No Such Thing As a Bad Kid!: Understanding and Responding to the Challenging Behavior of Troubled Children and Youth - Softcover

Appelstein, Charles D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0965983609 ISBN 13: 9780965983600

Publisher: Gifford School, 1998

Synopsis

Written specifically for teachers, child and youth-care professionals, and foster parents, No Such Thing As a Bad Kid is packed with information for anyone who lives or works with youngsters at risk. This empowering handbook provides hundreds of hands-on tips and sample dialogues which can help revolutionize your interactions with troubled kids and their interactions with the world. Even parents of children not at risk will benefit from this book.

About this title

About the Author:

Charles D. Appelstein, MSW, provides training and consultation to residential, foster care, and educational programs nationwide. He lives in southern New Hampshire and is the award-winning author of The Gus Chronicles: Reflections from an Abused Kid.

Review:

"A timely and significant new book that will truly help teachers - at all levels - to better understand and engage their most challenging students." -- Michelle Booth, Executive Director, Project Alliance, Massachusetts

"Anyone concerned with troubled and at-risk youth will be captured by this treasure of practical strategies for respectful behavior management. It is a refreshing new resource." -- Larry Brendtro, Ph.D., Dept. of Special Education Augustana College, South Dakota

"I personally learned a tremendous amount from the perceptive approach the author uses. He 'becomes the kid", offering a unique understanding of these young people." -- Mary Allen, Treatment Today

About this edition

• Publisher: Gifford School
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0965983609
• ISBN 13: 9780965983600
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 280