This book provides a detailed framework for effective, individualized intervention with highly oppositional children and their families. Many vivid examples and Q&A sections show how to identify the specific cognitive factors that contribute to explosive and noncompliant behavior, remediate these factors, and teach children and their adult caregivers how to solve problems collaboratively. The book also describes challenges that may arise in implementing the model and provides clear and practical solutions.1. Explosive Children and Adolescents: The Need for a Different Paradigm2. Identifying Pathways and Triggers3. Options for Handling Problems: Three Plans4. Plan B Basics5. Beyond the Basics6. Skills Trained with Plan B7. Collaborative Problem Solving in Schools8. Collaborative Problem Solving in Therapeutic/Restrictive Settings9. Last Call10. Epilogue: Beyond Explosive Kids