Journal Details
Child & Family Behavior Therapy
Published By: Routledge
Volume Number: 32
Frequency: 4 issues per year
Print ISSN: 0731-7107
Online ISSN: 1545-228X
Aims & Scope
© 2009 Thomson Reuters, Journal Citation Reports® for 2008 ranks Child & Family Behavioral Therapy in Social Science-Psychology-Clinical and Social Science-Family Studies.
Child & Family Behavior Therapy is the ideal supplement to today's growing psychological literature on children, adults, and their families. This peer reviewed/peer refereed journal offers original research, examples, and behavioral techniques for parents, teachers, mental health professionals, and counselors. Dr. Cyril Franks, Editor and founder of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, along with Co-editor Charles Diament and Associate Editors Howard Paul and Raymond Romanczyk, bring together leading internationally known experts on behavior therapy to review developments in the field and highlight implications for clinical practice.
This journal focuses on the practical applications of behavior therapy, sharing the latest developments, extensive case studies, and step-by-step instructions for using these methods in your own practice. These proven interventions from around the world will facilitate the work of teachers, child psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, school counselors, family therapists, researchers, and other special educators. Regular features include extensive book reviews, case studies, and technique innovations.
In addition, Child & Family Behavior Therapy examines such issues as:
Child & Family Behavior Therapy is the ideal supplement to today's growing psychological literature on children, adults, and their families. This peer reviewed/peer refereed journal offers original research, examples, and behavioral techniques for parents, teachers, mental health professionals, and counselors. Dr. Cyril Franks, Editor and founder of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, along with Co-editor Charles Diament and Associate Editors Howard Paul and Raymond Romanczyk, bring together leading internationally known experts on behavior therapy to review developments in the field and highlight implications for clinical practice.
This journal focuses on the practical applications of behavior therapy, sharing the latest developments, extensive case studies, and step-by-step instructions for using these methods in your own practice. These proven interventions from around the world will facilitate the work of teachers, child psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, school counselors, family therapists, researchers, and other special educators. Regular features include extensive book reviews, case studies, and technique innovations.
In addition, Child & Family Behavior Therapy examines such issues as:
- interventions for parents as well as children
- classroom behavior and homework issues
- social skills development for emotionally disturbed children
- behavioral interventions for children with ADHD, conduct disorders, and other presenting problems
This state-of-the-art journal has addressed a broad range of topics and issues, including:
- homework for adolescents—self- and parental monitoring
- behavioral problems in preschoolers
- parental tolerance for child misbehavior
- the effectiveness of a standard parenting skill program in reducing misbehavior
- the interaction of parenting styles and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Iranian parents
- interventions for infant and toddler sleep disturbance
- mothers' and fathers' discipline of hard-to-manage toddlers
- simplified habit reversal plus adjunct contingencies in the treatment of thumb sucking and hair pulling
- the effects of mothers' depression on the behavioral assessment of disruptive child behavior
- the behavioral treatment of a young adult with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- gender issues, cultural issues, ethnic issues, and family issues
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