Controlling the Difficult Adolescent: The REST Program (The Real Economy System for Teens)

by David B. Stein

Book Overview

Introduces specific methods for parents and for therapists on how to teach parents to control difficult and oppositional adolescents. The oppositional/defiant adolescent engages in behavior that can be described as abusive to and inconsiderate of other family members. Such teenagers do not typically respond well to traditional methods of psychotherapy and often therapists commit these youngsters to psychiatric hospitals. The methods introduced in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819178306
• ISBN13: 9780819178305
• Release Date: September 1990
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 116 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

One of the best

despite Dr David B Stein's unfortunate stand on psychotropic medications, the book is excellent and deserves the highest praise.