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CENGAGE Positive Child Guidance International Edition 6Th Edition 2009 Edition by DARLA FERRIS MILLER
POSITIVE CHILD GUIDANCE, International Edition, equips adults with information to guide, manage, and cope with the behavior of children. The book provides insight into children's efforts to understand their own emerging needs and feelings while coping with adult expectations. In this sixth edition, Miller provides a range of practical, effective, and flexible guidance strategies based on principles of straightforward communication and assertiveness. POSITIVE CHILD GUIDANCE, International Edition outlines workable steps for creating a cooperative, respectful community of children and adults with special emphasis on sensitivity to cultural and gender-based needs and differences. 1. Introduction. 2. Understanding Children's Behavior. 3. Serving Culturally Diverse Children and Families. 4. Understanding the Reasons for Problem Behavior. 5. Guidelines for Effective Guidance. 6. Planning the Prosocial Environment. 7. Positive Communication. 8. Nonverbal Cues and Appropriate Consequences. 9. Addressing Persistent, Unproductive Patterns of Behavior. 10. Taking a Look at Children. 11. Historical and Cultural Beliefs about Child Guidance. Appendix A: Children's Books Addressing Values and Feelings. Appendix B: Resources for Responding to Special Needs and Interests. Glossary. References. Index.