Handbook of Child Behavior Therapy / Edition 1

by T. Steuart Watson, Frank M. Gresham

Overview

The genesis of this book occurred several years ago provide readers with not only the "what to do" of child behavior therapy, but the "how to do it" as in Seattle on the veranda of a Chilean cafe overlook­ well. Each of the chapters guides the reader through ing Pikes Place Market during a National Association of School Psychologists conference. We were the clinical decision-making process, from identify­ ing a problem to evaluating the effectiveness of a discussing, along with several other behavioral school psychologists, how the field of child behavior chosen intervention. One of the difficulties in assembling an edited analysis and therapy has experienced rapid growth over the past forty years, but lamenting that books in book is ensuring a high degree of continuity and the area did not reflect the advancements made in the similarity between chapters, without infringing on assessment and treatment of a wide variety of prob­ the individual writing style of the authors. This lem behaviors evidenced by children. That is not to book is certainly no exception. To help with conti­ say that there are no good books available to the child nuity, we provided the authors with an outline to use behavior therapist. In fact, most readers of this book as a guide as they prepared their manuscripts. The undoubtedly have bookshelves lined with noteworthy operative word here is "guide.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780306455483
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	11/30/1997
Series:	Issues in Clinical Child Psychology
Edition description:	1998
Pages:	507
Product dimensions:	7.01(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.04(d)

About the Author

Watson, T. Steuart (Mississippi State Univ); Gresham, Frank M. (UC Riverside)

The contributors represent the specialties of psychology, pediatric psychology, education, and psychiatry. Most come from U.S. universities including Univ of Nebraska, UC Riverside, Louisiana State Univ, and Mississippi State Univ.

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.

Editorial Reviews

Twenty-five contributions emphasize a process of treatment that involves the identification of the problem behavior and its function, and the formulation and evaluation of the intervention. The authors also note the importance of ecological considerations, functional assessment, and behavioral consultation. After an initial discussion of the foundations of child behavior therapy, particular problem behaviors are grouped according to the setting in which they are usually manifested. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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