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Group counseling for parents of hyperactive children

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A procedure is described in which parents of hyperactive children learned how to make and enforce rules, and to influence their children's behavior by using the principles of learning theory. This procedure, with combined group counseling and discussion, may be an effective alternative or adjunct to drug treatment when specific advice and support are also given to the children's teachers.

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  1. Saint Louis Children's Hospital, 63110, Saint Louis, Missouri

    Jacqueline W. Schaefer M.S.W. (Psychiatric Social Worker) &  Helen S. Palkes M.A. (Assistant Professor in Psychology in Pediatrics and Director of Psychology)

  2. The Edward Mallinckrodt Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, USA

    Helen S. Palkes M.A. (Assistant Professor in Psychology in Pediatrics and Director of Psychology) &  Mark A. Stewart M.D. (Professor of Psychiatry and Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Professor of Child Psychiatry)

  3. University of Iowa College of Medicine, USA

    Mark A. Stewart M.D. (Professor of Psychiatry and Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Professor of Child Psychiatry)

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  1. Jacqueline W. Schaefer M.S.W.
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He is now Ida P. Haller Professor of Child Psychiatry, University of Iowa College of Medicine.

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Schaefer, J.W., Palkes, H.S. & Stewart, M.A. Group counseling for parents of hyperactive children. Child Psych Hum Dev 5, 89–94 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01433270

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