From the Author of Raising Children Who Refuse to Be Raised and Traumatic Experience and the Brain comes this third book in the difficult children trilogy. For more than 30 years, Dr. Dave Ziegler has been a psychologist, therapist, and foster parent to hundreds of the most challenging children. His methods have helped these "impossible" children--and their parents, teachers, and caregivers--to get back on the right track. He has done what many therapists don't know how to do: help to raise troubled youths, who are the exceptions to all the usual rules, into healthy, successful human beings. This book emphasizes an important element of being successful with difficult children hope. The repeated message is not only that success is possible, but also that it is realistically achievable. However, success comes only with the right type of hard work combined with a deep understanding of what troubled children need. If success with your child is escaping your grasp, you'll find some help in these pages.
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Absolutely wonderful, extremely helpful and informative. -- D.P., Parent
Dave takes you from parenting 101 to graduate school. He makes the hardest principles understandable. -- D.V., Adoptive Parent
Dr. Ziegler provides a great mix of wisdom, humor and practical tools for families and their therapist/coaches. -- B.J., Therapist
I've read a lot of material in this area, but nothing as logical, insightful, revealing or as helpful. -- B.F., Therapist
[Dave Ziegler's] work will inform, engage challenge, and disarm you, but most of all it will give you hope. -- J.G., Psychiatrist
Dave takes you from parenting 101 to graduate school. He makes the hardest principles understandable. -- D.V., Adoptive Parent
Dr. Ziegler provides a great mix of wisdom, humor and practical tools for families and their therapist/coaches. -- B.J., Therapist
I've read a lot of material in this area, but nothing as logical, insightful, revealing or as helpful. -- B.F., Therapist
[Dave Ziegler's] work will inform, engage challenge, and disarm you, but most of all it will give you hope. -- J.G., Psychiatrist
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For more than 30 years, Dr. Dave Ziegler has been a psychologist, therapist, and foster parent helping hundreds of the most challenging children — and their parents, teachers, and caregivers — to get back on the right track. He has done what many therapists don't know how to do: help to raise troubled youths, who are the exceptions to all the usual rules, into healthy, successful human beings. Dr. Ziegler is the Executive Director of SCAR/Jasper Mountain, a renowned treatment program for some of society's most damaged children. He is quick to point out that he has been privileged to have had the finest education and training available: his principal teachers have not been in graduate school, but rather are the children discussed in his three books.
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A down-to-earth guide for parents and professionals,
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This review is from: Achieving Success with Impossible Children: How to Win the Battle of Wills (Paperback)
Written by a psychologist, therapist, and foster parent of more than 30 years' experience, Achieving Success With Impossible Children: How To Win The Battle Of Wills is a down-to-earth guide for parents and professionals alike struggling to deal with challenging children in a wide variety of settings. Various chapters address the importance of modeling responsibility and creating an environment where responsible behavior is the norm, the power and methodology of positive discipline. Further discussion deals with more serious cases, including how to handle violent children, a process that can take years of patience, firmness, and vigilance, and how to deal with post-traumatic stress disorder in young children. Especially recommended for psychologists, caregivers, parents, and mental health professionals.
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RAD- can you really help it heal?,
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Achieving success is a good book to give out to relatives and other caregivers who really have no clue about living with your "little darling". It is easy to read, not too technical or boring, gives the general information on the disorder, and does give some ideas of how to deal with the child. The best thing is that he has lived with these kids and at least can understand where you are coming from.If you are new to the research on RAD it might help you. If you have read and researched and have one of those kids that just won't make it in your home it can give you another perspective on residential treatment and therapeutic homes.
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Ten years ago, Judy Littlebury and I put together a booklet for parents who were doing their best to raise difficult children. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Jasper Mountain, Post-Traumatic Adoption, Aunt Mildred, Mother Teresa, Reactive Attachment Disorder, Impossible Children, Mission Impossible New!
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Ten years ago, Judy Littlebury and I put together a booklet for parents who were doing their best to raise difficult children. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Jasper Mountain, Post-Traumatic Adoption, Aunt Mildred, Mother Teresa, Reactive Attachment Disorder, Impossible Children, Mission Impossible New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Raising Children Who Refuse To Be Raised by Dave on 6 pages
- Traumatic Experience and the Brain by Dave Ziegler on 5 pages
- Child Development with Multimedia Courseware CD and PowerWeb by Ganie DeHart in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Child Development by Sroufe in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Help for the Hopeless Child: A Guide for Families by Ronald S. Federici in Back Matter
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