Re:Reviews on the treatment of physically abusive parents

[sazar@xxxxxxxxxx]

I and others (David Wolfe in Ontario) have treated physically abusive
parents using cognitive behavioral and cognitive behavioral strategies
See Azar (l998)  A cognitive behavioral approach to understanding and
treating physically abusive parents In D.A. Wolfe, R.J. McMahon and R.D.
Peters (Eds) Child Abuse : New Directions in prevention and Treatment
Across the Lifespan. Thousand Oaks: Sage. 

I also have a chapter in the Handbook of Parent Training (in Schaefer &
Briesmeister) published by Wiley (l989).  

David Wofle and I recently revised our chapter in the Mash and Barkley
text on behavioral treatment of childhood disorder which provides lots of
examples of others research and references.

Also, John Lutzker has an excellent new volume he edited on the treatment
of child abuse and neglect by plenum that you might to look at.

Hope this helps.

Sandra Azar 
Psychology
Clark University


 On Fri, 20 Nov 1998, R. Dwight
Noble wrote:

> >Help!!!  I can't believe how much trouble I am having finding much of a
> >literature on the treatment of physically abusive parents, especially in group
> >settings.  I am using most of the search vehicles and psych-lit, but nothing
> >very useful comes up.  I am sure there are good books out there.  Please let
> >me know if you have some favorite books on the treatment of this population.
> >I am currently opening up a Comprehensive Child Abuse Treatment Program with a
> >strong research component and have found many references to the treatment of
> >sexual abuse, but not much on physical violence.  Thanks, Bart Rubin, Ph.D.,
> >Berkeley, CA
> 
> Certainly start with an old classic, Blair Justice and Rita Justice, "The
> Abusing Family", Plenum Publishing Corporation, 1990.
> ISBN 0-306-43441-5
> 
>       Dwight Noble, Ed.D.,LMFT
>       Indiana University
>       Dept. Criminal Justice
>       Bloomington, Indiana
> 
> 
>