The Kazdin Method for Parenting the Defiant Child: With No Pills, No Therapy, No Contest of Wills

by Alan E. Kazdin, Ph.D., the John M. Musser Professor of Psychology, and director of the Yale Parenting Center and Child Conduct Clinic (Houghton Mifflin) In this book and DVD, Kazdin lays out his science-based program for using praise and rewards to alter children’s behavior. Kazdin provides a step-by-step method that relies on positive reinforcement and a reward system for dealing with behavior problems. The book describes approaches for children of different ages; discusses ways to involve siblings; and provides scenarios for coping with such commonplace difficulties as tantrums, dawdling, resisting homework and delaying bedtime.