Oppositional, Defiant & Disruptive Children and Adolescents: Non-Medication Appoaches for the Most Challenging Odd Behaviors - Paperback

by Scott Walls (Author)

A definitive guide to recognizing what factors cause defiant episodes in children & adolescents, and tips to help identify when and where these difficult behaviors are likely to occur. Containing tools to increase positive behaviors, this is an ideal resource for therapists, educators and parents.

- Non-medication approaches to ODD, ADHD, anxiety, mood and disruptive disorders

- Exercises, assessments, guidelines and case studies

- Crisis Prevention and Intervention

- Safety Plans and Risk Evaluations

- Evaluate and Treat Co-morbidity

- Tools and Strategies for:

- Noncompliance

- Nagging

- Yelling/screaming

- Bullying

- Panic/anxiety reactions

- Lack of follow through

- Running away

Author Biography

Scott Walls, MA, LIPC, CCMHC, is a mental health counselor, consultant and national speaker and owns a private practice in Lincoln, NE. He is the founder and Director of KICKS Counseling and the Lincoln Karate Clinic. He is the co-author of Behavior Management Skills Guide: Practical Activities & Interventions for Ages 3-18 published by PESI Publishing and Media.