Try and Make Me! by Ray Levy

Try and Make Me! by Ray Levy

Stop Problem Behavior in Its Tracks

Try and Make Me!

The authors' well-integrated program helps frustrated parents avoid futile battles and take loving but firm charge of their difficult children. I will recommend this book to the parents of my own defiant young patients.--Barbara D. Ingersoll, Ph.D., author of Your Hyperactive Child and Attention Deficit Disorders and Learning Disabilities

No more bargaining over TV time! * No more whining from the back seat! * And no more feeling guilty when your problem child misbehaves!

In this book, esteemed child therapists Ray Levy, Ph.D., and Bill O'Hanlon, M.S., offer a revolutionary approach to parenting that's guaranteed to reverse your difficult child's behavior-- now. You'll receive advice on.

* How you unwittingly may be triggering your child's defiance
* The keys to turning off back talk
* Using consequences to motivate your child to change
* How to use the authors' special Academies technique to teach good behavior.and much more!

Written in a conversational style, this book is replete with useful methods that parents can employ with difficult or defiant children. This is a truly helpful manual for parents seeking time-tested strategies for improving their relationships with their children.--Russell A. Barkley, professor of psychiatry and neurology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, and the author of Your Defiant Child: 8 Steps to Better Behavior

In a very clear, compassionate, sensible, and humorous way, Try and Make Me! outlines realistic guidelines and strategies for helping defiant youngsters become more cooperative and less oppositional. I recommend this book highly not only for parents of defiant children but for teachers and mental health professionals who work with these youngsters and their families. It is an invaluable resource.--Robert Brooks, Ph.D., assistant clinical professor at Harvard Medical School and author of The Self-Esteem Teacher

Bill O'Hanlon is a licensed Mental Health Professional, Certified Professional Counselor, and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. His 21 books have been translated into 15 languages. The author of Do One Thing Different and Love Is a Verb, O'Hanlon has appeared on Oprah and the Today Show, has created nine audio and video tapes on individual and couples therapy, and has taught nearly a thousand seminars worldwide on psychotherapy, spirituality, and relationships.

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ISBN 13	9780451206459
ISBN 10	0451206452
Title	Try and Make Me!
Author	Ray Levy
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Putnam Inc
Year published	2002-06-01
Number of pages	256
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