The A-Z of Therapeutic Parenting: Strategies and Solutions (Therapeutic Parenting Books)
£13.30£16.10 (-17%)
Therapeutic parenting is a deeply nurturing parenting style, and is especially effective for children with attachment difficulties, or who experienced childhood trauma. This book provides everything you need to know in order to be able to effectively therapeutically parent.
Providing a model of intervention, The A-Z of Therapeutic Parenting gives parents or caregivers an easy to follow process to use when responding to issues with their children. The following A-Z covers 60 common problems parents face, from acting aggressively to difficulties with sleep, with advice on what might trigger these issues, and how to respond.
Easy to navigate and written in a straightforward style, this book is a ‘must have’ for all therapeutic parents.
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Additional information
| Publisher | Jessica Kingsley Publishers (16 April 2018) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 344 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1785923765 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1785923760 |
| Dimensions | 15 x 2.8 x 22.8 cm |
by ScentDude
This book is just “OK”. I found some of her examples of responses to a child a little patronising. I think a lot of the techniques are pretty much already known by parents with reactive children and have probably learnt things suggested through trial and error, like leaving the child to calm down on their own but be close by, give them space when needed, looking for triggers and thinking about triggers after an action has taken place and think how to avoid an issue in the future etc.
It was interesting to read about how a child can feel and how that can cause a specific action, but that’s about it.
If I were you I’d download a Kindle sample and maybe look at more in-depth reviews before buying the book.
by Jonathan YTC
I was a little sceptical about this book because I find some of the ideas put forward in books recommended by Social Care are more theoretical than practical. This book breaks that mould. It opens by giving some global guidance about the therapeutic parenting approach which is applied throughout. I found that based in sound common sense and it was clearly written by someone who has been through exactly the same experiences that we are as adoptive parents.
The book is logical and well and well laid out.
Once the basic principal is explained there is a logical a-z list of behaviours / problems whereby the behaviours are identified ie “What it looks like” then follows a list of “Why it might happen” then some suggested “Preventative strategies”, then “ Stategies during” and finally suggested strategies how to deal with the behaviours afterwards /long term.
This book was clearly written from real life experience (although the author is clearly very well qualified in this field academically) and not written by someone with no real personal experience who has just obtained a theoretical degree obtained in a university. That is what makes this book stand out. The author knows the reality and not just the theory. She clearly appreciates, from experience, the major traumas children taken into care have suffered. She appreciates the behaviours children develop as a direct result of the negative experiences that have been inflicted upon them and offers practical advice to recognise, to understand, to help cope with and how to address the behaviours for the children’s long term wellbeing but also for the sanity of the parents. It’s not the child’s fault that they need extra help but the author offers more than sympathy, she offers ways of identifying the cause of the behaviour and practical way to address the problem.
If you have a child who has been through the care system or is currently in care this book is a “must buy”.
by wayne sheldon
Just the job
by Tracy Knee
Been recommended several times on you tube vlogs. So hence why bought, to learning and digest.
by Amazon Customer
This book should be recommended to all parents whether they are dealing with children of trauma or not. I call this my therapeutic bible as a foster parent I couldn’t live without it as it has strategic for all most all situations
by peter david ritchie
So sad to be in this position, but amazing how this is transforming this child.
by fiona richardson
So useful, thank you X
by teacher
I liked the behaviours list of what to do when the child behaves in certain ways , where does it come from and what to do about it.
I thought a few of the suggestions though could be reviewed as I believe they are not exactly in accordance to attachment parenting or the child could understand it as sarcasm. Thus the 4 stars.