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Child Behaviour Problems

An Empirical Approach to Management

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Roger McAuley, Patricia McAuley
      Pages 1-10
  3. Assessment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
    2. The Case History

      • Roger McAuley, Patricia McAuley
      Pages 13-27
    3. Introduction to Observation

      • Roger McAuley, Patricia McAuley
      Pages 28-34
    4. Methods of Recording Behaviour

      • Roger McAuley, Patricia McAuley
      Pages 35-43
    5. The Therapist as Observer

      • Roger McAuley, Patricia McAuley
      Pages 44-55
    6. The Parent and Child as Observers

      • Roger McAuley, Patricia McAuley
      Pages 56-62
  4. Planning

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-63
    2. The Decision to Intervene: Some General and Specific Considerations

      • Roger McAuley, Patricia McAuley
      Pages 65-81
    3. Theoretical Considerations in Planning

      • Roger McAuley, Patricia McAuley
      Pages 82-93
  5. Intervention

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-95
    2. Simple Contingency Management

      • Roger McAuley, Patricia McAuley
      Pages 97-113
    3. Points Systems

      • Roger McAuley, Patricia McAuley
      Pages 114-135
    4. Bargaining and Contracting

      • Roger McAuley, Patricia McAuley
      Pages 136-149
    5. Failure: Some Theoretical and Practical Considerations

      • Roger McAuley, Patricia McAuley
      Pages 195-213
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 215-240

Authors and Affiliations

  • Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, Belfast, N. Ireland

    Roger McAuley

  • Eastern Area Health and Social Services Board, Down District, Downpatrick, N. Ireland

    Patricia McAuley

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Child Behaviour Problems

  • Book Subtitle: An Empirical Approach to Management

  • Authors: Roger McAuley, Patricia McAuley

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-15827-0

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Macmillan Publishers Limited 1977

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 240

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: Pediatrics

  • Industry Sectors: Biotechnology, Health & Hospitals, Pharma