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Parenting a Child with Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties (Parenting Matters)
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Dan Hughes shares his expertise on the symptoms, prognosis and treatment for children affected by emotional and behavioural difficulties, with valuable advice on how parents and carers can help children to improve their behaviour and increase their self-esteem. Prospective adopters and carers are often faced with the prospect of having to decide whether they can care for a child with a health need or condition they know little about and have no direct experience of. It can be difficult to know where to turn for reliable information. What lies behind the diagnoses and “labels” that many looked after children bring with them? And what will it be like to live with them? How will they benefit from family life? This book, part of a series looking at health issues, provides expert knowledge about emotional and behavioural difficulties, a common diagnosis in looked after children. This is coupled with facts, figures and guidance presented in a straightforward and accessible style. Adopters and foster carers also describe what it is like to parent an affected child, “telling it like it is”, sharing their parenting experiences and offering useful advice. This combination of expert information and first-hand experiences will help readers to gain knowledge, achieve understanding, and to make informed decisions.
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Additional information
| Publisher | British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF), UK ed. edition (24 Sept. 2012) |
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| Language | English |
| Paperback | 104 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1907585605 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1907585609 |
| Dimensions | 19.8 x 0.8 x 12.9 cm |
by Myra Baker
this book is fantastic. it explains developmental trauma in a really accessible way and provides guidance on how to manage a child with developmental trauma. it is clearly, succinctly and conherently written, very accessible for professionals, foster carers, adopters, etc. It is also very quicky to read – always a bonus in a busy life! a foster carer and an adopter also write a chaptr each at the end which is really helpful in terms of applying the theory bit
by Reader
A great starter book or introduction to this huge area for prospective adopters. Of course its not a comprehensive guide, but a brilliant and easy to digest book to get people started on where they are thinking about adoption or fostering.
by Amazon Customer
i’ve only just started reading the book. However, Book is easy reading, explains P.A.C.E and other therapeutic direct work, have great examples on how to dealt with difficult situations and it would be useful for foster carers to read if they have a child in placement who have emotional and/or behavioural difficultie. Its definitely a book to read and keep for reference.
by Samantha Briggs
This book is an absolute must for any parent/carer/guardian etc that is experiencing difficulties with their children. I feel that this book helps you to understand the children’s feelings and accept your own feelings. This book supports parents etc by helping them to gain an understanding of why children behave in certain ways, it shows parents etc that they are not to blame, and it gives us the tools to help create a calmer, nurturing and loving environment for all involved.
by GSS
Brilliant! This is a clear and easy to read book. I carry this in my work bag all the time and I have recommended it to several foster carers. I refer to this book all the time in conversations with foster carers who are struggling to manage or understand behaviours. It’s small enough to carry in your bag but absolutely full of great information.
by Philippa taylor
great book very helpfull
by Cyndi
Very biased book against natural parents. I found this book quite infuriating, non productive and far from Theraputic. It would be interesting to learn more about the background of the author, just to understand whether his bias came through his education or if it was from his own childhood trauma. I wouldn’t advise natural parents to read this as it’s not empowering or therapeutic. Strangely enough this book was recommended to me by a child multi complexed trauma therapist/social worker. So through reading this I realised that maybe she wasn’t the best person to support my family. Parents need a multi dynamic holistic theraputic framework to heal from trauma and then to help their children heal. Not be scrutinised for trauma which maybe beyond their control for whatever reason. I wouldn’t give this man any support by purchasing another book.
by lisa
Was recommended this book by our adoption agency.
Was very Informative. Loved the two stories at the end.
Makes a lot of sense.