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

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Oxford University Press, Mar 17, 2005 - Psychology - 424 pages
Among evidence-based therapies for children and adolescents with oppositional, aggressive, and antisocial behavior, parent management training (PMT) is without peer; no other treatment for children has been as thoroughly investigated and as widely applied. Here, Alan E. Kazdin brings together the conceptual and empirical bases underlying PMT with discussions of background, principles, and concepts, supplemented with concrete examples of the ways therapists should interact with parents and children. The second half of the book is a PMT treatment manual. The manual details the particulars of the therapy: what is done to and by whom, what the therapist should say, and what to expect at each stage of treatment. It also contains handouts, charts, and aides for parents. A companion website (www.oup.com/us/pmt) provides additional resources for clinicians.
 

Contents

2 Underlying Principles and Concepts
35
Positive Reinforcement
65
Punishment and Extinction
91
5 Characteristics of Treatment
119
Key Findings Strengths and Limitations
157
7 Critical Issues in Applying and Implementing Treatment
185
8 Parent Management Training in Perspective
225
Parent Management Training Manual
245
Glossary
373
References
385
Author Index
401
Subject Index
405
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