Parenting the Strong-Willed Child - Softcover

Forehand, Rex; Long, Nicholas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0809232650 ISBN 13: 9780809232659

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 1996

Synopsis

As both parents and longtime child-behavior experts, Dr. Rex Forehand and Dr. Nicholas Long have devised a program to help parents of strong-willed children find positive and manageable solutions to their children's difficult behavior. Their book, Parenting the Strong-Willed Child, is the first self-guided program for managing disruptive young children that is based on a clinical treatment program.

Drs. Forehand and Long place more than 30 years of collective research into this informative, yet easy-to-read manual, giving you, as parents, a step-by-step guide toward improving your child's behavior as well as your entire family's relationship. In Parenting the Strong-Willed Child, Drs. Forehand and Long provide you with the necessary tools for successfully managing your difficult child:

-Specific factors that cause or contribute to your child's disruptive behavior
-Self-guided five-week program for dealing with behavior problems associated with being strong-willed
-Ways to develop a more positive atmosphere in the family and home
-Actual reports by parents of difficult children and strategies for managing specific behavior problems.

With Parenting the Strong-Willed Child, you will be able to fully understand your child's behavior and learn effective parenting skills that will help your child, your family, and yourself.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

The Bestselling Parenting Guide Now Revised and Updated

Rex Forehand, Ph.D., and Nicholas Long, Ph.D., offer more than forty years of collective research in this informative yet easy-to-read manual, giving parents a step-by-step guide to improving their child's behavior as well as their entire family's relationship.

Parenting the Strong-Willed Child is the first self-guided program for managing disruptive young children that is based on a clinical treatment program. In this book Drs. Forehand and Long provide you with the necessary tools for successfully managing your child's behavior.

You will be able to:

• Uncover the specific factors that cause or contribute to your child's disruptive behavior
• Follow a clinically proven five-week program for dealing with behavior problems associated with being strong-willed
• Develop a more positive atmosphere in the family and the home
• Identify with real-life parent testimonials and discover strategies for managing specific behavior problems

This updated and expanded edition includes sections on ADHD and peer issues, as well as an appendix listing helpful Internet sites. With Parenting the Strong-Willed Child, you will be able to fully understand your child's behavior and learn effective parenting skills that will help your child, your family, and yourself.

About the Author:

Rex Forehand, Ph.D., is a research professor of clinical child psychology and director for the Institute for Behavior Research at the University of Georgia.

Nicholas Long, Ph.D., is associate professor of pediatrics and director of pediatric psychology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Arkansas Children's Hospital.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0809232650
• ISBN 13: 9780809232659
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256