Synopses & Reviews
The Bestselling Parenting Guide Now Revised and Updated Rex Forehand, Ph.D., and Nicholas Long, Ph.D., offer more than forty years of collective research in this informative yet easy-to-read manual, giving parents a step-by-step guide to improving their child's behavior as well as their entire family's relationship.
Parenting the Strong-Willed Child is the first self-guided program for managing disruptive young children that is based on a clinical treatment program. In this book Drs. Forehand and Long provide you with the necessary tools for successfully managing your child's behavior.
You will be able to:
- Uncover the specific factors that cause or contribute to your child's disruptive behavior
- Follow a clinically proven five-week program for dealing with behavior problems associated with being strong-willed
- Develop a more positive atmosphere in the family and the home
- Identify with real-life parent testimonials and discover strategies for managing specific behavior problems
This updated and expanded edition includes sections on ADHD and peer issues, as well as an appendix listing helpful Internet sites. With Parenting the Strong-Willed Child, you will be able to fully understand your child's behavior and learn effective parenting skills that will help your child, your family, and yourself.
Synopsis
The bestselling five-week program to improving the disruptive child's behavior--now updated and revisedBased on more than 40 years of collective research, parents and longtime child behavior experts Dr. Rex Forehand and Dr. Nicholas Long have devised a program to help you find positive and manageable solutions to your child's difficult behavior. Now in a revised and updated edition, Parenting the Strong-Willed Child is a self-guided program for managing disruptive young children based on a clinical treatment program.
This hands-on guide provides you with a step-by-step, five-week program toward improving your child's behavior as well as the entire family's relationship. Providing you with the necessary tools for successfully managing the difficult child, the book covers specific factors that cause or contribute to a child's disruptive behavior; ways to develop a more positive atmosphere in your family and home; actual reports by parents of difficult children; strategies for managing specific behavior problems; how to tell if your child might have ADHD; and more.
About the Author
Rex Forehand, Ph.D., is a research professor of clinical child psychology and director for the Institute for Behavior Research at the University of Georgia.
Nicholas Long, Ph.D., is associate professor of pediatrics and director of pediatric psychology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Arkansas Children's Hospital.
Table of Contents
PART I: Understanding Your Strong-Willed Child's Behavior;
Chapter 1. Strong-Willed Behavior and How It All Begins;
Chapter 2. Why Is My Child Becoming Even More Strong-Willed?;
Chapter 3. It Takes More than Just Good Parenting;
Chapter 4. Does My Child Have ADHD?;
PART II: Addressing Strong-Willed Behavior: A Five-Week Program;
Chapter 5. Does My Childs Behavior Really Need to Change?;
Chapter 6. Week 1: Attending;
Chapter 7. Week 2: Rewarding;
Chapter 8. Week 3: Ignoring;
Chapter 9. Week 4: Giving Directions;
Chapter 10. Week 5: Using Time-Outs;
Chapter 11. Integrating Your Parenting Skills;
PART III: Creating a Positive Climate for Behavior Change;
Chapter 12. Creating a More Positive Home;
Chapter 13. Improving Your Communication Skills;
Chapter 14. Developing More Patience;
Chapter 15. Building Positive Self-Esteem;
Chapter 16. Helping Your Child Solve Problems with Peers;
PART IV: Solving Some Common Behavior Problems: Additional Recommendations;
Chapter 17. Specific Problem Behaviors