Facing challenges with your child's behavior? Pediatrician Cindy Gellner, MD, provides expert guidance on how to differentiate between normal childhood misbehavior and genuine behavioral concerns.

Depending on which authority you rely on, suicide is either the third or fourth leading cause of death in children in America. Research indicates that a mental health issue is most likely the cause of ...

MANHASSET, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A pioneering collaboration between 10 prestigious institutions across the nation has released a special issue of the peer-reviewed academic journal Health Psychology ...

Back to school is the perfect time to get back to PBIS basics. Delve into the critical practices that create positive, predictable, and safe learning environments for all students. Putting Positive ...

The basis of social learning theory is simple: People learn by watching other people. We can learn from anyone—teachers, parents, siblings, peers, co-workers, YouTube influencers, athletes, and even ...

Behavioral economics uses an understanding of human psychology to account for why people deviate from rational action when they’re making decisions. In the model of rational action assumed by ...

Years ago, my career goal was teaching college journalism. After almost 10 years of teaching, I accumulated shelves of books and a file cabinet full of teaching material. While discarding those files, ...

As Benjamin Franklin knew, social, behavioral and economic (SBE) sciences are vital to the health and interests of nations. The man who said “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” was a ...