Publisher's Synopsis
Research has confirmed what practice has long shown, that effective early intervention makes improvement in child behaviour more likely. A wide range of professionals, such as health visitors, school nurses and social workers, may need to work with parents of children who have behavioural difficulties or are at risk of developing them.
Providing practical guidance and supporting the education and training for this work, this book:
- gives a history of work done to evaluate treatments for conduct disorder
- summarises the evidence to date for using specific behavioural strategies with families experiencing child behaviour problems and other associated family problems
- introduces the basic principles of behaviour analysis and social learning theory
- provides a detailed guide to the process of the family intervention and ways of achieving a collaborative relationship with parents.
