Russell A. Barkley 
Defiant Children, Third Edition [PDF ebook] 
A Clinician’s Manual for Assessment and Parent Training

Introduction I. Prerequisite Information for Using the Program 1. The Rationale for the Program 2. Clinical Assessment of Defiant Children 3. Practical Considerations in Parent Training 4. An Overview of the Parent Training Program II. Guidelines for Therapists in Conducting the Program Step 1. Why Children Misbehave Step 2. Pay Attention! Step 3. Increasing Compliance and Independent Play Step 4. When Praise Is Not Enough: Poker Chips and Points Step 5. Time Out and Other Disciplinary Methods Step 6. Extending Time Out to Other Misbehavior Step 7. Anticipating Problems: Managing Children in Public Places Step 8. Improving School Behavior from Home: The Daily School Behavior Report Card Step 9. Handling Future Behavior Problems Step 10. Booster Session and Follow-Up Meetings III. Assessment Materials Form 1. General Instructions for Completing the Questionnaires Form 2. Child and Family Information Form 3. Developmental and Medical History Form 4. Home Situations Questionnaire Form 5. School Situations Questionnaire Form 6. How to Prepare for Your Child’s Evaluation IV. Parent Handouts Parent Handout for Step 1. Profiles of Child and Parent Characteristics Parent Handout for Step 1. Family Problems Inventory Parent Handout for Step 1. Diagram of Oppositional Defiant Intervention Parent Handout for Step 2. Paying Attention to Your Child’s Good Play Behavior Parent Handout for Step 3. Paying Attention to Your Child’s Compliance Parent Handout for Step 3. Giving Effective Commands Parent Handout for Step 3. Attending to Independent Play Parent Handout for Step 4. The Home Poker Chip/Point System Parent Handout for Step 5. Time Out! Parent Handout for Step 7. Anticipating Problems: Managing Children in Public Places Parent Handout for Step 8. Using a Daily School Behavior Report Card Parent Handout for Step 9. Managing Future Behavior Problems

Russell A. Barkley, Ph D, ABPP, ABCN, is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Virginia Treatment Center for Children and Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine. Dr. Barkley has worked with children, adolescents, and families since the 1970s and is the author of numerous bestselling books for both professionals and the public, including Taking Charge of ADHD and Your Defiant Child. He has also published five assessment scales and more than 275 scientific articles and book chapters on ADHD, executive functioning, and childhood defiance, and is editor of the newsletter The ADHD Report. A frequent conference presenter and speaker who is widely cited in the national media, Dr. Barkley is past president of the Section on Clinical Child Psychology (the former Division 12) of the American Psychological Association (APA), and of the International Society for Research in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology. He is a recipient of awards from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the APA, among other honors. His website is www.russellbarkley.org.