Many parents and caregivers struggle to manage aggressive behavior in children. These are the situations that can deteriorate ...

Learn about discipline strategies that work to address the most common child behavior problems, such as lying and defiance.

A collaborative study tested 17 strategies in an 'intervention tournament.' Interventions targeting future thinking, such as writing a letter for a child to read in the future, are the most effective ...

Anxiety is coming out of the closet, openly discussed and acknowledged by celebrities like Oprah, Lady Gaga, Steven Colbert, and a long list of other famous people. Almost every week, you can read a ...

Survey data shows that most people believe climate change is happening, but many don't act, and as a postdoctoral fellow in Annenberg School for Communication Professor Emily Falk's Communication ...

The theoretical foundations of behavioral economics discussed in Chapter 3 have been used to design policies aimed at changing behavior. An outstanding question, however, is how these principles are ...

Walk through a grocery store with a child, and you will see it instantly. Candy bars line the checkout aisle, placed exactly at eye level. That placement is not random; it is deliberate stimulus ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alternative Behavior Strategies (ABS), a leading provider of services to children with autism spectrum disorders, announced today the grand opening of its new ...

A majority of people with insomnia respond to behavioral and nonpharmacologic methods. When compared with pharmacologic methods, they are at least as efficacious and have the advantage of continued ...