s include methods and techniques aimed at:
(1) Helping parents understand why children do not behave the way they used to, and why both controlling and overly-permissive discipline styles are ineffective;
(2) Teaching parents to utilize positive discipline principles aimed at reducing disruptive behavior via a recognition of the underlying reasons motivating the behavior;
(3) Informing parents about birth-order and the differential kinds of parent-child interaction that occur for different orders of birth;
(4) Teaching parents the four main behavioral issues involved in child-rearing (undue attention, power, revenge, and assumed inadequacy);
(5) Showing parents the use of natural and logical consequences to create helpful learning experiences for children; (6) Teaching parents how to effectively encourage children;
Another important component of Adlerian parent education programs is the use of family meetings whose purpose is to te
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