Parent Management Training: Treatment for Oppositional, Aggressive, and Antisocial Behavior in Children and Adolescents 1st Edition

Good read for those interested in PMT or clinicians

Parent Management Training is a very helpful book not only for someone that may be training in the field of child Psychology or Therapy. It's helpful also for a parent who may like to delve deeper into understanding how it works and the methodology behind the techniques.

Content is great. It is written on a more academic level. I’m a professor; so, that works fine for me. If you aren’t looking for that type of a read;”, this may not be your cup of tea. I give it a four because the font is so small. Even my 14 year old with perfect vision agrees.

For a therapist who enjoys working with children with disruptive behavior, this is a good resource to go along with PMT training.

I absolutely love this book. It’s perfect for beginner therapists. I use it as more of a guide and don’t follow it verbatim as I also work with teens and some of the material is geared toward young children. The beginning of the book does a great job of presenting the basis for the models and the second half is a wonderful step by step guide to treatment. The methods are evidence based and effective and the downloadable handouts are excellent.

Kazdin's method is well researched and empirically supported (along with Barkley and Forehand). This manualized program is generally highly effective, but demands more frequent visits with the professional implementing it. It is a more intensive program than some others, but is often effective in reducing problematic patterns of behavior. All such programs demand the professional develop skill in effectively getting parents to change their behaviors as well, which is arguably the greatest challenge in this kind of work.

I am impressed with Kazdin's manual and have put it to great use in my counseling practice. I have read Kazdin's book on defiant kids and found both the book and the DVD to be helpful for my parents to read as well.Barkley's clinical manual on Defiant Teens is even more helpful to me, but this program provides a great deal of information that is critical in working with parents of defiant teens.

Explains how to use techniques from behavioral psychology to overcome oppositional behavior. I found it to be helpful as a clinician for use with younger clients (pre-adolescent). It would be way over a parent's head, though. Read "The Kazdin Method for Parenting the Defiant Child" instead if you are a parent.