Handbook of Parent Training: Parents as Co-Therapists for Children's Behavior Problems

By James M. Breismeister

Handbook of Parent Training is a practical, comprehensive guide for professionals who work with troubled children and their parents. The text uses an innovative approach, drawing upon elements of behavior modification and relationship enhancement with the aim of training parents to be co-therapists. It 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471628743
• ISBN13: 9780471628743
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 1.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.4" x 9.3"