First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Part I. Getting Started. Facing the Presenting Problem in the Initial Family Based and Child Diagnostic Meeting: The Perfect Family. Challenging Children: Challenging Families: Management Techniques and Understanding the Zone of Difficulty: The Less than Perfect Family. Assessing Parental and Family Function: Psychopathology in Parents Which Undermines Children's Development - Impact on Treatment Planning. Finding Your Treatment Plan in the Zone: Preparing the Short-Term and Long-Term Plan for Yourself, Parents and Working with Available Resources (Including Managed Care). Part II. Disorders in Children: Introduction. Internalizing Disorders: Anxiety - Depressive Spectrum Disorders. Externalizing Disorders: ADD-ODD-Conduct Disorder. Problem or Solution: Complications in the Treatment Plan in Zone 1. Epilogue: Enhancing Parental Care, Family Structure and Coping in Children: Long-Term contact for Zone 1 Children, Parents and Families.