About the Book
Looking for a proven, flexible, and cost-effective way to address challenging behaviour, social skills development, and family conflict? Look no further than this ready-to-use group therapy program, ideal for clinicians working in a range of settings with children 8–12 and their parents.
With 22 adaptable modules (11 for children, 11 for parents), this field-tested program gives professionals everything they need to lead group therapy sessions that improve the lives of whole families. Children will learn positive social skills and emotional regulation, and parents will learn successful techniques for responding constructively and consistently to difficult behaviours. This empowering program is the perfect way to
Resolve a broad range of behaviour challenges in children with various underlying diagnoses, including behaviour, mood, and anxiety disorders
Target the social skills children need to succeed, including empathy, conflict resolution, and conversation skills
Work with children and parents concurrently—the most effective and powerful way to bring about lasting change in a child
Improve access to critical services for a whole group of children and families at a low cost
Meet the specific needs of individual families, with flexible, adaptable modules
Help families anytime—all the modules are stand-alone, and the program allows for rolling admissions
leverage the highly effective principles of parent management training, cognitive behaviour therapy, and creative art therapy
Implement a highly structured and explicit program that ensures consistency across time and across facilitators
The Transforming Behavior program is easy to implement, with a comprehensive manual and a CD-ROM with dozens of printable worksheets, quizzes, sample scenarios, and other practical handouts for parents and children. And with the clear and explicit scripts and prompts for every session, mental health providers with various levels of education and experience can use the program effectively.
A group therapy program with long-term benefits for children and parents, Transforming Behavior will transform whole families and equip children with social-emotional skills they'll use for their entire lives.
About the Author :
Mary N. Cook, M.D., is a Board Certified Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist currently serving as the Clinical Director of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Children's Hospital Colorado. Additionally, she is the Medical Director of Outpatient Psychiatric Services at Children's Hospital Colorado, as well as Medical Director of the Intensive Family Therapy Program at the University of Colorado Hospital. She is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry on faculty at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, where she is deeply committed to training child psychiatry residents and other mental health trainees. She recently won a resident-nominated award for teaching excellence as well as The President's Award for Outstanding Clinical Service from the University of Colorado Hospital. Selected in 2010 by Consumers' Research Group as among "America's Top Psychiatrists," Dr. Cook specializes in working with families with children who have been diagnosed with disruptive behavior disorders. She spearheaded the development of a series of Outpatient Psychiatric Specialty Programs, as well as an Intensive Outpatient Psychiatry Program at Children's Hospital Colorado. Dr. Cook coauthored (with Kathy Weldon) a book for school counselors titled Counseling Kids with Emotional and Behavioral Problems in the Schools (Love Publishing Company, 2000) and frequently performs presentations at national and local meetings, hospitals, and academic settings and in the community for schools and primary care providers. Her passion is working with families and her overarching philosophy of treatment involves minimizing the use of medication while optimizing psychosocial skills, following the mantra More Skills 5 Less Pills! Darci Anderson, B.A., is Clinical Research Coordinator at Childrenâ (TM)s Hospital Colorado in Aurora, Colorado.
Patrice S. Crisostomo, M.A., is a doctoral candidate in child clinical psychology at the University of Denver.
Ashley M. Davis, B.A., is Mental Health Counselor II at Childrenâ (TM)s Hospital Colorado in Aurora, Colorado.
Tony Edelblute, M.A., LPC, MT-BC, is a music therapist in the Ponzio Creative Arts Therapy Program at Childrenâ (TM)s Hospital Colorado in Aurora, Colorado.
Tess Siler, M.A., is Research Assistant at Childrenâ (TM)s Hospital Colorado in Aurora, Colorado.
Katherine Reed, M.A.A.T., ATR, LPC, is Art Therapist and Program Manager in the Ponzio Creative Arts Therapy Program at Childrenâ (TM)s Hospital Colorado in Aurora, Colorado.
Mindy R. Stephens, B.A., RN, is Outpatient Clinical Coordinator in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and General Intensive Outpatient Program Coordinator at Childrenâ (TM)s Hospital Colorado in Aurora, Colorado.
Marianne Z. Wamboldt, M.D., RYT, is Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Childrenâ (TM)s Hospital Colorado in Aurora, Colorado.
Jason Williams, Psy.D., M.S.Ed., is Director of Training for the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Childrenâ (TM)s Hospital Colorado in Aurora, Colorado. He is Associate Director of the REACH Interprofessional Initiative Health Mentors Program at the University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus. Dr. Williams is also Assistant Professor and Director of Web Development and Maintenance in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Colorado Denver.
Review :
"A must-have resource for professionals across the provider disciplines who work with challenging children and youth." --Sheldon Braaten, Ph.D.
