A conceptual model describing the environmental factors and parent and child characteristics that contribute to the development of conduct disorder in early childhood is proposed. Environmental stressors associated with poverty, poor parenting strategies, and child deficits in communication skills are posited to be negative factors that affect…

This case report describes treatment of a 6-year-old boy with oppositional defiant disorder with Parent-Child Interaction Therapy, an empirically validated treatment for children with externalizing behavior problems. Data collection methods included completion of parent and teacher reports, behavior observations during every clinic session, and…

This monograph describes the curriculum and teaching methods used to teach socialization skills at the Boys Town (Nebraska) special residential school for boys with behavioral disorders as well as replications of the Boys Town model in other locations. The model takes the basic techniques of the schools's Family/Home model and applies them to…