Clinical Behavior Analysis for Children

Adriana Rossi, PhD, is a researcher, supervisor and teacher at Paradigma - Center for Behavioral Sciences and Technology, Brazil, and a clinician in private practice in São Paulo, Brazil. She holds a PhD in psychobiology from the Federal University of São Paulo (Unifesp), Brazil; is a specialist in clinical psychotherapy accredited by Paradigma and a specialist in neuropsychology accredited by the Brazilian Federal Council of Psychology. She is a researcher of the laboratory of process-outcome studies in clinical behavior analysis at Paradigma, a teacher in graduate courses of the same institution and a clinical supervisor and coordinator of Paradigma’s training clinic. Ila Linares, PhD, is a supervisor and teacher at Paradigma - Center for Behavioral Sciences and Technology, Brazil; a clinician in private practice in São Paulo, Brazil; and a psychologist at the University of São Paulo's School of Medicine Clinics Hospital (HC-FMUSP). She holds a PhD in mental health from the School of Medicine of the University of São Paulo in Ribeirão Preto, Brazil; is a specialist in clinical psychotherapist accredited by Paradigma and a specialist in sleep psychology accredited by the Brazilian Sleep Association (ABS) and by the Brazilian Society of Psychology (SBP). Luiza Chagas Brandão, PhD, is a teacher at Paradigma - Center for Behavioral Sciences and Technology, Brazil, and a clinician in private practice in São Paulo, Brazil. She holds a PhD in clinical psychology from the University of São Paulo (USP). She was the president of the Special Interest Group for Children, Adolescents and Families of the Association for Contextual Behavior Science (ACBS) for 2021 - 2022.

• Introduction to clinical behavior analysis for children.- The clinical behavior analyst for children Child development from the perspective of behavior analysis.- Biological influences on the development of child behaviour.- Clinical assessment in clinical behavior analysis for children and definition of therapeutic goals.- Evidence-based psychotherapy in childhood and adolescence.- Functional play: ways to conduct and the development of skills of the clinical behavior analyst for children.- Acceptance and commitment therapy: interventions with children.- Introduction to functional-analytic psychotherapy with children.- Levels of therapeutic intervention in psychotherapy with children.- Contact with schools - objectives, limits and care.- Interdisciplinary work in the care of children.- Functional analysis of interventions with parents: parental guidance or parental training?.- Family Interventions.- Therapeutic discharge as an outcome of clinical behavior analysis for children: criteria and process.- Ethical issues in clinical behavior analysis for children