Of all of the books that I've bought and read to try and understand what makes my son tick, this, by far exceeds them all! I've always known that I couldn't be the only parent out there with a child that that exhibits these behaviors, and now I know I'm not! The advice and approach to dealing with a difficult child is something every parent and teacher should read. Amazon reviewer
My "child" is heading off to college, and because I read this book when she was young, I have loved being a mother all these years. Otherwise I think it would have been one big fight trying to mold her into what she was "supposed" to be instead enjoying who she is. Thank you Ross Greene. Amazon reviewer
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One key point the book makes is that "explosive" is a bit of misnomer. It also refers to kids that get overwhelmed with frustration (or something else) and shut down, rather than explode. My own kid becomes either frustrated or overwhelmed with a problem that he can't solve and retreats to his bed and lays there a while. This book helped explain why my 9 year old son is behaving the way he is, and provides a method to help him improve. We haven't gotten that far yet, but the book's description of my son is so spot on that I am hopeful the method will work. Amazon reviewer
This was an excellent read. I'm 30 years old, and I was not reading this for my own parenting skills (although that was a definite perk), but to gain some insight as to why my own childhood was incredibly hurtful, frustrating, and confusing. Coming from a home with no abuse or out and out mistreatment, it is hard even at this point to look back and make sense of why growing up was so difficult. I had problems in school, although I tried very hard, and I was constantly getting in trouble for not following through on things, even though I didn't realize what I hadn't followed through on. I had problems getting along with peers and siblings, and spent a lot of time wondering why I was so stupid and lonely. I had Plan A parents, and this book was really helpful in making sense of it all. I'm pretty sure this book isn't supposed to make you cry, but I did. I can vouch for kids like me, that they aren't failing because they want to be defiant and rebellious. Kids like me experience pain in constantly trying to succeed and failing, feeling burned out, and acting out of intense frustration. Discipline won't help that, because the child already knows and is trying. Helping your kid develop skills to overcome those challenges is what they need. Excellent book... Amazon reviewer
What's an explosive child? A child who responds to routine problems with extreme frustration-crying, screaming, swearing, kicking, hitting, biting, spitting, destroying property, and worse. A child whose frequent, severe outbursts leave his or her parents feeling frustrated, scared, worried, and desperate for help. Most of these parents have tried everything-reasoning, explaining, punishing, sticker charts, therapy, medication-but to no avail. They can't figure out why their child acts the way he or she does; they wonder why the strategies that work for other kids don't work for theirs; and they don't know what to do instead.Dr. Ross Greene, a distinguished clinician and pioneer in the treatment of kids with social, emotional, and behavioral challenges, has worked with thousands of explosive children, and he has good news: these kids aren't attention-seeking, manipulative, or unmotivated, and their parents aren't passive, permissive pushovers. Rather, explosive kids are lacking some crucial skills in the domains of flexibility/adaptability, frustration tolerance, and problem solving, and they require a different approach to parenting. Throughout this compassionate, insightful, and practical book, Dr. Greene provides a new conceptual framework for understanding their difficulties, based on research in the neurosciences. He explains why traditional parenting and treatment often don't work with these children, and he describes what to do instead. Instead of relying on rewarding and punishing, Dr. Greene's Collaborative Problem Solving model promotes working with explosive children to solve the problems that precipitate explosive episodes, and teaching these kids the skills they lack.
This gem is a must-read for any parent who frequently finds themselves in the throes of a power struggle. This book is easy-to-read and packed with practical steps you can take to resolve conflict and improve cooperation from your children.
Adele and Elaine bring sound wisdom again in this second book! As parents themselves, they were determined to help their children get along. The result was Siblings Without Rivalry.With the help of scripts and cartoons, they teach you how to manage the competition in a way that feels fair to all children.
This is the central premise of the collaborative and proactive solutions (CPS) model for treating challenging behavior. Described in depth in my books The Explosive Child (#CommissionsEarned), Lost at School (#CommissionsEarned), Lost & Found (#CommissionsEarned), and Raising Human Beings (#CommissionsEarned), the CPS model is an empirically-supported, evidence-based treatment approach that focuses on identifying the skills your child is lacking and the expectations he or she is having difficulty meeting. It is a new, collaborative and proactive approach to solving a problem most parents face daily.
In his book, he weaves together his understanding of the brain and behavior from a Christian worldview. He offers insight into the often-misunderstood child in a Gospel-centered way. Anatomy of the Soul is an excellent read for Christian parents of ADHD kids.
Dr. Ross Greene provides a compassionate, practical approach to treating -explosive' children. Rather than viewing their behavior as willfully disobedient, he draws upon recent advances in the neurosciences and his extensive experience working with challenging children at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School in explaining that the difficulties of these children stem from brain-based deficits in two critical developmental skills: flexibility and frustration tolerance. These children may suffer from oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) and bipolar disorder. Often misdiagnosed under the broad umbrella of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder(ADHD), they are too readily treated with drugs that can exacerbate their behavior. In a departure from treatments relying on rewarding and punishing, Dr. Greene's approach helps us grasp the underlying problems of explosive children, defuse explosive episodes, and reduce tension and hostility levels for the entire family by providing valuable tools for coping.
Thomas E. Brown earned his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at Yale University and served on the clinical faculty of the Dept. of Psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine for 21 years while operating a clinic in CT for children and adults with ADHD and related problems. He has published 30 articles in professional journals and 6 books on ADHD.
For children who respond to regular problems with extreme frustration which manifests in crying, screaming, biting, hitting, and worse. Those kids are not \"impossible childs\", they can be soothed but you need to know the real reason why they behave that way. If you are thinking that it's because they are trying to seek attention or get what they want, you're wrong. In this book, you'll find the correct answer and learn how to use that knowledge in order to approach your explosive children.
Dr. Ross Greene has treated thousands of explosive children and knows very well the true reason behind their behaviour. It's not because kids are seeking attention and it's not because their parents are pushovers. What he discovered is that explosive children are lacking of crucial skills that are able to regulate frustration. Because they are completely different from other children, they also need a different approach. Luckily, Dr Greene will reveal it to you in this book. 2ff7e9595c
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