Treating Explosive Kids: the Collaborative Problem-Solving Approach

"Ross Greene and J. Stuart Ablon...have elegantly translated neuropsychologists'' perspective of how children organize their experiences, regulate their emotions and behaviors, and integrated it with systemic family therapy, empathy development, and communications analysis to present a refreshing treatment approach to disruptive behaviors in children and teens....Details a new systemic approach for children with behavioral issues, as well as articulates a significant challenge to interventions derived from learning theory (e.g. time-outs, token economies), which the authors feel are not sufficient explosive behaviors are the result of neurologically based skills deficits that should be remediated by parents in collaboration with their children, not by parents imposing their will on their children....Useful for clinicians at any stage in their training and level of expertise as a comprehensive introduction to a new treatment approach for a very challenging set of familiar clinical issues."--"Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Book Reviews""Describes practical, developmentally-based approaches for solving everyday problems with these children....Offers practical strategies that should be useful to clinicians seeking to help those who struggle to care for children with these difficult challenges."--"The BrownLetter on ADD"
"An invaluable reference to all parents, highly recommended reading regarding children who are struggling to find a comfortable level of self, and who may express themselves through aggressive, defiant, or erratic physical of verbal display....Painstakingly researched and offers an indispensable guide to taking proper care of an uncooperative or argumentative child, andtakes a very deep exploration into the reasoning and psychological aide which one might take as probable course for action. A work of seminal scholarship....an excellent addition to the library reference collection of any teacher, parent, or child psychotherapist."--"MidWest Book Review" "One of the greatest benefits of the book is its case examples. There are several "scripts" in which its approach is illustrated in different situations--schools, family therapy, and treatment facilities. These examples provide the reader with excellent demonstrations of the model....The book is well written and easy to read for both professionals and parents. The book''s points are emphasized and re-emphasized so that there is little possibility for confusion. "Treating Explosive Kids" can most certainly be a useful resource for psychologists in schools, private practice, and residential facilities and for parents and teachers."--"APA PsycCRITIQUES"