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Engaging Boys in Treatment
Creative Approaches to the Therapy Process
- Edited by Craig Haen.
Published February 2011
Traditional therapy can often be an off-putting experience for boys as it is in direct opposition to the ways they generally interact and connect with others. This book explores a variety of creative approaches that professionals can use to enhance the clinical experience and better reach their…
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Young People with Anti-Social Behaviours
Practical Resources for Professionals
- By Kathy Hampson.
Published July 2010
The media today suggests that many young people are becoming involved in anti-social behaviour. But increasing amounts of legislation and ASBOs neither seem to have addressed the real issues nor solved the problem, and may simply add to the frustrations of all those involved.
Kathy Hampson’s…
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Treating Problem Behaviors
A Trauma-Informed Approach
- By Ricky Greenwald.
Published May 2009
The book is designed as a user-friendly textbook/manual for mental health professionals. It teaches a trauma-informed treatment approach as an organizing framework for a series of empirically supported interventions including motivational interviewing, cognitive-behavioral skills training, trauma…
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Residential Treatment of Adolescents
Integrative Principles and Practices
- By Don Pazaratz.
Published February 2009
In Residential Treatment of Adolescents, Pazaratz discusses how practitioners can remain emotionally available for the needs of their residents without feeling overwhelmed. Readers will be apprised of ways to deal judiciously with residents who try to circumvent, con, play workers off each other,…
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Family Influences on Childhood Behavior and Development
Evidence-Based Prevention and Treatment Approaches
- Edited by Thomas P. Gullotta, and Gary M. Blau.
Published April 2008
Irrespective of theoretical orientation, families matter. Families are the entity in which children are introduced to words, objects, shapes, and colors. Families are the people related in a myriad of conventional and unconventional ways that clothe, bathe, and feed its biological and acquired…
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Counseling Troubled Boys
A Guidebook for Professionals
- Edited by Mark S. Kiselica, Matt Englar-Carlson and Arthur M. Horne.
Published December 2007
This volume provides practitioners with clear, helpful information about the process of understanding and engaging a wide array of boys and adolescent males in counseling. It supplies case examples and covers topics including race, ethnicity, religion, and other cultural factors of boys. A…
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BAM! Boys Advocacy and Mentoring
A Leader’s Guide to Facilitating Strengths-Based Groups for Boys - Helping Boys Make Better Contact by Making Better Contact with Them
- By Peter Mortola, Howard Hiton and Stephen Grant.
Published December 2007
Over the past decade, our understanding of the fundamental differences in child development, behavior, and emotional maturity between boys and girls has increased dramatically, and as a result, many gender-specific interventions and support programs have been developed to meet the needs of parents,…
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Effective Parenting for the Hard-to-Manage Child
A Skills-Based Book
- By Georgia A. DeGangi, and Anne Kendall.
Published November 2007
Effective Parenting for the Hard-to-Manage Child is a skills-based book for parents who need practical advice from experts, without all the jargon and generalizations. The book provides specific strategies and techniques for children who are intense, highly reactive, and unable to self-calm.
It…
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Handbook of Childhood Behavioral Issues
Evidence-Based Approaches to Prevention and Treatment
- Edited by Thomas P. Gullotta, and Gary M. Blau.
Published September 2007
Recent years have seen increasing interest in the mental health field, particularly related to strategies that foster the positive behavior and healthy mental state of children. As the Handbook of Childhood Behavioral Issues indicates, however, the causes of childhood behavioral, physical, and…
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Children's Rights
Policy and Practice, Second Edition
- By Jean A. Pardeck.
Published April 2006
Get up-to-date information on children’s and parent’s rightsChildren have a basic human right to be free of abuse and maltreatment. The late Dr. John Pardeck’s Children’s Rights: Policy and Practice, Second Edition comprehensively explores the latest legal, psychological,…
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