In the current conventional implementation of a routine, a parent receives the outcome of its child. A parent may be coded such that it does not use the outcome of its children, thus allowing delegation an alternative implementation of the routine. As part of its execution, such a parent can replace itself by its children. The parent thus delegates the responsibility for its outcome to its chil...

This paper discusses a set of closely related parenting and family factors that should be considered when planning and measuring the outcome of interventions for children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). These include parenting and parent-child relationships, parental cognitions, parental adjustment, marital interactions, general family relationships, and adaptive child fun...

Five personality traits that dispose individuals to rash or ill-advised action (i.e., sensation seeking, negative urgency, positive urgency, lack of planning, and lack of perseverance), can be reliably and validly assessed in children. This paper reports on the first test of parental reports of these traits. In a sample of 94 children (ages 7-13, mean age 10.6), the authors found the following....

OBJECTIVE Stuttering is a common childhood disorder. There is limited high quality evidence regarding options for best treatment. The aim of the study was to compare the effectiveness of direct treatment with indirect treatment in preschool children who stutter. METHODS In this multicenter randomized controlled trial with an 18 month follow-up, preschool children who stutter who were referred...

OBJECTIVE To compare parent and child report of parental weight-related behaviors and examine their respective associations with child's weight-related outcomes. METHODS Seventy-three parent-child dyads completed self-administered surveys that assessed parent and child report of parental direct weight-related behaviors (comments to child about weight, encourage child to diet) and indirect beh...