Research has tried to identify risk factors that increase the likelihood of difficulties with externalizing behavior. The relations between individual or environmental factors and externalizing behavior have been especially documented. Child-oriented and parent-oriented interventions have been designed in order to decrease externalizing behavior in preschoolers. To date, however, research has largely ...

The observation of child behavior has to be made in ecologically valid contexts. Parent-child interaction was thought to be the most suitable context, since empirical evidence displayed strong associations with children’s behavioral outcomes, psychopathology, social relationships and well-being. Using clinical data from 137 caregiver-child dyads, the main goal of the current study was to test the ...

This research was conducted to assess the impact of a parent-based verbal responsive intervention, aiming to enhance parents’ responsiveness and communication strategies, by way of a sample of parents and their preschool-aged children with a clinical level of externalizing behavior problems. Twenty-one parents received the intervention, consisting of eight 1.5-hour sessions. The study tested the ...

Chapitre 4 du livre "La prise en charge des troubles du comportement du jeune enfant. Manuel à l'usage du praticien" (p. 99 à 133). Description d'un programme d'accompagnement parental en logopédie.

Texte publié suite au 11ème Printemps de l'éthique (Libramont-HERS) qui avait pour thème "Entre dette et reconnaissance, quelle place pour la gratitude".