Publisher's Synopsis
Presented here is a practical, comprehensive guide for professionals who work with troubled children and their parents. Its innovative approach, drawing upon research in behavior modification and relationship enhancement, aims to train parents as co-therapists. The book examines all the skills necessary to make parents agents of positive change in their children's lives, such as didactic instructions, training models, and role playing. Various child disorders are examined and discussed, as well as practical methods of establishing a successful parent-therapist partnership.
