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Book SynopsisViolence is an epidemic that negatively impacts children across their lifespan. Reports indicate 2.1 million youth have experienced physical abuse during their lifetimes, disrupting the healthy development of children from the toddler years through adolescence, and most cases involve parents. Some parents lack the skills to effectively parent and use physical discipline as a strategy to control their children''s problem behaviors. They may use increasing force if children continue to be noncompliant, which places many children at-risk for harm.Combined Parent-Child Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CPC-CBT), created by Melissa K. Runyon and Esther Deblinger and outlined in this guide, provides an evidence-based intervention aimed at empowering families to develop optimistic outlooks on parenting and peaceful home environments, and to decrease stress experienced both by parents and children. CPC-CBT incorporates elements from empirically supported CBT models for families who have experience
Table of ContentsPreface ; Acknowledgments ; Introductory Information for Therapists ; Part I: CPC-CBT Parent Sessions 1-16 ; Chapter1. Parent Intervention: Engagement Phase of Therapy: Sessions 1-3 ; Chapter 2. Parent Intervention: Effective Coping Skills and Parenting Skills Phase of Therapy: Sessions 4-7 ; Chapter 3. Parent Intervention: Family Safety Planning and Continuation of Skill Building Phase of Therapy: Sessions 8-11 ; Chapter 4. Parent Intervention: Abuse Clarification Phase of Therapy: Sessions 12-16 ; Part II: CPC-CBT Child Sessions 1-16 ; Chapter 5. Child Intervention: Engagement Phase of Therapy: Sessions 1-3 ; Chapter 6. Child Intervention: Effective Coping Skills Phase of Therapy: Sessions 4-7 ; Chapter 7. Child Intervention: Family Safety Planning and Continuation of Skill Building Phase of Therapy: Sessions 8-11 ; Chapter 8. Child Intervention: Abuse Clarification Phase of Therapy: Sessions 12-16 ; Part III: Special Considerations ; Chapter 9. Parenting Skills Training ; Chapter 10. Teaching CPC-CBT Skills to Children of Various Developmental Levels ; Chapter 11. How CPC-CBT Fosters Cultural Competence ; Part IV: Appendices ; Appendix A: CPC-CBT Handouts and Forms ; Appendix B: Information to Obtain Recommended Assessment Measures ; Appenidx C: Sample Script for Review of ABCs ; References ; About the Authors
