Written specifically for teachers, child and youth-care professionals, and foster parents, No Such Thing As a Bad Kid is packed with information for anyone who lives or works with youngsters at risk. This empowering handbook provides hundreds of hands-on tips and sample dialogues which can help revolutionize your interactions with troubled kids and their interactions with the world. Even parents of children not at risk will benefit from this book.
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"A timely and significant new book that will truly help teachers - at all levels - to better understand and engage their most challenging students." -- Michelle Booth, Executive Director, Project Alliance, Massachusetts
"Anyone concerned with troubled and at-risk youth will be captured by this treasure of practical strategies for respectful behavior management. It is a refreshing new resource." -- Larry Brendtro, Ph.D., Dept. of Special Education Augustana College, South Dakota
"I personally learned a tremendous amount from the perceptive approach the author uses. He 'becomes the kid", offering a unique understanding of these young people." -- Mary Allen, Treatment Today
"Anyone concerned with troubled and at-risk youth will be captured by this treasure of practical strategies for respectful behavior management. It is a refreshing new resource." -- Larry Brendtro, Ph.D., Dept. of Special Education Augustana College, South Dakota
"I personally learned a tremendous amount from the perceptive approach the author uses. He 'becomes the kid", offering a unique understanding of these young people." -- Mary Allen, Treatment Today
About the Author
Charles D. Appelstein, MSW, provides training and consultation to residential, foster care, and educational programs nationwide. He lives in southern New Hampshire and is the award-winning author of The Gus Chronicles: Reflections from an Abused Kid.
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Appelstein Captures the Essence of Working with Kids,
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This review is from: No Such Thing As a Bad Kid!: Understanding and Responding to the Challenging Behavior of Troubled Children and Youth (Paperback)
Whether you are a professional or parent, you will benefit from the insight and pracitcal techniques Charlie Appelstein provides in "No Such Thing as a Bad Kid." Appelstein combines research, experience, and humor in this marvelous work on how to help kids grow and manage their problems. It is hard to believe that a book that is so easy and fun to read could be so helpful. As a therapist and staff development trainer in a residential treatment setting, I use the concepts and techniques in this book EVERY day.
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Excellent toolbook to parent troubled kids,
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This review is from: No Such Thing As a Bad Kid!: Understanding and Responding to the Challenging Behavior of Troubled Children and Youth (Paperback)
As a parent of two ADHD children, I found this book to be a milestone as a common sense approach to dealing with troubled kids. Appelstein shares his wealth of experience in working with children from the inside of the parent out. I have already found his insight to be invaluable.
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best book for people working with young people in crisis,
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This book has so much to offer the Youth Worker and Professional person in giving insight into ways to deal with young people and the feeling that also affect you when dealing with young people in crisis
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This book is for anyone who works with troubled children or youth. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
explorative response, feelings update, little less correct, animated praise, many troubled children, connecting statements, behavior modification plan, challenging kids, physical management, extended separation, empowering message, troubled kids, reasoning response, observing ego, best possible response, supportive comment Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
This book is for anyone who works with troubled children or youth. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
explorative response, feelings update, little less correct, animated praise, many troubled children, connecting statements, behavior modification plan, challenging kids, physical management, extended separation, empowering message, troubled kids, reasoning response, observing ego, best possible response, supportive comment Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Hydraulic Squeeze, Proactive Exploration Exercise, Mad Libs New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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