developmental interventions evidence-based methodological

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Single-Case Research Designs: Methods for Clinical and Applied Settings

2 reviews
Alan E. Kazdin

Oxford University Press, USA, 1982

An excellent tome on single subject research
I used this book almost exclusively for one of my candidacy exam questions in an applied behaviora analysis doctoral program. I had been a bit sketchy on research methodology and felt I needed to bone up on it, so I asked one of my committee members to consider that as a topic and to give me several references from which to study. She recommended Johnston & Pennypacker's Strategies and Tactics of ...

Methodological Issues & Strategies in Clinical Research

1 review

American Psychological Association (APA), 2003

Outstanding resource for researchers and graduate students
This edited volume is an outstanding collection of several classic papers and many more recent, thoughtful and thought provoking papers. Covers a comprehensive set of methodological topics relevant to clinical research from the initial conception stage through design and analysis to write-up. Would make an excellent choice of text for a graduate seminar on clinical research methods.

Evidence-Based Psychotherapy: Where Practice And Research Meet

American Psychological Association (APA), 2006

The adoption of evidence-based practice (EBP) has powerful ramifications for the future of psychotherapy. As the EBP movement spreads throughout healthcare, with its associated demands for demonstrable results, cost monitoring and accountability, mental health professionals are not in agreement on the best treatments and their bases or how to weight the factors that contribute to good outcomes. Evidence-Based Psychotherapy: Where Practice and ...

Parent Management Training: Treatment for Oppositional, Aggressive, and Antisocial Behavior in Children and ...

2 reviews
Alan E. Kazdin

Oxford University Press, USA, 2005

Outstanding treatment manual
Alan Kazdin is one of the preeminent child psychologists and a superb writer. His manuals are always top-notch, and "Parent Management Training" is another terrific book. Written for mental health professionals, the book outlines in detail parent management training (PMT), a behavior-based treatment developed for parents of children with conduct problems. The treatment has been shown to work ...

Evidence-Based Psychotherapies for Children and Adolescents

5 reviews

The Guilford Press, 2003

If you want a book like this one, this is the one to get
This is a compendium of articles, by a host of different researchers, describing different aspects of "evidence-based" psychotherapies for children and adolescents. The first four chapters describe the concept of "evidence-based," its evolution, how research on psychotherapy with children must incorporate developmental factors, and the ethical aspects of doing research on psychotherapy. The basic ...

Cognitive and Behavioral Interventions: An Empirical Approach to Mental Health Problems
Linda W. Craighead, W. Edward Craighead, ...

Allyn & Bacon, 1993

This high-level edited volume provides a balanced discussion of both cognitive and behavioral perspectives of mental health issues, emphasizing the broad range of applications and wide variety of disorders in which interventions have been shown to be effective. Covers disorders and problem areas in both adult and child/adolescent populations, reflects the views and conclusions of the active researchers in the field, focuses on empirical ...

Research Design in Clinical Psychology (4th Edition)

5 reviews
Alan E. Kazdin

Allyn & Bacon, 2002

Great book!
As a third year grad student, I read A LOT of textbooks. I can say that this is one of the better ones, with clear definitions and lots of examples. A great asset for any student.

Behavior Modification in Applied Settings

3 reviews
Alan E. Kazdin

Wadsworth Publishing, 2000

This book is a classic
Kazdin's treatment of Behavior Modification in Applied Settings is comprehensive and lucid. It is extremly helpful for teaching behavior therapy to graduate students in clincal and school psychology. I strongly recommend this book to anyone involved in the process of promoting therapeutic change or teaching therapists to be effective agents for change.

The Kazdin Method for Parenting the Defiant Child: With No Pills, No Therapy, No Contest of Wills

18 reviews
Alan E. Kazdin

Houghton Mifflin, 2008

Breaks parenting myths.
This book has turned around our three and four year old children. I wake up now to happy kids who want to get up and get ready for the day and go places. We have gone from feeling like we are on a parental battleground for tasks just to get out the door to having mutually rewarding relationships and conversations with our kids. Mom and Dad are happier and feel more in control of our lives. The ...

Parenting Your Defiant Child: The Kazdin Method for Managing Difficult Behaviour
Alan E. Kazdin

Piatkus Books, 2008

Encyclopedia of Psychology: 8-Volume Set

3 reviews

Oxford University Press, USA, 2000

A First-Class Reference Work
Comprehensive in scope, a great starting place for research. See also, the similar Encyclopedia of Psych edited by Corsini.

Conduct Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence (Developmental Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry)

1 review
Alan E. Kazdin

Sage Publications, Inc, 1995

Excellent presentation of the best in research and practice.
Dr. Kazdin continues his own decades long accomplishment in this text. Offers numerous case examples of children and supports his practical recommendations with reason and wide-ranging research. Excellent citations.

Social Skills Assessment and Training with Children: An Empirically Based Handbook (Applied Clinical ...

1 review
Larry Michelson, Don P. Sugai, ...

Springer, 1983

Practical applications
The books offers an overview of social skills and child development and its importance in adaptive functioning. Assessment issues are incorporated with suggested instruments. The reader is walked through on how to plan for a training format. The modules are concise and provides collaboration with participants. Because the modules were empirically based, there is some level of certainity of proven ...

The Kazdin Method for Parenting the Defiant Child
Alan E. Kazdin

Houghton Mifflin, 2009

A lifesaving handbook for parents of children who are occasionally, or too often, "out of control" Includes a bound-in twenty-minute DVD featuring Dr. Kazdin and his staff illustrating key concepts of the Kazdin Method. Most child-behavior books are filled with advice that sounds reasonable, fits with what parents already believe about child-rearing, and is?as Dr. Kazdin proves?guaranteed to fail. The Kazdin Method for Parenting the Defiant ...

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