Amber Elliott

Why Can't My Child Behave? (eBook, ePUB)

Empathic Parenting Strategies that Work for Adoptive and Foster Families

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Parenting a child who doesn't know how to be parented is the most difficult job in the world.'

Why Can't My Child Behave? provides friendly expert advice on how to respond to difficult behaviours and emotions for parents of children with developmental trauma. Each chapter focusses on the common difficulties faced by carers or parents and features quick, applicable ideas with exercises and illustrations. How do you react to a child's difficult behaviour? How do you deal with your own negative emotions? How do you know when to be empathic? The book looks beyond the traditional punishment/reward strategies and aims to provide an explanation for such questions whilst helping the child in the process.

This book will prove to be an invaluable resource for parents, foster carers, social workers and professionals working with children who are adopted or fostered.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780857006714
• Artikelnr.: 39419427

Autorenporträt

Dr. Amber Elliott is a clinical psychologist and consultant DDP practitioner. She runs a Social Enterprise called The Child Psychology Service CIC www.thechildpsychologyservice.co.uk. She lives in Staffordshire, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Kim S. Golding. 1. I've Tried Everything! Why Isn't It Working?
2. The Importance Of Carers' Emotions. 3. Attention-Seeking Vs.
Attachment-Seeking . 4. The Red Mist. 5. The Girl in a Bubble. 6. The High
Energy Child. 7. Wrestling For Control. 8. Lying. 9. Sexualised Behaviour.
10. Difficult Sibling Relationships. References. Index.