Managing Children's Disruptive Behaviour: A Guide for Practitioners Working with Parents and Foster Parents

Review
"...presents well-tested courses for the treatment and training of staff dealing with difficult youngsters..." (Journal of Practising Educational Psychologists, 2004)

"...sets out to provide a guide for experienced practitioners who are working with the parents, teachers and foster carers of young children with conduct disorders..." (Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Vol 10 (3) Sept 05) Product Description
Managing Children's Disruptive Behavior is a comprehensive guide designed for professionals and parents who care for children whose behavior problems are beyond those encountered normally. Arranged in three parts, the book opens by setting out the theoretical background to conduct disorders in a range of settings. Part Two discusses issues in assessment and treatment and explains the background to the 'Child-Wise' programs devised by the authors. Four versions of the Child-Wise program follow, complete with useful materials for evaluation and homework purposes.

This flexible set of resources has been designed for use with children aged between 2 and 10 years and includes versions for use: in group settings; at home; in the classroom; with typical and special needs children. Devised for use by a wide range of professionals, the programmes reduce fraught interactions and restore mutually enjoyable relationships between the carer/parent and the child. There are also further resources available to download from a supporting website.

Managing Children's Disruptive Behaviour is an invaluab le tool for psychologists, health visitors, social workers, teachers, and all those whose work involves children and their carers.

Download Description
"Disruptive behaviour is the extreme failure to conform to the expectations of caregivers, teachers, or society, going beyond the day-to-day disciplinary problems many parents are familiar with. In Part One of this book practitioners are provided with a conceptual basis for understanding children’s disruptive behavior and its relationship to parenting behavior. In Part Two, a detailed program is presented that provides practitioners with a framework and materials that can be used with birth and foster parents to improve the understanding of parenting, and the effective application of parenting skills in both ordinary disciplinary as well as extremely challenging situations. "

Book Info
Exeter Univ., UK. Discusses issues in assessment and treatment and explains the background to the 'Child-Wise' programs, for use with children between the ages of 2 and 10. Includes materials for evaluation and versions for use in various settings. For developmental psychologists. Softcover, hardcover also available.

From the Back Cover
Managing Children's Disruptive Behaviour is a comprehensive guide designed for professionals and parents who care for children whose behaviour problems are beyond those encountered normally. Arranged in three parts, the book opens by setting out the theoretical background to conduct disorders in a range of settings. Part Two discusses issues in assessment and treatment and explains the background to the 'Child-Wise' programmes devised by the authors. Four versions of the Child-Wise programme follow, complete with useful materials for evaluation and homework purposes.

This flexible set of resources has been designed for use with children aged between 2 and 10 years and includes versions for use: in group settings; at home; in the classroom; with typical and special needs children. Devised for use by a wide range of professionals, the programmes reduce fraught interactions and restore mutually enjoyable relationships between the carer/parent and the child. There are also further resources available to download from a supporting website

Managing Children's Disruptive Behaviour is an invaluab le tool for psychologists, health visitors, social workers, teachers, and all those whose work involves children and their carers.


About the Author
Martin Herbert is Emeritus Professor at Exeter University. He was previously Director of the School of Social Work and Professor of Psychology at the University of Leicester. He later joined the National Health Service full time and was in charge of the mental health service for children in Plymouth. This post was succeeded by a move to Exeter where he directed the doctoral course in clinical psychology as Professor of Clinical and Community Psychology. He was appointed to the Consultant Clinical Psychologist post in the Child and Adolescent Department at the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Healthcare Trust. He now specialises in personal injury psycho-legal work. He has published books and journal articles on various topics dealing with the psychological problems of children, adolescents and adults. His latest is Typical and Atypical Development: From Conception to Adolescence (2003). Many of his books have been translated into European and Asian languages. He is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society.

Jenny Wookey is a consultant clinical psychologist at the Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust and also honorary tutor and supervisor on the Clinical Doctoral Course at Exeter University. She has had many years of working with adults in GP surgeries and with parents and children at the Plymouth Child Development Centre. She previously worked in an adultmental health and primary care setting. Her special interests include developmental disability and young children with behaviour problems. In recent years she has worked with Professor Martin Herbert researching and conducting parent training programmes.