Full Description
The most important thing a psychologist can do to foster a child amp rsquo s well‑being is to help build a healthy, effective parent‑child relationship.
The relationship between a child and their primary caregiver(s) is the cornerstone of child development. Interactions in early childhood initiate a developmental cascade that impacts an individual's functioning throughout childhood, adolescence, and into adulthood.
This book integrates the basic and applied literature with the concrete, evidence‑based strategies and empirically-supported interventions mental health providers need to help build and strengthen the parent‑child relationship.
It has long been understood that the quality and effectiveness of the parent‑child relationship influences children's emotional, behavioral, and physical health. Today, studies increasingly demonstrate that the parent‑child bond influences the relation between socioeconomic status and child functioning, and that increasing parenting effectiveness can even decrease the negative impact of poverty on children's brain development.
With clinical case examples and lists of key takeaways and questions for clinicians to consider, this book provides the practical guidance mental health practitioners need when working with parents and young children.
Contents
Part I: The Influence of the Parent-Child Relationship on Child Development
Chapter . When I Need You, You're Here: Initiation of the Parent-Child Relationship
Chapter 2. Keep the First Domino Standing: How Healthy Parenting Builds Healthy Children
Chapter 3. Risk and Disruption in the Parent-Child Relationship
Part II: Repairing amp amp Strengthening the Parent-Child Relationship in Therapy
Chapter 4. Determining Treatment Targets and Monitoring Progress: The Importance of Assessment
Chapter 5. Fostering Responsive Parenting
Chapter . When Negative Emotion is a Positive Experience: Healthy Limit-Setting in the Parent-Child Relationship
Chapter 7. Relationship-Based Interventions for Parents and Young Children
Part III: Overcoming Barriers to Success
Chapter 8. Engaging Fathers in Treatment
Chapter 9. Difficult Cases, Therapist Burnout, and the Importance of Self-care
Chapter . Knocking Down Barriers to Effective Treatment: A Call for Advances and Culture Shifts
