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Although many parents use spankings to discipline their children, research shows that corporal punishment harms children and is ineffective at changing their behavior. This book presents 5 effective interventions designed to stop and prevent parents from physically punishing their children.  Each chapter of this book reviews a different intervention, summarizes its evidence base, and generalizability across populations and contexts, and explains how to implement it in community and mental health settings. Some strategies explicitly discourage parents from using physical punishment, while others focus on teaching alternative ways to manage children amp rsquo s behavior. Some can be incorporated into individual, family, or group therapy, while others educate the public in hospitals or other community settings. All of the strategies will help parents change their behavior in ways that promote their children amp rsquo s healthy development. Therapists, social workers, other community health and safety professionals, and policy makers will all appreciate the diverse array of strategies represented in the book.

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9781433831140

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Elizabeth T. Gershoff, PhD, is Professor of Human Development and Family Sciences and Associate Director for Faculty Development at the Population Research Center, both at the University of Texas at Austin. She has published extensively on the topic of physical punishment and is an internationally recognized expert on the effects of physical punishment by parents or by school personnel on children. She lives in Austin, Texas.    Shawna J. Lee, PhD, is Associate Professor and Director of the Parenting in Context Research Lab, in the School of Social Work at the University of Michigan. Dr. Lee has published on early parent-child relationships, physical discipline of children, and child maltreatment prevention. She was a lead author of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children amp rsquo s statement against the use of physical punishment. She lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Visit http://parentingincontext.org. Follow shawnajolee on Twitter.  

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