Transforming the Difficult Child

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Summary: This was the ticket
Review: I had read the book and had great results right away, BUT my husband and my mom, who helps watch the children often, were not about to either read the book or take directions from me in a straightforward way. SO, this little tape has worked it's magic. My husband listened to it over and over on the way to worked and now pleasantly competes with me to be the best parent (I love it) and my mom now gives me advice on how to do the approach (love this too.) All this has added up to a very good outcome for our son who was stuck in the confusion of very different styles of parenting. Now he's applauding himself for his successes. Before, when he was intensely negative, he seemed to hate himself.

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Summary: This really helped
Review: I just needed to hear about the approach over and over. This was my daily dose of inspiration that got me through.

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Summary: Poor Audio Quality, just a hour presentation.
Review: I was very disappointed in the audio quality of a CD this priced. As someone else had said, it is just an hour long talk he gave in an auditorium, where there was a mic at a podium. At time the audio is acceptable at other times very poor, with lots of back ground effect.

Not worth it!

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Summary: Review of the AUDIO version
Review: This review is solely based on the cassette version of the book. I have not read the book nor do I plan to, after my experience with the audio version.

I was extremely dissapointed! You get a recording of a presentation made by (I assume Howard Glasser) to a group of parents. The recording is of low quality, I had a difficult, frustrating, time hearing the speaker.

The basic points presented are probably significant but are not really new. They seem like reencarnations of existing strategies I have heard in the past. Although the speaker may have different insights into these behavior modification strategies he does not elaborate with (realistic, every day) examples that will help me as a parent to apply the strategies in every day life.

Do NOT waste your money on this. As parents of ADHD children there are a lot of people trying to sell us miracle cures, this seems like one of them.

Instead, I would highly recommend the audio version of "How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk [ABRIDGED]"
Although this classic is not specifically designed for the "Difficult Child" the strategies certainly apply to "Difficult Children" and the presentation is coherent and complete, providing the parent with a set of tools to use immediately.