
Parenting the Strong-Willed Child, Expanded Fourth Edition
The Clinically Proven Five-Week Program for Parents of Two- to Six-Year-Olds
McGraw-Hill Education (Publisher)
4th Edition
Published on 1. December 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-1-265-00228-2 (ISBN)
Description
The clinically proven five-week program for improving your child's behavior-fully updated and revised
In 1996, Parenting the Strong-Willed Child established itself as a seminal guide for parents who want to manage challenging behavior with parenting techniques grounded in positive reinforcement, without yelling or harming a child's self-esteem. The authors provide a proven, step-by-step five-week program giving parents the tools they need to successfully build upon their child's strengths while effectively managing challenging behavior. Packed with brand-new content, this fourth edition has been thoroughly updated to integrate state-of-the-field scientific and clinical advances, providing a timely and thorough response to the current issues facing parents of young children. It addresses important new topics, including:
Understanding parenting and child behavior in context, including effects of the global pandemic, racial disparities, financial strain, and other parenting challenges
Greater opportunities for parents to learn proven parenting skills for challenging child behaviors such as noncompliance, whining, and tantrums
Help for parents to apply new skills to the specific problem behaviors they are facing
Strategies for linking the five-week program skills to common parenting challenges, including screen time
Understanding how the proven five-week program can help parents of children with ADHD given advances in science and clinical practice in this area
The importance of parent self-care as they learn the program
Improve the life of your child-and yourself-with valuable lessons and science-backed advice that has helped a generation of parents raise happy, healthy children.
In 1996, Parenting the Strong-Willed Child established itself as a seminal guide for parents who want to manage challenging behavior with parenting techniques grounded in positive reinforcement, without yelling or harming a child's self-esteem. The authors provide a proven, step-by-step five-week program giving parents the tools they need to successfully build upon their child's strengths while effectively managing challenging behavior. Packed with brand-new content, this fourth edition has been thoroughly updated to integrate state-of-the-field scientific and clinical advances, providing a timely and thorough response to the current issues facing parents of young children. It addresses important new topics, including:
Understanding parenting and child behavior in context, including effects of the global pandemic, racial disparities, financial strain, and other parenting challenges
Greater opportunities for parents to learn proven parenting skills for challenging child behaviors such as noncompliance, whining, and tantrums
Help for parents to apply new skills to the specific problem behaviors they are facing
Strategies for linking the five-week program skills to common parenting challenges, including screen time
Understanding how the proven five-week program can help parents of children with ADHD given advances in science and clinical practice in this area
The importance of parent self-care as they learn the program
Improve the life of your child-and yourself-with valuable lessons and science-backed advice that has helped a generation of parents raise happy, healthy children.
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Edition
4th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
OH
United States
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 152 mm
Width: 228 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
444 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-265-00228-2 (9781265002282)
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Rex Forehand | Deborah J. Jones | Nicholas Long
Parenting the Strong-Willed Child, Expanded Fourth Edition: The Clinically Proven Five-Week Program for Parents of Two- to Six-Year-Olds
E-Book
12/2023
1st Edition
McGraw Hill LLC
€41.99
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Previous edition

Rex Forehand | Nicholas Long
Parenting the Strong-Willed Child: The Clinically Proven Five-Week Program for Parents of Two- to Six-Year-Olds, Third Edition
Book
08/2010
3rd Edition
McGraw-Hill Contemporary
€17.35
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