The 6th revised and updated edition of this groundbreaking, research-based program offers a new approach to understanding and raising children who often demonstrate severe temper outbursts and other challenging behaviors. What is an explosive child? A child who reacts to routines and problems with extreme frustration—crying, yelling, swearing, kicking, hitting, biting, spitting, and property destruction. These children often leave their parents in a state of frustration, fear, and anxiety, seeking help.

Dr. Ross Greene, a distinguished clinician and pioneer in treating children with social, emotional, and behavioral challenges, has worked with thousands of explosive children and has good news: These children are not insecure or manipulative, and their parents are not passive or indulgent. Instead, explosive children lack some critical skills in the areas of flexibility and frustration tolerance and require a different approach to their upbringing.

In this book, Dr. Greene provides a new conceptual framework for understanding their difficulties, based on research in the fields of neuroscience. He explains why traditional methods of parenting and treatment often do not work with these children and describes what to do differently. Instead of relying on rewards and punishments, Dr. Greene's Collaborative Problem Solving model promotes collaboration with explosive children to solve the problems that cause the outbursts, as well as to learn the skills they lack.

Pages: 272, Dimensions: 13.5x13.5cm