Overview

This guidebook helps child therapists understand the relationship between the identification of problem behaviors and the formulation of effective interventions. Handbook of Child Behavior Therapy instructs professionals on not only `what we do', but also `how to do it'. The contributors give ecological considerations prime importance, grouping behaviors into the settings where they are most likely to be assessed and treated. The volume offers a superb view of the clinical decision-making process.

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Author:   T. Steuart Watson ,  Frank M. Gresham
Publisher:   Springer Science+Business Media
Imprint:   Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 3.50cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   2.680kg
ISBN:  

9780306455483

ISBN 10:   030645548
Pages:   507
Publication Date:   30 November 1997
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

I. Foundations of Child Behavior Therapy.- 1. Behavioral and Functional Assessment.- 2. Designs for Evaluating Behavior Change: Conceptual Principles of Single Case Methodology.- 3. Toward a Behavior Analytic Approach to Consultation.- II. School-Based Problems.- 4. Preventing Academic Skills Deficits.- 5. Enhancing Academic Achievement through Related Routines: A Functional Approach.- 6. Attention/Concentration Problems.- 7. Speech Disfluencies.- 8. School Attendance.- III. Home-Based Problems.- 9. Teaching Parenting Skills.- 10. Child Physical Abuse and Neglect.- 11. Sleep Problems.- 12. Preventing Injury in Children: The Need for Parental Involvement.- 13. Elimination Disorders in Children.- IV Medical/Pediatric Problems.- 14. Behavior Management of Recurrent Pain in Children.- 15. Central Nervous System Dysfunction: Brain Injury, Postconcussive Syndrome, and Seizure Disorder.- 16. Chronic Illness in Childhood: A Hypothesis-Testing Approach.- 17. Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Eating Disorders.- 18. Behavioral Treatment of Feeding Disorders in Children.- V. Cross-Setting Problems.- 19. Anxiety-Related Difficulties.- 20. A Behavior Analytic Approach for Treating Depression.- 21. Assessment and Treatment of Self-Injury.- 22. Habits and Tics.- 23. Antisocial Behavior in Schools.- 24. Social Skills Training with Children: Social Learning and Applied Behavioral Analytic Approaches.- 25. Current Issues in Child Behavior Therapy.

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