Your Defiant Child: Eight Steps to Better Behavior
Every child has "ornery" moments, but more than 1 in 20 American children exhibit behavioral problems that are out of control. For readers struggling with an unyielding or combative child, Your Defiant Child: Eight Steps To Better Behavior offers the understanding and guidance they need. Drawing on Dr. Russell A. Barkley's many years of work with parents and children, the book clearly explains what causes defiance, when it becomes a problem, and how it can be resolved. The book's...
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Every child has "ornery" moments, but more than 1 in 20 American children exhibit behavioral problems that are out of control. For readers struggling with an unyielding or combative child, YOUR DEFIANT CHILD: EIGHT STEPS TO BETTER BEHAVIOR offers the understanding and guidance they need. Drawing on Dr. Russell A. Barkley's many years of work with parents and children, the book clearly explains what causes defiance, when it becomes a problem, and how it can be resolved. The book's comprehensive eight-step program stresses consistency and cooperation, promoting changes through a system of praise, rewards, and mild punishment. Readers learn tools and strategies for establishing clear patterns of discipline, communicating with children on a level they can understand, and reducing family stress overall. Filled with helpful charts, questionnaires, and checklists, YOUR DEFIANT CHILD helps parents get their child's behavior back on track and restore harmony in the home. Booknews A guide to controlling one's child's refusal to obey parental commands. Based on one of the author's clinical research and practice, advice is provided for diagnosing and treating the behavior. Specific tactics explored include the use of rewards and praise, mild discipline such as time-outs, and parent-teacher cooperation. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
Introduction1Pt. 1Getting to Know Your Defiant Child5Ch. 1Is Something Wrong with My Child?7Ch. 2Why Is This Happening to My Family?23Ch. 3What Should I Do about It?48Ch. 4Words to Live By: The Foundation of Better Behavior71Pt. 2Getting Along with Your Defiant Child81Ch. 5Step 1: Pay Attention!91Ch. 6Step 2: Start Earning Peace and Cooperation with Praise110Ch. 7Step 3: When Praise Is Not Enough, Offer Rewards129Ch. 8Step 4: Use Mild Discipline - Time-Out and More149Ch. 9Step 5: Use Time-Out with Other Misbehavior171Ch. 10Step 6: Think Aloud and Think Ahead - What to Do in Public183Ch. 11Step 7: Help the Teacher Help Your Child197Ch. 12Step 8: Moving toward a Brighter Future214AppDoes Your Child Have Conduct Disorder?225Resources227Index231
\ BooknewsA guide to controlling one's child's refusal to obey parental commands. Based on one of the author's clinical research and practice, advice is provided for diagnosing and treating the behavior. Specific tactics explored include the use of rewards and praise, mild discipline such as time-outs, and parent-teacher cooperation. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.\ \
