Product Description: Here is a guide for therapists, counselors, psychologists, educators, and other practitioners to incorporate the teaching of social skills as a component of treatment for children diagnosed with mental health disorders. Research and experience show that children and adolescents who struggle with emotional, behavioral and social problems do improve when they learn prosocial skills...read more

Product Description: When asked why they participate in organized sports, young athletes rank giving everyone a chance to play and having fun far above winning. But even though forty million kids play youth sports each year, an estimated seventy percent of them quit by age thirteen, and never play again! Why? Here s what they say: It s not fun anymore...read more

Product Description: ‘Little Voices’ is at its core, a book about the triumph of the spirit. Michael Sterba captures the pain and impact of our society's most sickening depravity -- the abuse of a child -- and shows the reader that the broken among us can reclaim our eternal obligation to make the world a better place...read more

Product Description: An in-depth examination of youth who rely on manipulative, aggressive, and violent behaviors. Do you know how to respond to youth who, failing to get exactly what they want when they want it, become desperate and lash out? Denied instant gratification, these youth quickly become frustrated and angry...read more

Product Description: A straightforward, fresh perspective to improve a troubled child's therapeutic care by building on his or her strengths. Treating Youth with DSM-IV Disorders unites the American Psychiatric Association's most widely used evaluation tool with Boys Town's proven social skills teaching philosophy...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)