By Ann Vernon

(Grades K-12) This resource provides creative counseling strategies, provides an expanded coverage of developmental applications, and over 80 interventions. The book addresses both internalizing and externalizing disorders, such as anxiety, depression, stress, grief, low frustration tolerance, anger, bullying, and acting out. It also covers self-defeating behaviors such as self-injury, eating disorders, substance abuse, and suicidal behavior. The interventions teach behavioral and emotional self-control by helping young people understand the connection between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Softcover, 384 pages, and/or forms available on CD.

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1. Considerations in Working with Young Clients
   • Developmental Considerations
   • Early Childhood
   • Middle Childhood
   • Early Adolescence
   • Mid-Adolescence
   • Implications of Developmental Stages
   • Relationship Between REBT and Development
   • The Therapeutic Relationship
   • Building Rapport
   • Strategies for Building Rapport with Children (Ages 5 to 10)
   • Strategies for Building Rapport with Adolescents (Ages 11 to 18)
   • Establishing Goals
   
   
2. Basic Principles of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy
   • Basic Principles: The ABC’s of REBT
   • Rational and Irrational Beliefs
   • Disputation
   • Effective New Philosophy, Feelings, and Behaviors
   • Specific Applications to Children and Adolescents
   • Problem Assessment
   • The ABC Process
   • The A—Activating Event
   • The C—Emotional and Behavioral Consequences
   • The B—Beliefs
   • The D—Disputing Irrational Beliefs
   • The E—Effective New Philosophy (Thoughts)
   • The F—Effective New Feelings
   • Homework
   • Evaluation
   
   
3. Interventions for Internalizing Problems
   • Anxiety
   • Depression
   • Stress
   • Grief
   
   
4. Interventions for Externalizing Problems
   • Low Frustration Tolerance
   • Anger
   • Acting Out
   • Bullying
   
   
5. Interventions for Typical Developmental Problems
   • Self-Acceptance
   • Relationships
   • Transitions
   
   
6. Applications for Parents and Teachers
   • Problem Assessment
   • Identifying Irrational Beliefs
   • Disputing Irrational Beliefs
   • Teaching and Parenting Styles
   • Authoritarian Style
   • Permissive Style
   • Authoritative Style
   • Solving the Practical Problem
   • Logical Consequences
   • Communication Techniques: What Doesn’t Work and What Does
   • Rational Emotive Education
   • Case Study
   • Summary of Case Study
   
   Appendix: Game Board