This model presents a way to integrate the assessment and treatment of children with an evaluation of their parents and families. It uses the authors’ unique concept of the Zones of Care to help clinicians assess this level of function. In turn, each of the four zones leads to a specific approach to treatment. The authors present how these treatment approaches to current disorders in children and adolescents allow clinicians to integrate a wide variety of techniques to address most DSM-IV categories. The authors’ approach stresses both symptom reduction and the cultivation of coping skills and integrates fiscal issues of treatment into the development of the alliance with the parents. Dr. Ziegler and Dr. Bush present the reader with practical, workable strategies for laying down strong diagnostic foundations for successful treatment, making Sharing Care a valuable resource for any clinician working with children and adolescents.

Contents:
1. Part I. Getting Started
2. Facing the Presenting Problem in the Initial Family
3. Based and Child Diagnostic Meeting
4. Challenging Children: Challenging Families
5. Management Techniques and Understanding the Zone of Difficulty
6. Assessing Parental and Family Function
7. Finding Your Treatment Plan in the Zone
8. Part II. Disorders in Children
9. Internalizing Disorders: Anxiety - Depressive Spectrum Disorders
10. Externalizing Disorders: ADD-ODD-Conduct Disorder
11. Problem or Solution: Complications in the Treatment Plan in Zone 1
12. Epilogue: Enhancing Parental Care, Family Structure and Coping in Children: Long-Term contact for Zone 1
13. Children, Parents and Families.