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Effective Parenting for the Hard-to-Manage Child
A Skills-Based Book
- By Georgia A. DeGangi, and Anne Kendall.
Published November 2007
Effective Parenting for the Hard-to-Manage Child is a skills-based book for parents who need practical advice from experts, without all the jargon and generalizations. The book provides specific strategies and techniques for children who are intense, highly reactive, and unable to self-calm.
It…
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International Family Change
Ideational Perspectives
- Edited by Rukmalie Jayakody, Arland Thornton and William Axinn.
Published July 2007
Many dimensions of family life have changed. Age at marriage has risen, arranged marriages and extended families have declined, intergenerational relationships have been altered, and contraceptive usage has become widespread. Until now, most explanations have focused on structural influences that…
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Promoting Positive Parenting
An Attachment-Based Intervention
- Edited by Femmie Juffer, Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg and Marinus H. van Ijzendoorn.
Published July 2007
This book illuminates the successful implementations of one of the few evidence-based parenting intervention programs. More than 20 years ago the editors began experimenting with videotaping parental behavior in order to enhance parents' sensitivity to their children’s signals. This new book…
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Coping with Infertility
Clinically Proven Ways of Managing the Emotional Roller Coaster
- By Negar Nicole Jacobs, and William T. O'Donohue.
Published November 2006
Coping with Infertility is an essential source of emotional support for any couple struggling with involuntary childlessness. The book offers proven techniques and real-life examples from both men and women, in order to outline common emotional reactions and remind couples that they are not alone…
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Making Room in Our Hearts
Keeping Family Ties through Open Adoption
- By Micky Duxbury.
Published October 2006
Adopted persons face challenges their entire lives as they struggle to answer the most basic question: Who am I? The hope of open adoption is that adopted children will develop stronger identities if they have the opportunity to develop healthy ongoing relationships with their families of origin.…
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Family Identity
Ties, Symbols, and Transitions
- By Vittorio Cigoli, and Eugenia Scabini.
Published October 2006
Gender, generations, and lineage; faith, hope, and justice; gifts, duties, and debts; affection, responsibility, and generativity; values, secrets, and objectives; transmissions and transitions: these are the primary themes of family. They refer to what the family relationship builds in terms of…
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Adoptive and Foster Parent Screening
A Professional Guide for Evaluations
- By James L. Dickerson, and Mardi Allen.
Published October 2006
Screening applicants for adoption or foster homes has life-altering consequences for the children involved, yet there are incredibly few programs available to train screeners. The educational system that certifies thousands of social workers each year does not understand the specialized training…
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Family Policy Matters
How Policymaking Affects Families and What Professionals Can Do
- By Karen Bogenschneider.
Published August 2006
Drawing on hundreds of studies in the last 20 years, the new edition of Family Policy Matters brings a fresh perspective to family policy, underscoring why it is needed, and outlining how policymaking should be approached.
Author Karen Bogenschneider proposes a theoretical framework for…
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Child Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT) Treatment Manual
A 10-Session Filial Therapy Model for Training Parents
- By Sue C. Bratton, Garry L. Landreth, Theresa Kellam and Sandra R. Blackard.
Published July 2006
This manual is the highly recommended companion to CPRT: A 10-Session Filial Therapy Model. Accompanied by a CD-Rom of training materials, which allows for ease of reproduction and enhanced usability, the workbook will help the facilitator of the filial training and will provide a much needed…
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Engaging Children in Family Therapy
Creative Approaches to Integrating Theory and Research in Clinical Practice
- Edited by Catherine Ford Sori.
Published June 2006
A common question at the initial meeting of a family therapist and a new client(s) is often whether or not to include a child or children in the counseling sessions. The inclusion of a child in the family therapy process often changes the dynamic between client and therapist -- and between the…
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