Your Defiant Teen 10 Steps to Resolve Conflict and Rebuild Your Relationship

Name: Your Defiant Teen 10 Steps to Resolve Conflict and Rebuild Your Relationship
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ISBN: 9781593855833

ISBN-10: 1593855834

ISBN-13: 9781593855833

Edition: 2008

Authors: Russell A. Barkley, Arthur L. Robin, Christine M. Benton

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When your teen's rebellious behavior "Crosses the line," How can you reestablish your authority without getting caught in a power struggle? Bestselling authors and distinguished psychologists Russell Barkley and Arthur Robin have each spent decades helping parents and kinds resolve standoffs and repair their relationships. Now they've distilled their approach into a clinically proven self-help program that can help you break through to your teen and rebuild trust. Centered around 10 simple steps that lead to better behavior, Your Defiant Teen provides practical guidelines for putting an end to the hostilities. You'll learn realistic ways to foster mutual respect, introduce cooperative…

Book details

List price: $17.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Guilford Publications
Publication date: 2/2/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 302
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.85" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Arthur L. Robin, PhD, is Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences and Pediatrics at Wayne State University School of Medicine, and Chief of Psychology at Children's Hospital of Michigan. The author of many articles and chapters on ADHD, parent/n-/teen relations, and eating disorders, he is the coauthor (with Sharon L. Foster) of [ital]Negotiating Parent/n-/Adolescent Conflict.[/ital] Dr. Robin is a practicing clinical psychologist with University Psychiatric Services in Detroit and Farmington Hills, Michigan.



Acknowledgments


Introduction



You and Your Defiant Teen



What Defiance Is-and What You Should Do about It



How Defiance Develops



What Does Adolescence Have to Do with It?



Is It Just Your Teen's Personality?



Where Do You Come In?



How to Find a Way Out



10 Steps to a Better Relationship with Your Teen-and a Better Future for Your Teen



Getting Ready



Step 1. Making Positive One-on-One Time a Habit



Step 2. A New Way to Manage Behavior



Step 3. Contracts and Point Systems: How Teens Can Earn Privileges



Step 4. Making the Punishment Really Fit the Crime



Step 5. Tackling Additional Issues with Rewards and Penalties



Step 6. Addressing Defiant Behavior in School and Conflicts over Homework



Step 7. Using Problem-Solving Skills



Step 8. Learning and Practicing Communication Skills



Step 9. Dealing with Unreasonable Beliefs and Expectations



Step 10. Keeping It Together



Sample Problem-Solving Worksheets



How to Find a Therapist


Resources


Index


About the Authors