The Temperament Perspective: Working with Children's Behavioral Styles [Paperback]

Jan Kristal (Author), Stella Chess (Foreword)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1557667918 | ISBN-13: 978-1557667915 | Publication Date: January 2005 | Edition: 1

The Temperament Perspective is a cross-disciplinary, practical resource for professionals to help them understand and support children with different behavioral styles. The book explains how temperament traits combine to produce behavior and how environment, parenting style, and learning relate to temperament and behavior. Based on the author's research and work on more than 600 clinical cases at The Temperament Learning Center at Kaiser Permanente, the book discusses temperament-related behavior problems that occur at different ages (from infancy through middle childhood) and in various settings (home, school, child care, health care, and therapy).The book provides specific strategies and techniques to address problematic situations and typical behavior problems that occur at each age and in different environments. Throughout the book, there are case studies and temperament profiles that illustrate various scenarios in temperament counseling, and two appendixes provide a list of temperament questionnaires for the three age ranges covered.

Product Details

• Paperback: 420 pages
• Publisher: Brookes Publishing Company; 1 edition (January 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1557667918
• ISBN-13: 978-1557667915
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #677,726 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A wel written book for those working with challenging children, July 28, 2008

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Patricia McGuire MD FAAP "Author Never Assume... (Cedar Rapids, IA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Temperament Perspective: Working with Children's Behavioral Styles (Paperback)

Jan Kristal's book, The Temperament Perspective, is a well written book dealing with the concept of temperament. It may be more geared to professionals who work with the challenging child than the parent, but I wouldn't say that parents shouldn't read it.

She does a nice job of going through the different traits of temperament, who they are represented in different behaviors, and what can be triggers for tantrums if the trait is stressed. She talks about the tools to determine a child's temperament profile and how to work with the traits that are experiencing stress (both for the child and the adult). She also makes good use of vignettes to provide an example of temperament related problems for children.

This has been a good addition to the books out to help adults understand both their own profile and the profiles of children who are struggling.