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Naming, story-telling, and problem-solving: Critical elements in the development of language and cognition.

In the current article, we present the three pillars of Relational Frame Theory: relational frames,...

Classroom Management

Presents a guide for clinical, educational, and school psychologists and teachers who desire to use...

Causal attributions of hyperactive children and motivational assumptions of two behavior-change approaches: Evidence for an interactionist position.

Children's causal-attribution systems were predicted to act as mediators of the differential effectiveness of 2...

Mindfulness-based approaches with children and adolescents: A preliminary review of current research in an emergent field.

Interest in applications of mindfulness-based approaches with adults has grown rapidly in recent times, and...

Effects of a Motivational Intervention for Improving the Writing of Children with Learning Disabilities.

Given that affective and cognitive processes interact in writing, it is important that interventions for...

Does your school have a peaceful environment? Using an audit to create a climate for change and resiliency.

A powerful tool for helping administrators, teachers, and community leaders to create more peaceful schools...

Relationship of childhood abuse and household dysfunction to many of the leading causes of death in adults. The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study.

Background: The relationship of health risk behavior and disease in adulthood to the breadth of...

Childhood adversities and adult psychiatric disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication II: Associations with persistence of DSM-IV disorders

Context: Although significant associations of childhood adversities (CAs) with adult mental disorders have been widely...

As the twig is bent, the tree inclines: Adult mental health consequences of childhood adversity

Folk psychology has long appreciated the links between childhood trauma and both childhood and adult...

Altered stress responses in children exposed to early adversity: a systematic review of salivary cortisol studies

Pathological stress responses are implicated in numerous disorders. Hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis function is influenced by gene–environment...