Handbook of Parent Training

A guide to the latest tools for teaching effective and positive parenting skills In the last three decades, parent training has established itself as an empirically sound, highly successful, and cost-effective intervention strategy for both pre-venting and treating behavior disorders in children. Handbook of Parent Training, Third Edition offers a unique opportunity to learn about the latest research findings and clinical developments in parent training from leading innovators in the field. Featuring new chapters, this thoroughly revised and updated edition covers issues that have emerged in recent years. Readers will find the latest information on such topics as: * Behavioral family intervention for childhood anxiety * Working with parents of aggressive school-age children * Preventive parent training techniques that support low-income, ethnic minority parents of preschoolers * Treating autism and Asperger's Syndrome * Parenting and learning tools including role playing and modeling positive and effective parenting styles Offering practical advice and guidance for parent training, each chapter author begins by identifying a specific problem and then describes the best approach to identifying, assessing, and treating the problem. In every instance, descriptions of therapeutic techniques are multimodal and integrate theory, research, implementation strategies, and extensive case material. Handbook of Parent Training, Third Edition is a valuable professional resource for child psychologists, school psychologists, and all mental health professionals with an interest in parent skills training.

A guide to the latest tools for teaching effective and positiveparenting skillsIn the last three decades, parent training has established itselfas an empirically sound, highly successful, and cost-effectiveintervention strategy for both pre-venting and treating behaviordisorders in children.Handbook of Parent Training, Third Edition offers a uniqueopportunity to learn about the latest research findings andclinical developments in parent training from leading innovators inthe field. Featuring new chapters, this thoroughly revised andupdated edition covers issues that have emerged in recentyears.Readers will find the latest information on such topics as:* Behavioral family intervention for childhood anxiety* Working with parents of aggressive school-age children* Preventive parent training techniques that support low-incomeethnic minority parents of preschoolers* Treating autism and Asperger's Syndrome* Parenting and learning tools including role playing and modelingpositive and effective parenting stylesOffering practical advice and guidance for parent training, eachchapter author begins by identifying a specific problem and thendescribes the best approach to identifying, assessing, and treatingthe problem. In every instance, descriptions of therapeutictechniques are multimodal and integrate theory, researchimplementation strategies, and extensive case material.Handbook of Parent Training, Third Edition is a valuableprofessional resource for child psychologists, schoolpsychologists, and all mental health professionals with an interestin parent skills training.

Preface.Acknowledgments.Contributors.Introduction.PART ONE PREVENTION.1 Preventive Parent Training with Low-Income, Ethnic MinorityFamilies of Preschoolers (Deborah Gross, Christine GarveyWrenetha A. Julion, and Louis Fogg).2 New Beginnings: An Empirically-Based Program to Help DivorcedMothers Promote Resilience in Their Children (Sharlene WolchikIrwin Sandler, Lillie Weiss, and Emily Winslow).PART TWO DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS.3 Comprehensive Programs for Families of Children with Autism(Monica Campbell and Martin Kozloff).4 Parent Management Training to Improve Competence in Parents ofChildren with Asperger Syndrome (Kate Sofronoff and KoaWhittingham).PART THREE INTERNALIZING DISORDERS.5 Behavioral Family Intervention for Childhood Anxiety (PaulaBarrett and Lara Farrell).6 Parent Training in the Treatment of School Refusal Behavior(Christopher A. Kearney, Marcus T. LaSota, Amie Lemos-Millerand Jennifer Vecchio).PART FOUR EXTERNALIZING DISORDERS.7 The Triple P--Positive Parenting Program: A Public HealthApproach to Parenting Support (Matthew R. Sanders).8 Parent-Child Interaction Therapy with Physically AbusiveFamilies (Amy D. Herschell and Cheryl B. McNeil).9 Success-Based, Noncoercive Treatment of Oppositional Behavior(Joseph M. Ducharme).10 Tailoring the Incredible Years Parent Programs according toChildren's Developmental Needs and Family Risk Factors(Carolyn Webster-Stratton).11 Training Parents of Children with ComorbidAttention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Oppositional DefiantDisorder (Jeffrey S. Danforth).12 Working with Parents of Aggressive, School-AgeChildren(Timothy A. Cavell and L. Christian Elledge).PART FIVE OTHER COMMON CHILDHOOD DISORDERS.13 Home-Based Treatment for Primary Enuresis (Michael W.Mellon and Arthur C. Houts).14 Parent Training for Parents of Adolescents with Substance Useand Delinquent Behavior Problems (Steven A. Branstetter, JoshuaMasse, and Lisa Greene).Author Index.Subject Index.