Coping Power: Parent Group Facilitator's Guide (Treatments That Work) - Softcover

Wells, Karen

 
9780195327885: Coping Power: Parent Group Facilitator's Guide (Treatments That Work)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0195327888 ISBN 13: 9780195327885
Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2008

Synopsis

The Coping Power Program is designed for use with preadolescent and early adolescent aggressive children and their parents and is often delivered near the time of children's transition to middle school. Aggression is one of the most stable problem behaviors in childhood. If not dealt with effectively, it can lead to negative outcomes in adolescence such as drug and alcohol use, truancy and dropout, delinquency, and violence. This program has proven effective in helping to avoid these types of problems.

The parent component of the program consists of 16 group meetings also held during the 5th and 6th grade school years. Parents are taught ways of reinforcing their children's positive behaviors, as well as effective discipline techniques for eliminating negative behaviors. Skills for improving family communication, providing academic support in the home, and building family cohesion are also a focus. Parents also learn how to give effective instructions and establish age-appropriate rules and expectations for their children at home. In addition to these basic parenting skills, the program describes relaxation techniques that parents can use to deal with their own stress. Tips for taking care of personal needs and effective time management strategies also help to ease the challenges of parenting an aggressive child.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

About the Author

Karen Wells is Director of the Family Studies Clinic at Duke University. John Lochman is Director of the Center for Prevention of Youth Behavior Problems and Professor of Psychology at the University of Alabama. Lisa Lenhart is a Senior Psychologist at the Treatment and Learning Center in Rockville MD.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication date
2008
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0195327888
ISBN 13 
9780195327885
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
185