Dr. Rick Capaldi, founder of Outreach Concern, one of the largest school-based counseling agencies in the United States, provides parents with a guide to raising their kids into sturdy, independent adults. 21st Century Parenting gives a new twist on the original three Rs―Reading, ‘Riting, and ‘Rithmetic. Parents will learn how to steer their children toward emotional stability and success using the new three Rs―Reading, Regulating, and Redirecting―reading their child’s environment, regulating their child’s emotional temperature, and redirecting their child’s behavior. Many of the concepts that Dr. Capaldi also introduces are based on his Behavior Performance Management™ intervention tool that has helped guide successful counseling and support services with over 500,000 children, adolescents and families in over 894 elementary, middle and high schools in Southern California. Full of real world examples and sound advice, this is a must read for any parent in today’s complex world.
“Powerful recommendations to help kids cope with the pressures of today’s instant gratification world of social media, texting, and online everything.”
Praises for 21st Century Parenting
“21st Century Parenting is a dynamic resource for parents, which offers a blend of proactive ideas and supportive recommendations for a wide variety of current needs for our children. Rick offers accessible strategies and approaches to parenting that can serve as guideposts, or ‘parenting GPS’ tools as he describes it, for navigating many issues including the culture of school, using technology, bullying, and building independence in our children that allow them to thrive and be successful as teens and young adults. As an educator, I appreciate the easy to navigate suggestions
and, as a parent of two adult sons, I wish I had access to this resource many years before!”
“21st Century Parenting is a timely and high impact resource for parents to support their most important responsibility—raising their child to become resilient, and ultimately, a confident self-reliant young adult. Unlike most parenting books that are based solely on child developmental theory, 21st Century Parenting shares what works from a wealth of child and family counseling experience and case study observation.”
“Although there are numerous parenting primers on the market, this book offers a unique perspective on what parents need to know at this particular moment in time. It provides parents with a roadmap to raise successful children who are dealing with unprecedented challenges and temptations. Each chapter contains information that is clear, practical, and succinct. For parents raising children in the twenty-first century, this book is indispensable.””
“In an age when parenting has become an increasingly difficult task, 21st Century Parenting offers a refreshing, practical approach to empower parents with the tools they need to guide their children in a complex world.”
“Dr. Capaldi’s years of success as a family therapist, his scientific approach to parenting, and his proven track record showing real behavioral improvements in thousands of children who have been guided by him combine to make this book the best parenting book I have seen. As a brain scientist and a mother, I urge you to begin the life-changing process of learning the new parenting skills presented in 21st Century Parenting.”
about the author
Dr. Rick Capaldi
Dr. Rick Capaldi, co-founder of Outreach Concern, one of the largest school-based counseling agencies in the United States, provides parents with a guide to raising their kids into sturdy, independent adults. 21st Century Parenting gives a new twist on the original three Rs―Reading, ‘Riting, and ‘Rithmetic. Parents will learn how to steer their children toward emotional stability and success using the new three Rs―Reading, Regulating, and Redirecting―reading their child’s environment, regulating their child’s emotional temperature, and redirecting their child’s behavior. Many of the concepts that Dr. Capaldi also introduces are based on his Behavior Performance Management™ intervention tool that has helped guide successful counseling and support services with over 500,000 children, adolescents and families in over 990 elementary, middle and high schools in Southern California. Full of real world examples and sound advice, this is a must read for any parent in today’s complex world.
Dr. Rick Capaldi has been a practicing family therapist for 40 years, specializing in children, adolescents and families, focused on childhood disorders, parenting and learning disabilities. Dr. Capaldi is a former adjunct Professor in Pepperdine University’s graduate M.F.T. counseling program and an instructor of psychology and sociology at Saddleback and Irvine Valley Community Colleges.
Dr. Capaldi is president of Capaldi & Associates, an international organizational development firm who’s provided executive management assessment and organizational development services for such companies as Carter’s, Federated Corporation, Macy’s Department Stores, Neiman Marcus, Bass Pro, First Team Real Estate, The Home Depot, Westin, Sheraton and Renaissance Hotels, Bloomingdale’s, Thrifty Snyder’s Drug’s and over 40 Police/Fire Departments and municipalities throughout Los Angeles and Orange County.
In 1993, Dr. Capaldi co-founded Outreach Concern, Inc. now serving as President/CEO. Outreach Concern is one of the largest non-profit, school-based, pupil personnel agency in the nation having provided counseling and support services to over 500,000 children, adolescents and families in over 990 elementary, middle and high schools throughout Southern California for over a quarter of a century.
Dr. Capaldi developed the Behavior Performance Management intervention model providing counselors a new blueprint on how to treat children and adolescents in both academic and private counseling environments. The success of this model is documented in a ten-year study incorporating over 58,000 referrals demonstrating an 87% improvement in academic, behavioral, emotional and social factors that impact performance.
The Student Performance Accountability Study is the first and only study nationwide focusing on a behavioral intervention model demonstrating consistent success impacting performance and behavioral change. (See 2009/2019 Academic Accountability Study – www.outreachconcern.org) The result of which generated the development of Dr. Capaldi’s new book“21st Century Parenting”, providing parents, teachers and professionals a new direction on how to successfully raise children in today’s society, ensuring their safety, development and future success.
Dr. Capaldi is also recognized as a leading authority on divorce and blended families and is the co-author of “Stepfamilies, a Cooperative Responsibility” and the “Clinical Handbook for School Counselors.” His new book, 21st Century Parenting, will be released in August 2019.
Rick Capaldi
Ph.D., M.F.T.
