Controls from within: Techniques for the treatmnet of the aggressive child Hardcover – 1952

Stellar book. Must read if you work with tough kids.

If you work with emotionally disturbed or behaviorally disordered youth you must have this book in your library. It is the classic work in the field and has held up for nearly 50 years. Professors in the college where I taught for several years called this book "the Bible," and for good reason!Redl & Wineman help the reader to conceptualize the personality and behavior problems they encountered dealing with a small number of boys in Pioneer House, a residential facility outside of Detroit. The boys presented numerous behaviors which today are associated with Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Conduct Disorder. Redl & Wineman give practical ideas about how to work successfully with such difficult children. They provide numerous examples that "ring true."The book is written from an ego-analytic perspective but the language is such that anyone can readily grasp the authors' ideas. All but a few dyed-in-the-wool Skinnerians will agree with the common-sense approach Redl & Wineman take towards their charges.This book is companion to Redl & Wineman's "Children Who Hate." The reader is advised to buy both books to gain a full appreciation of the experience and wisdom that undergirds them.

This is still the most comprehensive, intelligent book regarding the characteristics, struggles, and education of behavior disordered youth. Mr. Redl obviously fully understood the challenge of teaching these students and generations of teachers have taken wisdom from it and benefited many, many afflicted students. It is a shame that it is unavailable.