Non-Violent Resistance

A New Approach to Violent and Self-destructive Children

Haim Omer (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

230 Seiten

2003
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-53623-3 (ISBN)

Infos

This is an application of Gandhi's 'nonviolent' resistance to the family context. The book includes a step-by-step instruction manual for parents. Special topics include: dealing with violence against siblings; dealing with children who take control of the house; building alliances between parents and teachers, and, community uses of the approach.

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This book begins with an examination of Gandhi's 'nonviolent' resistance and its application to the family context. A model of escalation processes between parents and children is presented, as well as ways for overcoming escalation. The book includes a step-by-step instruction manual for parents. Special topics include: dealing with violence against siblings; dealing with children who take control of the house; building alliances between parents and teachers, and community uses of the approach.

Inhalt

Foreword; 1. Non-violent resistance: a new approach to violent and self-destructive children; 2. Escalation processes; 3. The parents' instruction manual; 4. Non-violent resistance in action; 5. Violence toward siblings; 6. Children who take control of the house; 7. Parents and teachers: the vital alliance; 8. Non-violent resistance in the community; Afterword; References.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.12.2003
• Übersetzer: Shoshana London Sappir
• Zusatzinfo: 1 Line drawings, unspecified
• Verlagsort: Cambridge
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 151 x 228 mm
• Gewicht: 315 g
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Entwicklungspsychologie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
• ISBN-10: 0-521-53623-5 / 0521536235
• ISBN-13: 978-0-521-53623-3 / 9780521536233
• Zustand: Neuware