Education
Kazdin earned his B.A. in Psychology from San Jose State University and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Northwestern University.Achievements
His awards include MERIT Award from National Institute of Mental Health, Lifetime Contribution Award to Psychology from the American Psychological Association and Distinguished Service Award to the Profession of Psychology from the American Board of Professional Psychology.Publications
Kazdin's 800 plus publications include 50 books that focus on interventions for children and adolescents, cognitive-behavioral treatment, parenting and child rearing, interpersonal violence, and methodology and research design."Vita: Alan E. Kazdin, Ph.D." http://alankazdin.com/pdfs/alan_kazdin_vita.pdf . Accessed January 14, 2014. His work on parenting and child rearing has been featured on CNN, NPR, PBS, BBC, and he has appeared on Good Morning America, ABC News, 20/20, The Dr. Phil Show, and the Today Show."Meltdown! How to Tame Your Tot's Tantrum." http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/45337155#null . November 17, 2011 In addition to his own published work, Kazdin has been editor of six journals: ''Behavior Therapy'' (1979–83), ''Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology'' (1985–90), ''Psychological Assessment'' (1989–91), ''Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice'' (1994–98), ''Current Directions in Psychological Science'' (1999–2004), and ''Clinical Psychological Science'' (since 2012). He was editor-in-chief of the eight-volume ''Encyclopedia of Psychology'' (2000, APA/Oxford University). Also, he has edited two-book series: ''Developmental Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry'' (Sage Publications, 1983–99) and ''Current Perspectives in Psychology'' (Yale University Press, 2000–08), and co-edited a book series ''Advances in Clinical Child Psychology'' (with Benjamin Lahey, 1977–92).Selected books
Alan E. Kazdin (1995). ''Conduct Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence''. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage Publications, Inc. . Alan E. Kazdin, Carol D. Goodhart, Robert J. Sternberg (2006). ''Evidence-Based Psychotherapy: Where Practice and Research Meet''. American Psychological Association. . Alan E. Kazdin (2008). ''The Kazdin Method for Parenting the Defiant Child: With No Pills, No Therapy, No Contest of Wills''. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. . Alan E. Kazdin (2013). ''Behavior Modification in Applied Settings'' (7th ed.). Waveland Press. . Alan E. Kazdin (2016). ''Methodological Issues and Strategies in Clinical Research'' (4th ed.). American Psychological Association. . Alan E. Kazdin (2017). ''Research Design in Clinical Psychology'' (5th ed.). Pearson. . Alan E. Kazdin (2018). "Innovations in psychosocial interventions and their delivery: Leveraging cutting-edge science to improve the world’s mental health." New York: Oxford University Press. Alan E. Kazdin (2021). ''Single-Case Research Designs: Methods for Clinical and Applied Settings" (3rd ed). Oxford University Press. .References
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