Defiant Children
A Clinician's Manual for Assessment and Parent Training
- 228 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
About This Book
A perennial bestseller from a leading authority, this book provides an effective 10-step program for training parents in child behavior management skills (ages 2 to 12). Professionals get proven tools to help parents understand the causes of noncompliant, defiant, oppositional, or socially hostile behavior at home or in school; take systematic steps to reduce it; and reinforce positive change. Comprehensive assessment guidelines are included. In a large-size format for easy photocopying, the volume features numerous reproducible parent handouts and two rating scales (the Home Situations Questionnaire and the School Situations Questionnaire). Purchasers get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials. New to This Edition
*Reflects 15 years of research advances and the author's ongoing clinical experience.
*Fully updated model of the nature and causes of oppositional defiant disorder (ODD).
*Revised assessment tools and recommendations.
*The latest data on the program's effectiveness.
*Spanish-language versions of the parent forms are available online for downloading and printing (www.guilford.com/p/barkley4). See also the related title for parents: Your Defiant Child, Second Edition: Eight Steps to Better Behavior. For a teen focus, see also Defiant Teens, Second Edition (for professionals), and Your Defiant Teen, Second Edition (for parents), by Russell A. Barkley and Arthur L. Robin.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title Page
- Selected Works by Russell A. Barkley
- Title Page
- Copyright
- About the Author
- Preface
- Contents
- Introduction
- Part I. Prerequisite Information for Using the Program
- Part II. Guidelines for Therapists in Conducting the Program
- Part III. Assessment Materials
- Part IV. Parent Handouts
- References
- Index