Challenging Behavior Cases

In this section, the written and video case studies show how looking beneath the challenging behavior to the unmet feelings and needs of the parent and child yield important insights and ways to help the child’s behavior.

In the written cases, the PFR connecting strategies of joining with parents, sharing observations, offering strengths-based feedback, reflecting together and sharing handouts are demonstrated. The PFR approach to being relationship-focused is also shown.

Ways of Being Relationship-Focused

Remember to always…

Enter the world of the parent:

What is the parent’s experience? What is the parent feeling? What is the parent needing?

Enter the world of the child:

What is the child’s experience? What is the child feeling? What is the child needing?

Enter my own world:

What are my feelings about what is going on? What do I need to support and nurture the parent-child relationship?