Resolving Your Child's Challenging Behavior

A Practical Guide to Parenting With Positive Behavior Support, Second Edition

Authors

Meme Hieneman, Ph.D., Karen Elfner, M.A., Jane Sergay, M.Ed.

Enhanced with new research and updates on critical topics, Resolving Your Child's Challenging Behavior includes the resources necessary for families to use positive behavior supports to address current and future behavior issues, create effective individualized support plans, and track their progress.

AWARD WINNER! 2023 Next Generation Indie Book Awards, Parenting/Family category!

Positive behavior support (PBS) can help parents resolve their child's behavior challenges effectively and efficiently—and this reader‐friendly, ready‐to‐use guidebook demystifies PBS for every family. The new edition of the bestselling guide Parenting with Positive Behavior Support, this book unlocks the principles and processes of PBS and shows parents how to use this proven approach to respond to a wide range of challenging behaviors.

WHAT'S NEW:

• Guidelines for explicitly teaching behavior skills to children
• Expanded information on key topics: proactive behavior strategies, self‐management, behavior replacement, rewards and consequences, clarification of rules and expectations, and children's rights
• More guidance on taking a strengths‐based approach to behavior
• Additional information on the circumstances that contribute to positive behavior
• New research on the effectiveness of parenting with PBS
• Updated references and resources to build every family's PBS toolbox
• New downloads, including fillable forms for gathering information, developing a Child Behavior Support Plan, building additional supports into family life, and monitoring progress

For a guide to preventing challenging behavior problems and improving family functioning with PBS, check out the companion book, Helping Your Family Thrive.

Reviews

Lisa Apikos, Ph.D., BCBA, Vice President of Operations, KNR Therapy, Tampa, Florida - March 1, 2022

"Resolving Your Child’s Challenging Behavior, Second Edition is written in a collaborative, approachable, and easy-to-understand voice presenting information and processes of applied behavior analysis (ABA) and positive behavior support (PBS) that will help caregivers of any child. This book would be a great additional resource for caregivers of a child receiving ABA services from a provider that applies PBS and can help caregivers transition to independent care for their child through learning to create their own plans, track their child’s progress and celebrate their child’s wins! I fully recommend this book for parents of any child with challenging behaviors and believe it will support a higher quality of life for these children and their families."

Gene McConnachie, Ph.D., Child & Family Psychologist, Co-author, Communication-Based Intervention for Problem Behavior - March 1, 2022

"This guide for parents has been wonderfully updated from the first edition to incorporate advances in the field of using positive approaches to eliminate your child’s negative behaviors. This edition includes many more examples of how to use the positive strategies described. These authors, first and foremost, are parents themselves and have written using non-technical language to make the book easily readable. Clear and practical steps are listed to make using these ideas simple and doable..."

Download

Four Steps to Family Problem-Solving with Positive Behavior Support

Watch

Coffee Chat: Supporting Families to Resolve Challenging Behavior with Positive Behavior Support

Additional Resources:

• Helping Your Family Thrive (Book)
• Optimistic Parenting (Book)
• Prevent-Teach-Reinforce for Families (Book)
• The Common Sense Guide to Your Child's Special Needs (Book)
• Temperament & Behavior (Book)