For years, parents in northern New England waited up to three months to get an appointment with behavioral therapist James Lehman. His straight-talk effectiveness with children and adolescents with the most severe behavior problems was well known. Parents who had worked with James spoke of the profound transformations he had helped them achieve in their families.
Now Legacy Publishing Company brings James Lehman's techniques to parents everywhere, with The Total Transformation — a step-by-step, multi-media program designed to help parents manage challenging behaviors in children and teenagers.
The program uses cognitive learning theory and behavior management techniques to help children and adolescents change their behavior. Parents learn to teach their children how to solve social problems rather than respond to these problems with defiance, blaming, anger or abusive behavior. The Total Transformation focuses on changing thinking rather than changing feelings to achieve better behavior—an approach that differs from traditional insight-oriented therapy.
James Lehman addresses the full spectrum of behavior problems in children and teens: defiance, back talk, lying, disrespect, acting out in school, homework struggles, refusal to get out of bed or do chores, tantrums, cursing, substance abuse, lack of motivation and abusive behavior. He provides specific recommendations on how to handle each behavior, with guidance on what to do and what to say to the child.
