From Ritual to Repertoire: A Cognitive Developmental Systems Approach With Behavior Disordered Children (Wiley Series on Personality Processes)

By Arnold Miller and Eileen Eller-Miller

Offered here is a new, well researched method, using a systems approach firmly grounded in cognitive-developmental theory and findings, for intervening with severely disturbed children. This new synthesis presents a mode of treatment alternative to the usual behavior modification approaches which use aversive techniques and control procedures that the authors see as lacking understanding of the individual child and as raising serious ethical questions. The author's approach has been tried and tested in clinical practice and has demonstrated its efficacy. Part 1 examines the formation of systems in normal and abnormal development. Part 2 deals with specifics of assessment and intervention with disordered children. The text has been aimed at clinical and developmental psychologists, child psychiatrists, and child developmental specialists.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471848972
• ISBN13: 9780471848974
• Release Date: August 1989
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 1.8" x 6.8"