This brief but potent reference combines cognitive-behavioral and rational-emotive theory and
techniques in an effective group program for parents of children with externalizing disorders.
The Rational Positive Parenting Program (rPPP) addresses irrational emotions and their
underlying beliefs that contribute to ineffective parenting while modeling skills for improved
parent-child relationships and management of children's problem behaviors. The book reviews the
full-length brief and online protocols for rPPP with session content objectives
therapeutic techniques activities and assignments. Also included are a digest of the evidence
base for the program and a kit of parent handouts targeting emotion-regulation skills. This
highly practical volume: Overviews externalizing disorders in children and their treatment.
Examines parenting practices as an etiological factor for child psychopathology. Situates the
Rational Positive Parenting Program in CBT and REBT theory. Presents empirical support for
rPPP. Details the full-length brief and online protocols for rPPP. Includes rPPP forms
worksheets and measures. The Rational Positive Parenting Program is a ready resource for
practitioners working in REBT including therapists clinical psychologists and counselors as
well as for researchers addressing externalizing disorders in children in clinical practice.
