dr. Brooks has a part-time private practice in which he sees children,
adolescents, adults, and families and has appeared regularly on
television shows in the Boston area as well as on national cable
television. He completed a videotape and educational guide for PBS
titled
Look What Youšve Done! Stories of Hope and
Resilience that focuses on self-esteem and resilience in
children with special needs and participated in the production of two
videotapes by Sunburst Communications, one about parenting children with
learning and attentional problems and the other about developing
responsibility in children.
Dr. Brooks received a Gubernatorial Award for Distinguished Public
Service for his work with the Governor's Alliance Against Drugs; as
part of his contribution to the Alliance, he co-authored a pamphlet for
parents about talking with children and adolescents about drugs. Dr.
Brooks also received "Hall of Fame" awards from both CH.A.D.D. (Children
and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorders) and the Connecticut
Association for Children with Learning Disabilities for his work with
special needs children and adolescents, a Special Recognition and Media
Award from the Massachusetts Psychological Association, and the Friends
of Families Award from the Family Place for his work on behalf of
children and families. In addition, Dr. Brooks has served as a
consultant to Sesame Street Parents Magazine.
Dr. Brooks received his doctorate in clinical psychology from Clark
University and did additional training at the University of Colorado
Medical School. He has co-authored a book titled A Pediatric
Approach to Learning Disorders (Wiley), and published a number of
articles and book chapters related to self-esteem, education,
resilience, and psychotherapy. Dr. Brooks has also written a sex
education book for the young child called So That's How I Was Born!
(Simon & Schuster). In addition, Dr. Brooks is the author of a
book titled The Self-Esteem Teacher published by Treehaus
Communications. He has co-authored with Dr. Sam Goldstein a book
Raising Resilient Children published by Contemporary
Books/McGraw-Hill and prepared a parenting video and curriculum
about resilience published by Brookes Publishing. They have also
completed a documentary Tough Times/Resilient Kids. Their new
books Nurturing Resilience in Our Children: Answers to the Most
Important Parenting Questions published by Contemporary
Press/McGraw-Hill and Seven Steps to Help Your Child Overcome Worry
(written with Dr. Kristy Hagar) published by Specialty Press are to
be released in the fall, 2002.
ARTICLES
by Dr. Brooks
Questions and Answers about Resilience
by
Dr. Robert Brooks. Bob answers
questions posed to him when Newsweek did an article on him. These are
the questions and answers that did not make it into the article, but are
none the less very important.
Perspectives On Discipline: Does Spanking Really
Have A Role?
PART 1 By Dr. Robert Brooks. Here the
doctor takes the confusion about effective disciplinary measures.. With
all the different opinions around today, is it any wonder that the
parents are as confused as the kids about which direction to take? Often
specialists take contradictory views to one another ... time out ......
deprivation ..... ignore..... tough love ..... which way is best???
Perspectives on Discipline: The Power of Prevention
PART 2
By Dr. Robert
Brooks.
Here
the kind doctor discusses more effective ways of helping children learn
right from wrong and developing a social conscience.
Dr. Brooks
also has a website where he has a monthly newsletter .
www.drrobertbrooks.com
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