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Dr. Chris McGinnis will offer an invited talk on behavioral pediatrics at IBAO’s inaugural International Conference in Naples, Italy in October of 2026.
Twenty-five years after publication of the first edition, the second edition of the Encyclopedia of Psychotherapy will appear in late 2026, reflecting advances in science and practice.
Dr. McGinnis and colleague Cara Shapiro were asked to contribute the entry for primary care behavioral pediatrics, which defines the subspecialty and reviews its historical development, characteristics, and evidence base.
This work was first published as a stand-alone online chapter in the prestigious Reference Module in Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Psychology in May of 2026.
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What is Primary Care Behavioral Pediatrics?
Primary care behavioral pediatrics is a subspecialty of clinical behavior analysis, itself a specialty area within applied behavior analysis. Practitioners of this subspecialty collaborate with caregivers, educators, pediatricians, and pediatric specialists in addressing common problems of childhood such as bedtime and sleep challenges, anxiety, noncompliance and defiance, sibling conflict, picky eating, and toileting problems.
The Institute for Behavioral Pediatrics was founded to facilitate an increase in the availability of high-quality, science-based behavioral healthcare services for children and families in the United States and internationally, with a primary focus on training and support of behavior analysts within, and entering, the subspecialty.
An Amazon Best Seller in pediatrics, Introduction to Primary Care Behavioral Pediatrics is the first textbook for behavior analysts on the subspecialty and is now available in paperback and e-book formats on Amazon.com, Routledge.com, and anywhere books are sold!
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