Promoting Positive Parenting of Teenagers

Following on from the success of Promoting Positive Parenting, David Neville, Dick Beak and Liz King have now written this book which looks at the particular problems and challenges associated with working with parents of teenagers.

David Neville, Liz King

Contents: Foreword, Tom Butler; Bishop of Leicester; Introduction, Professor Martin Herbert. The Background to the Centre for Fun and Families: The development of the Centre; Planning a living with teenagers group - practical lessons learned. Theoretical Background to Practice: Empowerment and anti-discriminatory practice; Social learning theory; Resolving family conflict; The role of cognitive behavioural theory; Groupwork skills: giving structure to groups for parents. The Seven-Week Living with Teenagers Programme: Understanding behaviour: Sessions 1 and 2; Influencing behaviour: Sessions 3, 4 and 5; Looking after ourselves, evaluation and goodbyes: Sessions 6 and 7. Part IV Follow-up After the Group: Evaluation; Parent support groups; Future developments. Appendices; References and further reading; Index.