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How to help--and cope with--the difficult childExpanded and completely revised, the classic and definitive work on parenting hard-to-raise children with new sections on ADHD and the latest medications for childhood disorders.
Temperamentally difficult children can confuse and upset even experienced parents and teachers. They often act defiant, stubborn, loud, aggressive, or hyperactive. They can also be clingy, shy, whiny, picky, and impossible at bedtime, mealtimes, and in public places. This landmark book has been completely revised to include the latest information on ADHD, medications, and a reassuring approach to all aspects of childhood behavioral disorders.
In this parenting classic, Dr. Stanley Turecki, one of the nation's most respected experts on children and discipline--and himself the father of a once difficult child--offers compassionate and practical advice to parents of hard-to-raise children. Based on his experience with thousands of families in the highly successful Difficult Children Program he developed for Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City, his step-by-step approach shows you how to:
Identify your child's temperament using a ten-point test to pinpoint specific difficulties
Manage common--often "uncontrollable"--conflict situations expertly and gently
Make discipline more effective and get better results with less punishment
Get support from schools, doctors, professionals, and support groups
Understand ADHD and other common diagnoses, and decide if medication is right for your child
Make the most of the tremendous potential and creativity that many "difficult" children have
Drawing onhis experience with thousands of families in his highly successful Difficult Child Program, Dr. Turecki shows parents how to:
Identify their child's difficult temperament using a ten-point test to pinpoint specific difficulties
Manage typical conflict situations expertly and kindly
Make discipline more effective and get better results with less punishment
Get support from schools, doctors, and others
Understand ADHD and other common diagnoses, and decide whether medication is right for their child
Make the most of the child's creativity and potential -->
A step-by-step approach by a noted child psychiatrist for understanding and managing hard-to-raise children.
Editorials
Library Journal
Assisted by writer Tonner, Turecki (a psychiatrist, empathetic parent, and the founder of New York's Beth Israel Medical Center Difficult Child Pro gram) gives practical, clear advice for coping with problem children. Parents and pediatricians learn when to disci pline (if behavior is important ) and when to manage (if behavior is innate ly temperamentaldue to a high activ ity level, distractibility, negativity, etc.). The authors illustrate techniques like ``labeling'' and ``cooling-off,'' based on adult ``neutrality'' and ``dis engagement,'' and include informative chapters on support groups, the in fant, and hyperactivity. Compared to Florence K. Rogers's Parenting the Difficult Child ( LJ 11/15/79), the pre sent work replaces school-home dis cussions with mental health tools. It is better suited to ready reference use and highly recommended. Janice Arenofsky, formerly with Arizona State Lib., PhoenixBook Details
Published
September 1, 1989
Publisher
New York : Bantam Books, 1989.
Pages
241
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780553344462