Child & Family Behavior Therapy is a multi-dimensional source for contemporary applied research addressing the needs of children, adults, and their families, as well as practitioners and researchers. This peer reviewed/peer refereed journal offers original research, examples, and behavioral procedures for practitioners and educators. Dr. Cyril Franks, Distinguished Editor Emeritus and Editor Dr. Charles Diament along with Book Review Editor Dr. Howard Paul and Associate Editor Dr. Raymond Romanczyk, bring together leading internationally known experts on evidence based practice to review developments in the field and highlight implications for clinical practice.
This journal focuses on the practical applications of broadly defined behavior therapy (behavior therapy, cognitive behavior therapy, applied behavior analysis). The demonstrably validated evidence-based interventions from around the world will facilitate the work of child psychologists, psychiatrists, teachers, social workers, school counselors, family therapists, researchers, and other practitioners. Regular features include extensive book reviews, case studies, and technique innovations.
Child & Family Behavior Therapy examines such issues as:
- interventions for parents as well as children
- school and homework issues
- social skills development
- comprehensive behavioral interventions
This state-of-the-art journal has addressed a broad range of populations, 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 programs
- interventions for infant and toddler sleep disturbance
- mothers' and fathers' discipline of hard-to-manage toddlers
- applied behavior analysis intervention for Autism Spectrum Disorder
- 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
Peer Review Policy: All articles in this journal have undergone rigorous anonymous double-blind peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymous refereeing by two referees.
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