Beginning with an examination of Gandhi's nonviolent resistance and its application to the family context, Haim Omer presents a model of violence escalation processes between parents and children, as well as ways to overcome escalation. Non-Violent Resistance includes a step-by-step instruction manual for parents and special topics include: *dealing with violence against siblings; *dealing with children who take control of the house; *building alliances between parents and teachers; *community uses of the approach. Haim Omer is Professor of Psychology at Tel Aviv University, He is the author of Constructing Therapeutic Narratives and Parental Presence , which was a Bestseller in Israel.
Language
English
Pages
230
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Release
January 12, 2004
ISBN
0521829488
ISBN 13
9780521829489
Non-Violent Resistance: A New Approach to Violent and Self-Destructive Children
Beginning with an examination of Gandhi's nonviolent resistance and its application to the family context, Haim Omer presents a model of violence escalation processes between parents and children, as well as ways to overcome escalation. Non-Violent Resistance includes a step-by-step instruction manual for parents and special topics include: *dealing with violence against siblings; *dealing with children who take control of the house; *building alliances between parents and teachers; *community uses of the approach. Haim Omer is Professor of Psychology at Tel Aviv University, He is the author of Constructing Therapeutic Narratives and Parental Presence , which was a Bestseller in Israel.