Table of Contents

Part I: Two Models for Viewing Parent-Child Interactions: Behaviorism and Attachment Theory.- Chapter 1. Viewing Parent-Child Interactions Through the Lens of Behaviorism.- Chapter 2. Viewing Parent-Child Interactions Through the Lens of Attachment Theory.- Chapter 3. Comparison of Attachment and Behavioral Parenting Perspectives.- Part II: Integrated Model for Coaching Positive Parenting.- Chapter 4. Framework for Integrating Behaviorism and Attachment Theory in Parent Coaching.- Chapter 5. Ordinary Magic.- Chapter 6. Can’t Live With Her, Can’t Live Without Her.- Chapter 7. What Does Not Kill Me Makes Me Stronger.- Chapter 8. Like a Refugee.

About the Author

Beth Troutman, Ph.D., is a Clinical Professor in Psychiatry at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. Her teaching, research, and clinical work has focused on improving parent-child interactions for more than 30 years. She has had a foot in more than one theoretical camp since graduate school, conducting research on parenting self-efficacy, temperament, and attachment theory and disseminating Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), a behavioral model for improving parenting.