Your Defiant Child: Eight Steps to Better Behavior

Authors: Russell A. Barkley, Christine M. Benton
Publisher: The Guilford Press
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12 reviews
Sales Rank: 17563

Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
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Pages: 239
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.7

ISBN: 1572303212
Dewey Decimal Number: 649.64
EAN: 9781572303218
ASIN: 1572303212

Publication Date: October 6, 1998
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Product Description

Every child has "ornery" moments, but more than 1 in 20 American children exhibit behavioral problems that are out of control. For readers struggling with an unyielding or combative child, YOUR DEFIANT CHILD: EIGHT STEPS TO BETTER BEHAVIOR offers the understanding and guidance they need. Drawing on Dr. Russell A. Barkley's many years of work with parents and children, the book clearly explains what causes defiance, when it becomes a problem, and how it can be resolved. The book's comprehensive eight-step program stresses consistency and cooperation, promoting changes through a system of praise, rewards, and mild punishment. Readers learn tools and strategies for establishing clear patterns of discipline, communicating with children on a level they can understand, and reducing family stress overall. Filled with helpful charts, questionnaires, and checklists, YOUR DEFIANT CHILD helps parents get their child's behavior back on track and restore harmony in the home.

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4 out of 5 stars

A well balanced approach July 27, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

Russ Barkley has a good sense of how children behave and why, which allows him to develop good strategies for helping children learn how to be compliant. I really appreciate that he first teaches the parents/care providers, to catch the child being good and working on increasing the frequency of those observations. He then has one focus on how to target behaviors that need modification and goes through how to set up a clear system of expectations and consequences. The use of a token system allows a visual for the child to monitor his/her progress. All of us do better if we have something to work for, even a paycheck, so providing a list of incentives/rewards for children struggling to behave is no different.

Parents, teachers, and othe childccare providers will all benefit from learning these techniques in the order that he has presented them.

5 out of 5 stars

I recommend this book all the time. June 19, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I have recommended this book umpteen times. (Don't ask me how many "umpteen" is, but it's a lot!) Realistic, understandable, and well explained. The behavior program is based on positive reinforcement, and from the feedback of my clients, it works! One of my favorite prinicples discussed in the book is "catch your child being good". Barkley is one of the giants in our field, and whatever he writes is golden.

Stephanie Moulton Sarkis PhD NCC LMHC
Author, ADHD Expert, Psychotherapist

5 out of 5 stars

Excellent resource for parents October 5, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

My pediatrician recommended this book when I expressed concerns over power struggles I was having with my daughter. Initially I took the book out of the library - then had to buy it because frankly - I can't do without it now.

5 out of 5 stars

Debra Brown: Your Defiant Child July 26, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

I have found this book to be very helpful in dealing with one of my clients. It was in excellent shape as promised and I would purchase from this seller again.

5 out of 5 stars

EXCELLENT ADVICE April 4, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful

I'VE READ MANY BOOKS ON CHILDREN AND HOW TO HANDLE THEM. THIS WAS THE BEST BY FAR. IT IS AN EASY READ AND THE PROGRAM ABSOLUTELY WORKS, AS LONG AS YOU ARE CONSISTENT.