The book is well structured with clearly flagged sections within eachchapter that allow the reader to easily locate the passage they'relooking for. This may seem like a trivial point, but for a busypractitioner ease of access is a significant factor.
Once immersed in the text, I was intrigued by the mention of a 1981study that advocates parental use of "a mild spank". But this wasdiscussed within the context of the controversy that it generated,rather than promoted as a contemporary recommendation. The ethicalissues are immense and the book neatly describes how some of these wereeasily overcome whereas others were more challenging.
I also appreciated that the book does not recommend one programme overany others but places the clients' interests first. This was highlightedby the offer of a second intervention programme to one family who hadnot achieved much progress with the first one they tried. And Iparticularly liked the use of case studies to elaborate differentstrategies; these showed that working with families is notstraightforward and that there can be many frustrations to be overcomeby both practitioners and clients.
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