Cognitive-behavioural Therapy for Impulsive Children Book

The first edition of Kendall and Braswell's Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy For Impulsive Children has been used successfully by thousands of clinicians to help children reduce impulsivity and improve their self-control. Building on the procedures reviewers call ``powerful tools,''....``empirically sound and clinically sophisticated,''and ``of great value to professionals who work with children,'' the authors have expanded the program that they designed and developed in a number of ways. These include:* Adaptations that expand its use to a wider range of problems including impulsive behavior both with and without ADHD, conduct disorder, and learning disabilities.* Greater utilization of hands-on workbook materials.* Systematic involvement of parents and teachers.* Application to a broader variety of settings--from the clinician's office, to work with groups, families, and within schools. * More detailed descriptions of treatment strategies, clearly illustrated with case examples and transcripts.Revising and updating the acclaimed original work, and presenting the most detailed account to date of how to implement the authors' carefully wrought procedures, this Second Edition is an invaluable resource for anyone working with children who need to learn how to ``stop and think'' before they act.In the application of this approach, the therapist and child work collaboratively to overcome the child's impulsive tendencies and to develop a desire for self-regulation. Creating a context of social reward, the therapist teaches the child a sequential process for solving problems and provides multiple opportunities for practicing this skill. Once a level of impulse control has been developed, tasks of increasing difficulty are attempted. Finally, getting the child to practice self control under conditions of emotional arousal is facilitated by providing opportunities to practice the skills in the real world. Throughout, the key to success lies in the integration of cognitive techniques with behavioral therapy: It enables children to move beyond responding to external rewards and punishments and promotes the development of a more mature and lasting sense of internal control. Readers will find this book a rich model of how psychologists develop clinically sensitive and empirically sound approaches to a problem. Offering the specificity clinicians need to incorporate these strategies into their practice, this second edition presents in-depth descriptions of treatment strategies that are brought to life with case examples and illustrative transcripts. An invaluable resource for child and family psychologists, social workers, educators, and psychiatrists, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy For Impulsive Children, Second Edition serves as an ancillary text for courses in school psychology, clinical child psychology, educational interventions, applied developmental psychology, and other mental health related classes. In addition, parents, classroom teachers, and others who encounter impulsive children will find the work accessible and informative. Read More