Troubled Families - Problem Children: Working With Parents : A Collaborative Process

By Carolyn Webster-Stratton and Martin Herbert

Book Overview

Approximately two-thirds of all children referred to mental health agencies are labeled conduct-disordered. Typically such children exhibit antisocial behavior -- lying, cheating, stealing, firesetting, fighting, oppositional behavior and noncompliance to parental requests -- at abnormal rates. Troubled Families -- Problem Children helps the mental-health clinician understand the most effective "therapeutic processes" for supporting families who have children with conduct disorders. Help for these families is particularly urgent as the children are not only at increased risk of abuse by their parents but are more likely to be involved in school dropout, alcoholism, drug abuse, juvenile delinquency, etc., and also to suffer from poor physical health. From the Foreword by Thomas Ollendick "What sets this book apart from others of its genre is its careful attention to, and elucidation of, the 'collaborative process' in working with these oppositional, defiant, and conduct-disordered children and their families." "Webster-Stratton and Herbert do not just talk about troubled families and problem children; rather, they bring them to us in rich and graphic detail." "Troubled Families -- Problem Children is an outstanding and scholarly contribution to the field."

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471942510
• ISBN13: 9780471942511
• Release Date: June 1994
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Excellent book outlining clinical process!

This book offers an excellent review of the clinical process of working with troubled families. The first author has published numerous controlled studies demonstrating the effectiveness of this approach. The book offers detailed descriptions of what it is like to be a parent of a troubled child, and what it is like for such a parent to go through therapy unavailable anywhere else. It also includes a detailed description of the collaborative process needed to engage families. The group-based approach described in this book is ideal for families who have a child identified as ADHD, Oppositional or Conduct Disordered, as well as for abusive families, multi-problem families and families at risk.