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Presents a 15-step treatment model for bringing about improvements in severe behavioral problems in adolescents, with real-life case examples, troubleshooting tips, and solid empirical support. Explains why adolescents act out, identifies the biggest challenges in treating adolescents and families, and details methods for restoring parental authority, dealing with conflict, and dealing with adolescents' threats of suicide, violence, and running away. Also gives techniques for reviving nurturing and tenderness. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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This book illuminates the causes of severe adolescent behavioral problems and presents a research-based, 15-step model for helping families bring about meaningful change. Incorporating structural and strategic principles, the author's cohesive approach focuses on setting clear rules and consequences; changing the mood and direction of confrontations; neutralizing such problem behaviors as disrespect, truancy, running away, violence, and threats of suicide; and restoring positive, nurturing family relationships. Special treatment issues covered include adolescent substance abuse and managing problems that arise in single-parent and divorced families, as well as ways to collaborate effectively with outside systems. Featuring a wealth of illustrative case examples, this is an indispensable clinical guidebook and text.
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