Herbert / Wookey Managing Children's Disruptive Behaviour

A Guide for Practitioners Working with Parents and Foster Parents
1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-0-470-02006-7
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 206 Seiten, E-Book

Managing Children's Disruptive Behavior is a comprehensiveguide designed for professionals and parents who care for childrenwhose behavior problems are beyond those encountered normally.Arranged in three parts, the book opens by setting out thetheoretical background to conduct disorders in a range of settings.Part Two discusses issues in assessment and treatment and explainsthe background to the 'Child-Wise' programs devised by the authors.Four versions of the Child-Wise program follow, complete withuseful materials for evaluation and homework purposes.
This flexible set of resources has been designed for use withchildren aged between 2 and 10 years and includes versions for use:in group settings; at home; in the classroom; with typical andspecial needs children. Devised for use by a wide range ofprofessionals, the programmes reduce fraught interactions andrestore mutually enjoyable relationships between the carer/parentand the child. There are also further resources available todownload from a supporting website.
Managing Children's Disruptive Behaviour is an invaluab le tool forpsychologists, health visitors, social workers, teachers, and allthose whose work involves children and their carers.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Herbert, Martin

Wookey, Jenny

Inhaltsverzeichnis

About the authors.
Preface.
Acknowledgements.
PART I: DISRUPTION BY THE CHILD.
Introduction.
1. Disruption in the home: Children in control -children out of control.
Definitions.
Consequences of the conduct disorders.
Risks and protective processes: the early history.
Developmental pathways and transmission of conductdisorders.
Restoring the balance.
Select bibliography.
2. Disruption in the foster home.
Fostering.
The break-up of children's families.
The breakdown of fostering placements.
Interventions.
The concept of attachment.
Conclusion.
Select bibliography.
3. Disruption in the classroom.
Introduction.
The influence of school life.
The consultation (triadic) model.
Classroom management.
Disruptive behaviour.
Select bibliography.
PART II: FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE: PRINCIPLES OF ASSESSMENTAND TRAINING.
4. Behavioural parent training.
Introduction.
Behavioural theory.
Assessment methods.
Behavioural methods.
Select bibliography.
5. Orientation to the Child-Wise behaviour managementprogramme.
Preliminaries.
Getting started.
Resistance.
Possible remedies to overcome resistance.
Notes on the courses.
Select bibliography.
PART III: COURSES.
6. The Child-Wise behaviour management course.
Objectives.
Course outline.
Session 1: Introduction to the course.
Session 2: Children's needs.
Session 3: Play as 'special' (quality) time.
Session 4: Effective praise.
Session 5: Tangible and social rewards.
Session 6: 'It's as simple as ABC!'.
Session 7: Discipline.
Session 8: Ignoring and time-out.
Session 9: Removing rewards and privileges.
Session 10: Caring for yourself.
Session 11: Booster session.
7. The individual behaviour management course.
Objectives.
The Child-Wise home-based version.
Advantages of the home-based individual approach.
Reference.
8. Using the Child-Wise course with special needschildren.
Introduction.
Guidelines.
Functional analysis.
Interventions - modifying antecedents.
Select bibliography.
9. The foster parents' behaviour managementcourse.
Introduction.
Session 1: Introduction.
Session 2: Behavioural change.
Session 3: The modification of behaviour.
Session 4: Rehearsing behavioural strategies.
Session 5: Booster session.
Appendix I: Issues for discussion and reminder handouts.
Appendix II: Course evaluation forms.
Appendix III: Child-Wise selection interview.
Appendix IV: Background to the Child-Wise course.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Martin Herbert is Emeritus Professor at Exeter University.He was previously Director of the School of Social Work andProfessor of Psychology at the University of Leicester. He laterjoined the National Health Service full time and was in charge ofthe mental health service for children in Plymouth. This post wassucceeded by a move to Exeter where he directed the doctoral coursein clinical psychology as Professor of Clinical and CommunityPsychology. He was appointed to the Consultant ClinicalPsychologist post in the Child and Adolescent Department at theRoyal Devon and Exeter NHS Healthcare Trust. He now specialises inpersonal injury psycho-legal work. He has published books andjournal articles on various topics dealing with the psychologicalproblems of children, adolescents and adults. His latest isTypical and Atypical Development: From Conception toAdolescence (2003). Many of his books have been translated intoEuropean and Asian languages. He is a Fellow of the BritishPsychological Society.
Jenny Wookey is a consultant clinical psychologist at thePlymouth Hospitals NHS Trust and also honorary tutor and supervisoron the Clinical Doctoral Course at Exeter University. She has hadmany years of working with adults in GP surgeries and with parentsand children at the Plymouth Child Development Centre. Shepreviously worked in an adultmental health and primary caresetting. Her special interests include developmental disability andyoung children with behaviour problems. In recent years she hasworked with Professor Martin Herbert researching and conductingparent training programmes.