Clinical Behavior Analysis for Children (eBook) von Adriana Suzart Ungaretti Rossi

Introduction to clinical behavior analysis for children.- The clinical behavior analyst for children Child development from the perspective of behavior analysis.- Biological influences on the development of child behaviour.- Clinical assessment in clinical behavior analysis for children and definition of therapeutic goals.- Evidence-based psychotherapy in childhood and adolescence.- Functional play: ways to conduct and the development of skills of the clinical behavior analyst for children.- Acceptance and commitment therapy: interventions with children.- Introduction to functional-analytic psychotherapy with children.- Levels of therapeutic intervention in psychotherapy with children.- Contact with schools - objectives, limits and care.- Interdisciplinary work in the care of children.- Functional analysis of interventions with parents: parental guidance or parental training?.- Family Interventions.- Therapeutic discharge as an outcome of clinical behavior analysis for children: criteria and process.- Ethical issues in clinical behavior analysis for children

This book is a guide for child psychotherapists interested in applying clinical behavioral analysis to their work and for clinical behavior analysts working with children. In the literature of behavior analysis, a considerable number of publications present clinical strategies to more effectively conduct therapeutic interventions with adults and adolescents, but there is still a lack of publications that address practical aspects of the work of the child behavior analytic therapist. This volume aims do fill this void by bringing together chapters written by therapists who share their views on theoretical and practical aspects of child care and describe the stages and challenges of the psychotherapy process with clients of up to 12 years of age.

Chapters in this volume provide an overview of the specific knowledge and techniques clinical behavior analysts need to master to work with children, such as theories of child development from the perspective of behavior analysis; biological influences on the development of child behavior; clinical assessment and definition of therapeutic goals in the work with children; how to include functional play in clinical settings; and how to involve parents and the school in the therapeutic process. Additionally, specific chapters focus on the application of third wave behavioral therapies, such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Functional Analytic Psychotherapy, to the clinical work with children.

Clinical Behavior Analysis for Childrenwill be a valuable resource for psychotherapists and clinical psychology students looking for a guide to understand the specificities of clinical behavior analysis applied to child psychotherapy.   

Adriana Rossi, PhD,is a researcher, supervisor and teacher at Paradigma - Center for Behavioral Sciences and Technology, Brazil, and a clinician in private practice in São Paulo, Brazil. She holds a PhD in psychobiology from the Federal University of São Paulo (Unifesp), Brazil; is a specialist in clinical psychotherapy accredited by Paradigma and a specialist in neuropsychology accredited by the Brazilian Federal Council of Psychology. She is a researcher of the laboratory of process-outcome studies in clinical behavior analysis at Paradigma, a teacher in graduate courses of the same institution and a clinical supervisor and coordinator of Paradigmas training clinic.