Prompting Parents toward Constructivist Caregiving Practices

Conversational Construction of Meaning in Family Therapy: Some Evolving Thoughts on Kelly's Sociality Corollary

“…Neimeyer, 1985G. Neimeyer, , 1987Procter & Stephens, 1984), applying personal construct psychology to specific familial situations (Kenny, 1987;Mancuso & Handin, 1984;McDonald & Mancuso, 1987) or to specific case studies (R. Neimeyer, 1986), typologizing dysfunctional dyads (G. Neimeyer & R. Neimeyer, 1985, or refining the grid methodology (Ryle, 1975;Ryle & Breen, 1972b;Ryle & Lunghi, 1970;Ryle & Lipshitz, 1981;Procter, 1985b). G. Neimeyer and Hudson (1985) note that personal constructivists have just begun to elaborate the therapeutic implications of the social development of meaning.…”

Constructivist interpretation of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder

“…The concept of reprimand has been differentiated on the tangential versus relevant dimension (Mancuso & Handin, 1983). In this conception, relevant reprimands deal directly with the salient features of the context that prompted the reprimand, whereas tangential reprimands tend to be coercive in nature (e.g., anger role enactments).…”