Whilst there is a large number of primary-care staff wanting to treat psychiatrically ill children, they lack adequate training. There has, in the past, been an insufficient number of prescribable, measurable techniques to aid any training in this field of work. This has resulted in confusion and apathy amongst staff, together with long periods of treatment which often weaken family relationships.

This book is designed to equip all professionals dealing with emotionally or behaviourally disturbed children and their families, with practical methods and techniques. It demonstrates how staff can work more effectively when each child and family being treated has a detailed treatment programme, each component of which can be readily understood and measured. The 61 techniques included in this handbook have been developed over many years during the authors' experience in Canada, Hong Kong and New Zealand

Deanna Mulvihill, who left a head nurse's position at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario to join the Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria BC Canada, worked with Dr Ney to write up these techniques. Mulvihill also assisted in the training of staff and the opening of the Unit in Christchurch. 

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