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Summary: A Time Bomb in My House
Review: The cover of this book caught my eye in the bookstore and I knew there must be something in there for me. I finally had some authoritative information on what my family has been through for the past 13 years. I've known our son was "different" since he was a toddler throwing his time-out chair at me and screaming, I just didn't understand why until now. The "pick your battles" basket approach Dr Greene uses puts daily frustrations and battles into perspective and gives the frustrated parent an extremely useful tool in learning to work with the time bomb in your house. Letting go of the notion that a child should behave a certain way and obey without question is very difficult for some parents to do but learning the art of negotiating with your explosive child and reducing the "meltdowns" in your life is well worth it.The chapter on medications is very helpful for those not understanding what an important role they can play. Our son has been on Ritalin for ADHD since he was 3 1/2 and was finally diagnosed at age ten as also having bipolar disorder. After 2 hospitalizations in the past 2 1/2 years and 2 suicide attempts in the last year we are getting the correct mixture of 7 different medications that have finally helped stabilize his moods enough to actually begin to use the methods in the book. Dr. Greene has finally helped us find a major piece of the puzzle to being able to help our family regain some sanity in our lives. Anyone who has ever looked down at another parent for not being able to control their child needs to read this book and walk a mile in their shoes. The parents of these children need a friend much more than they need another condescending comment on how to raise their children.
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Summary: The Explosive Child
Review: A must read for any parent of a child with Oppositional Defiant Disorder.
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Summary: Changed our lives almost overnight!
Review: Even if you do not think of yours as a "problem" child, this book can help you steer around difficult moments and establish a more peaceful, less stressful home environment. Our 5-year-old is bright and social but has terrible tantrums around transitions like getting to school and going to lessons. Greene believes that all children want to behave properly but some children must be taught to be flexible. It really helped us to see our son's issues as being learning- related rather than due to laziness or bad attitude! Greene's book gave us a simple, easy-to-follow set of ideas about how to teach him how to get past frustrating moments without meltdowns. Overnight, we have seen a significant improvement in behavior - because WE know how to help him better!
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Summary: Very comprehensive coverage of presenting problem behaviors.
Review: This book really hit the nail on the head in describing what seems to be going on with these children - how they start to go into a "meltdown" and after this begins it is as if they no longer can comprehend what is going on. You cannot at that point reason with the child and nothing you say actually gets through. The child is always sorry or evens sometimes cannot recall the events that took place while going through this event. The book is great at helping you set priorities as to what behaviors are worth going through a blow-out and what isn't with his basket approach. In other words, how to pick your battles. The basket approach is easy to comprehend and usually easy to put to use. However - the things that must go into the "A" basket [which are things that are non-negotiable] are, for many parents, the very same things that are causing the most disturbance in their households. This includes such things are getting up in the morning and getting dressed and going to school. He does not tell you how to best ride-out or attempt to diffuse these situations. It's great to say that parents should limit basket A to these types of items, but we still need help in getting these things accomplished! I, myself, am the parent of an explosive/inflexible child and I'll tell you - this book was recommended by my son's school and his therapist because none of the traditional behavior management methods, medications and/or counseling has done any good in helping him and ourselves deal with this. We have been doing counseling for 4 1/2 yrs and using meds for 3 yrs. I bought the book with high hopes because he is once again in crisis at school and things are terrible at home. In summation, this book is great for determining if your child is explosive/inflexible and will help you with guidelines in dealing with the school, but it really doesn't answer the question any parent of a child like this has - "What can I do to enforce the MUST DO regimens of everyday life?
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Summary: A real classroom saver
Review: This is an excellent resource for teachers and parents of emotionally-disturbed children. I have a self-comtained classroom of six ED/BD students. One of them had severely regressed from a negative change in his home environment. He was destroying our classroom daily, placing everyone around him in danger. This book helped me to put things back into perspective, so I could get him back to his previous level of positive behaviors and try to even out his emotional state. I have been working with him with the three basket theory in mind for 2 weeks and my classroom has only been destroyed twice. He is much more rational and able to control himself when correction is necesary. The three basket theory is a classroom-saver.
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Summary: Buy this book!
Review: As a teacher of children with behavioral and emotional disorders, I found Greene's book extremely useful. In the first part of the book, he explores inflexibility and explosiveness in children (and biological/chemical factors influencing such behavior.) This section alone is worth its weight in gold for helping parents and teachers take a closer look at what's going on with their kids. The rest of the book is devoted to his "three basket" intervention method. I am beginning to use this technique in my classroom to help avoid "meltdowns" over issues that really aren't important and to help TEACH my students how to negotiate and cope in frustrating situations. I want my students to become more flexible not just because it makes it easier on me in the classroom; they'll be happier and less frustrated in school, at home, and out in the world. I've recommended this book to many parents and colleagues.
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Summary: A must read for parents of easily frustrated children
Review: This book is a must have for parenting easily frustrated children. A step by step guide leads you through each phase of helping you and your child restore order and happiness in your lives. By following and understanding the correct parenting approach for these types of children we were able to reduce temper tantrums and explosive behavior in a matter of 6 months. I highly recommend this book. It has become our bible for our easily frustrated, bipolar 5 year old. Includes disciple guidlines, siblings and enviromental assistance.
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Summary: A FAMILY SAVER
Review: This book has saved our family from distruction. Dr. Green's approach works. It is the only one that makes sense when dealing with these explosive but bright children. Your daily life with your child with be calmer and peaceful. Give the baskets a try and I trust the relationships in your family with change for the better.
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Summary: A remarkable new way of looking at "explosive" children.
Review: Ross Greene has given us a new and better understanding of inflexibility and explosivity. His theory is that if children could change, they would. He explores pathways to rigidity and explosive behavior including neurological, sensory-based, attentional differences, and more. A wonderful resource for educators, parents, and therapists.
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Summary: We've gone from basket cases to basket makers.
Review: After purchasing many books to try and understand our child and his behavior, we've found one that describes our son to a "T". He is very similar to "Casey" from the book(in both age and behavior). After applying the "basket" techniques, we started to see results after only one week. We also recommended this book to our family psychologist and after reading it, he found new ideas for use in his practice. Thank you Dr. Greene for giving us the opportunity to make the future brighter for our son, and for saving our marriage.
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