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Defiant Children
Second Edition
A Clinician's Manual for Assessment and Parent Training

Russell A. Barkley  

This remarkably clear and effective manual includes a thorough clinical guide to Dr. Barkley's 10-session parent training program, an assessment section that incorporates DSM-IV diagnostic criteria, and reproducible materials reinforcing each step of the program.

Practitioners learn proven techniques for helping parents to:
* Understand their child's misbehavior
* Motivate their child and increase compliance
* Decrease disruptive behavior
* Establish proper disciplinary systems without corporal punishment
* Improve school behavior with a new home-based reward system

Designed in a convenient format with lay-flat binding for easy photocopying, the manual includes all needed assessment forms and parent and teacher handouts. Purchasers can photocopy the materials they need as often as they need without additional cost.

Contents

Introduction
I. Prerequisite Information for Using the Program
1. The Rationale for the Program
2. Clinical Assessment of Defiant Children
3. Practical Considerations in Parent Training
4. An Overview of the Parent Training Program
II. Guidelines for Therapists in Conducting Each Step of the Program
*Step 1: Why Children Misbehave
*Step 2: Pay Attention!
*Step 3: Increasing Compliance and Independent Play
*Step 4: When Praise Is Not Enough: Poker Chips and Points
*Step 5: Time Out! and Other Disciplinary Methods
*Step 6: Extending Time Out to Other Misbehavior
*Step 7: Anticipating Problems: Managing Children in Public Places
*Step 8: Improving School Behavior from Home: The Daily School Behavior Report Card
*Step 9: Handling Future Behavior Problems
*Step 10: Booster Session and Follow-Up Meetings
III. Assessment Materials
*General Instructions for Completing the Questionnaires (Form 1)
*Child and Family Information Form (Form 2)
*Developmental and Medical History Form (Form 3)
*Disruptive Behavior Disorders Rating Scale/m-/Parent Form (Form 4)
*Disruptive Behavior Disorders Rating Scale/m-/Teacher Form (Form 5)
*Home Situations Questionnaire (Form 6)
*School Situations Questionnaire (Form 7)
*How to Prepare for Your Child's Evaluation (Form 8)
*Clinical Interview--Parent Report Form (Form 9)
*Adult Behavior Rating Scale--Self-Report of Current Behavior (Form 10)
*Adult Behavior Rating Scale--Self-Report of Childhood Behavior (Form 11)
IV. Parent Handouts for Steps 1- 10
* Step 1: Profiles of Child and Parent Characteristics
* Family Problems Inventory
* Step 2: Paying Attention to Your Child's Good Play Behavior
* Step 3: Paying Attention to Your Child's Compliance
* Giving Effective Commands
* Attending to Independent Play
* Step 4: The Home Poker Child/Point System
* Step 5: Time Out!
* Step 7: Anticipating Problems--Managing Children in Public Places
* Step 8: Using a Daily School Behavior Report Card
* Step 9: Managing Future Behavior Problems

Reviews

"The literature is very up-to-date and thorough....I would recommend this book strongly as a thorough and clear exposition of fundamentals of behavioral parent training."
-Child Psychology & Psychiatry Review

"In the first edition of Defiant Children, Russell A. Barkley presented a well-laid out description of a parent training program for dealing with defiant, oppositional children. In this revision, Barkley has retained the strengths of the original manual and incorporated a number of improvements....Both practitioners and clinicians in training should find the second edition of Defiant Children to be a valuable and heavily used addition to their professional library."
-Robert J. McMahon, PhD, University of Washington

"This updated version of Defiant Children provides clinicians with an excellent resource for treating children with serious behavior problems."
-Rex Forehand, PhD, Director, Institute for Behavioral Research, Research Professor of Psychology, The University of Georgia