Getting Through to
Difficult Kids and Parents
Uncommon Sense for Child Professionals
Ron Taffel |
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Widely known for his popular parenting
guides, seasoned family therapist Ron Taffel now provides a commonsense handbook for child
professionals working with challenging families. The book is filled with insights gleaned
from Taffel's 25+ years of clinical experience and more than 1000 workshops conducted with
parents, kids, and professionals. Provided are concrete strategies for building rapport
with stressed-out parents, getting children and adolescents to talk about what really
matters, spotting developmental and psychiatric problems before a crisis develops, and
developing skills to strengthen kids' self-esteem and parents' effectiveness in setting
limits. Special attention is given to the impact of pop culture and peer groups, as well
as other pressing adolescent issues. Clearly recounted case vignettes get to the heart of
what is going wrong between youngsters and their parents, and show how simple, empathic
interventions can make a big difference. Also covered in depth are ways for professionals
to handle their own emotional reactions to highly charged family situations.
1. Getting Started: How to Quickly Gather the Information That Counts
2. Down and Dirty Diagnosis: Spotting Developmental and Psychiatric Problems Early On
3. Tough Tykes: Getting Through to Difficult Children 2-10 Years Old
4. Up Against the Wall: Getting Through to Difficult Parents
5. Gut Responses: Handling Anger, Outrage, Sexuality, and Other "Unprofessional"
Feelings
6. Staying in Charge: Helping Parents Avoid the Traps of Modern Parenthood
7. The Second Family: Working with Adolescents in a Dangerous World
8. Resilient Kids: Nurturing Self-Esteem in 21st-Century Children and Adolescents
9. The Power of Two: Helping Parents Create a Unified Front
10. Families Under Siege: Helping Parents and Children Connect
11. At the Millennium: Toward a New Paradigm for Working with Children and Parents
206 Pages
Publication Date: October 2000 ORDER CODE: GP0475B
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