A guide to the latest tools for teaching effective and positiveparenting skills
In the last three decades, parent training has established itselfas an empirically sound, highly successful, and cost-effectiveintervention strategy for both pre-venting and treating behaviordisorders in children.
Handbook of Parent Training, Third Edition offers a uniqueopportunity to learn about the latest research findings andclinical developments in parent training from leading innovators inthe field. Featuring new chapters, this thoroughly revised andupdated edition covers issues that have emerged in recentyears.
Readers will find the latest information on such topics as:
* Behavioral family intervention for childhood anxiety
* Working with parents of aggressive school-age children
* Preventive parent training techniques that support low-income,ethnic minority parents of preschoolers
* Treating autism and Asperger's Syndrome
* Parenting and learning tools including role playing and modelingpositive and effective parenting styles
Offering practical advice and guidance for parent training, eachchapter author begins by identifying a specific problem and thendescribes the best approach to identifying, assessing, and treatingthe problem. In every instance, descriptions of therapeutictechniques are multimodal and integrate theory, research,implementation strategies, and extensive case material.
Handbook of Parent Training, Third Edition is a valuableprofessional resource for child psychologists, schoolpsychologists, and all mental health professionals with an interestin parent skills training.