by Russell A. Barkley, Christine M. Benton · Ediciones Paidós · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788449309564
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This guide offers practical advice for parents facing difficulties with defiant and rebellious children. The authors, Russell A. Barkley and Christine M. Benton, explain the causes of rebelliousness in children and adolescents, when it becomes a problem, and how to address it effectively. The book presents an eight-step program that emphasizes consistency, cooperation, and a balanced system of praise, rewards, and moderate consequences. It includes charts, questionnaires, and assessment scales to help reduce family stress and improve the relationship with children.
Russell Alan Barkley FAPA is a retired American clinical neuropsychologist who was a clinical professor of psychiatry at the VCU Medical Center until 2022 and president of Division 12 of the American Psychological Association (APA) and of the International Society for Research in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology. Involved in research since 1973 and a licensed psychologist since 1977, he is an expert on attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and has devoted much of his scientific career to studying ADHD and related fields like childhood defiance. He proposed the renaming of sluggish cognitive tempo (SCT) to cognitive disengagement syndrome (CDS).
