Therapist's Guide to Pediatric Affect and Behavior Regulation

This clinician’s guide to diagnosing and treating children is written in a concise format with much of the material in outline or bullet point format for accessibility by busy clinicians in practice

Sharon L. Johnson (Author)

9780123868848, Elsevier Science

Paperback / softback, published 31 January 2013

356 pages
27.6 x 21.5 x 2.3 cm, 0.96 kg

Modeled on the author's bestselling Therapist’s Guide to Clinical Intervention, this new book on child clinical intervention presents much of the material in outline or bullet point format, allowing easy understanding of complex material for the busy therapist. This clinician’s guide to diagnosing and treating disorders in children includes definitions of the disorder, diagnostic criteria, the neurobiology of the disorder, information on functional impairment, treatment planning, and evidence-based interventions. The book additionally offers adjunctive skill building resources to supplement traditional therapy choices as well as forms for use in clinical practice.

1. Self Regulation in Infants and Children
2. Assessment of Children
3. Functional Impairment
4. Therapeutic Process: Working Through parents
5. Interventions
6. Treatment of Sleep Problems
7. Treatment of Separation Problems
8. Treatment of Feeding Disorders
9. Treatment of Attentional Problems
10. Treatment of Sensory-Processing Problems
11. Treatment Planning: Goals, Objectives and Interventions

Subject Areas: Psychotherapy [MMJT], Clinical psychology [MMJ], Paediatric medicine [MJW], Examinations & assessment [JNKD], Child & developmental psychology [JMC]