Helping Families with Troubled Children: A Preventive Approach

Helping Families with Troubled Children......Page 1
Contents......Page 11
Tables and Figures......Page 15
About the Author......Page 19
Acknowledgements......Page 20
The Beginnings of a Focus upon Prevention......Page 21
Some Common Themes Emerging from the Research......Page 23
Dissemination of the Necessary Skills......Page 27
Part I Some General Principles for Helping Families......Page 29
The Nature of Children’s Difficulties......Page 31
Origins of Children’s Difficulties: Risk and Protective Factors......Page 33
The Effectiveness of Interventions to Help Children......Page 47
Ways of Thinking about Human Beings......Page 53
A Range of Perspectives on Human Beings......Page 56
Exploring Principles of Cognitive-Behavioural Theory......Page 65
Making Use of Principles of Cognitive-Behavioural Theory......Page 74
Summary of Some Key Principles of Cognitive-Behavioural Theory......Page 87
Children within a Statutory and Organisational Context......Page 88
How can We Best Support Families?......Page 89
Developing Awareness of Cultural Issues......Page 94
Developing a Positive Focus......Page 97
Practice Issues: The Importance of Structure......Page 99
Interagency Work......Page 101
Methods of Giving Help: Evidence from Research......Page 102
ASPIRE: A Process for Practice......Page 104
What is Assessment?......Page 105
The Steps of Assessment – and Beyond......Page 110
The Stage of Planning – with Parents or Caregivers......Page 125
Implementing the Plan......Page 139
Reviewing and Evaluating the Plan......Page 143
Part II Helping Families with Specific Difficulties......Page 149
Prevalence of Emotional Difficulties in Children......Page 151
Research into Children and Anxiety......Page 153
Helping Families with Anxious Children......Page 156
Research into Children and Depression......Page 168
Helping Families with Depressed Children......Page 171
Definition of Sleeping Disorder......Page 178
The Prevalence of Sleeping/Waking Difficulties......Page 179
Research into the Origins of Bedtime and Waking Problems......Page 181
Research into the Management of Bedtime and Sleep Problems......Page 186
Helping Families Whose Children have Bedtime/Waking Problems......Page 190
Problems of Definition......Page 200
Prevalence of Eating/Feeding Problems......Page 201
Research into the Origins of Feeding/Eating Problems......Page 202
Research into the Management of Eating Difficulties......Page 205
Helping Families with Children with Eating Difficulties......Page 209
Difficulties of Arriving at Definitions......Page 218
Prevalence of and Continuities in Conduct Disorders......Page 219
Research into the Origins of Conduct Disorders......Page 222
Research into Intervention in Conduct Disorders......Page 226
Helping Parents with Children with Serious Behaviour Problems......Page 229
Difficulties of Arriving at Definitions and Diagnoses......Page 244
Prevalence of ADHD......Page 246
Research into ADHD......Page 247
Research Concerning the Management of ADHD......Page 248
Research Focusing upon Organisational Strategies......Page 251
Helping Parents with Children with Features of ADHD......Page 252
Research Concerning the Origins of Bed Wetting......Page 264
Help for Families with Children Who Wet the Bed......Page 267
Encopresis/Soiling......Page 274
Research into the Origins of Soiling......Page 275
Help for Families with Children Who Soil......Page 276
The Value Base of the Work: Ethical Issues......Page 283
Support for Families in a Multicultural Society......Page 285
Content and Characteristics of Effective Parent Education Programmes......Page 286
The Process and Practicalities of Parent Training......Page 288
Devising Agreements to Support Practice......Page 290
Maintaining the Improvement......Page 295
Concluding Remarks......Page 296
Appendix 1 Form for Assessment of Child Behaviour Difficulty......Page 297
Appendix 2 Form for Recording ‘Life Events’ for the Family and Child......Page 302
Appendix 3 Form for Obtaining Ratings on the Life Events Scale......Page 303
Appendix 4 Form for Compiling Summary of Information Relevant to Assessment......Page 305
Appendix 5 Form for Noting A–B–C Sequences......Page 306
Appendix 6 Form for Charting Behaviours......Page 307
Appendix 7 Form for Eight-Week Charting of Positive and Negative Behaviours......Page 308
Appendix 8 Form for Planning with Parents......Page 310
Appendix 9 Parenting Positively: Some Notes for Parents......Page 311
Appendix 10 Weekly Sleep Chart......Page 312
Appendix 11 Guidelines for Good Practice of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy......Page 313
Appendix 12 Form for Framing an Agreement between a Worker and a Client......Page 318
Appendix 13 Form for Framing an Agreement in One-to-One or Family Work......Page 319
References......Page 321
Index......Page 335