This book, now in its second printing, is an accumulation of knowledge acquired from the career of a psychologist, foster parent, and the founder of Jasper Mountain. Dr. Dave Ziegler discusses how to manage the most difficult children, addressing two audiences: first, he speaks to parents in plain English about what works with very challenging children; second, he offers therapists ideas to enhance their important work with these children.
This book does not focus on just one or even several problems with children; instead, it covers all of the most common serious problems with difficult children, acknowledging that these children often have multiple issues. Through practical examples and a sense of humor, the author provides a way to understand these children and, more importantly, how to help them and the families who care for them.
The methods offered have a strong foundation in both theory and practice. Dave Ziegler has been a parent to hundreds of emotionally disturbed children and a therapist to thousands more. These methods have brought international attention to Jasper Mountain. Nearly every page offers ideas to make you a better parent or therapist to the child no one knows how to reach.
Raising Children Who Refuse to Be Raised is a handbook that no biological, foster, or adoptive parent should be without. Anyone who lives or works with children who have multiple problems and are also frightened, traumatized, and angry will benefit from the advice of this master counselor and foster parent.
