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Public concerns over youth violence have led
to questions about how professionals can help parents whose children are at risk for
becoming violent. In this highly readable volume, Timothy Cavell meets these questions
head on. His innovative model of parent therapy, Responsive Parent Therapy, is designed
for families with aggressive school-age children. This model expands upon and updates
current parent-training programs that target primarily preschool children. Responsive Parent Therapy assumes that the socialization of
aggressive children requires sustained participation in a particular kind of parent-child
relationship - one characterized by emotional acceptance, behavioral containment, and
prosocial guidance and modeling. The chief task for practitioners is to help parents find
the combination of acceptance, containment, and prosocial guidance that is most realistic
given the parent, the child, and the social context for child rearing. This book outlines
the strategies for doing that kind of therapeutic work. Parenting domains that serve
important support functions - parenting goals, family structure, and parental self care -
are also addressed. Equipped with this comprehensive model of parent therapy,
practitioners can better respond to the challenges inherent in assisting struggling
parents and their aggressive children.
Part of the School Psychology book series, a
collaborative effort between APA's Division of School Psychology (Division 16) and APA
Books.
ORDER CODE: APA431631AB
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