Managing The Defiant Child: A Guide To Parent Training

Childhood defiance - the most common complaint of parents seeking professional help for their children - exerts a tremendous amount of wear and tear on families. This video brings to life a proven approach to behaviour management and shows clinicians, school practitioners, parents and students how enhanced parenting skills can improve the parent-child relationship. Viewers see vignettes from actual parent training sessions and hear group leader Dr. Gwen Edwards discuss concepts of child management; outline principles of managing defiant behaviour; and review progress with group participants. Commentary provides a picture of why interactions with children are a "two-way street", effective incentive Systems For Motivating Children And The Crucial Role Of Parent Training.; The manual serves as a mini-reference on parent training principles and methods. Selected behaviour management methods are reviewed. It concludes with lists of suggested readings and organizations that can serve as referral sources.

About the Author :
Russell A. Barkley, PhD, is Research Professor of Psychiatry at the State University of New York (SUNY) Upstate Medical University at Syracuse, USA. Dr. Barkley has published numerous books, more than 200 scientific articles and book chapters, and 7 videos on Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and related disorders, including childhood defiance. He is also the editor of the newsletter The ADHD Report. A frequent conference presenter and speaker who is widely cited in the national media, he is past president of the Section on Clinical Child Psychology, Division 12 of the American Psychological Association, and of the International Society for Research in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology.

Review :
-A major step forward in the treatment of ODD....The information is practical, research validated, and very useful for clinicians, educators, and parents. A 'must' for anyone providing services to noncompliant, argumentative, and aggressive children.---William R. Jenson, PhD "A major step forward in the treatment of ODD....The information is practical, research validated, and very useful for clinicians, educators, and parents. A 'must' for anyone providing services to noncompliant, argumentative, and aggressive children."--William R. Jenson, PhD "Can provide relief to parents or caregivers who are struggling with continually defiant children."--"Childhood Education" "Russell Barkley's new videotapes on children with Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) are a major step forward in the treatment of this difficult disability. They provide a basic understanding of ODD and proven interventions for its management. The information is practical, research validated, and very useful for clinicians, educators, and parents. A 'must' for anyone providing services to noncompliant, argumentative, and aggressive children." --William R. Jenson, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Utah; Author of "The" "Tough Kid Book" "The quality of the video is very good, the soundtrack is easy to understand, the technical production smooth enough so as not to distract the listener....The tape works best as an introduction to child management training. It is interesting and informative enough that families could see it on their own and use it as a preliminary education process before group sessions." --"The Canadian Child Psychiatry Review" "Of interest to both parents and educators." --"Booklist" "Can provide relief to parents or caregivers who are struggling with continually defiant children....Adults will benefit from the indepth discussions and training dealing with noncompliant and defiant behavior." -"-Childhood Education"