Editorials for Clinical Practice

CHADIS Co-Director and President Dr. Barbara Howard is a regular contributor to the Behavioral Consult column of Pediatric News and an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

 

Dr. Howard is a developmental-behavioral pediatrician trained by Dr. T. Berry Brazelton at Harvard University. She is a national speaker on child behavior problems and is a past president of the Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. She was a contributing author for Bright Futures™, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Primary Care (DSM-PC), and Bright Futures in Practice: Mental Health and has served on national committees of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

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• Stimulant Medications for ADHD — the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

• Too old for time out. Now what? Oppositional behavior in school-age children.

• Can medication management smooth the journey for families of autistic children?

• Did you know these things about nicotine? Your patients don't.

• Don't give up on relentless youth depression

• Sorting out the meaning of misbehavior: The invisible culprit

• No more encopresis!

• Is your patient having an existential crisis?

• I sent my suicidal teen patient to the ED: Whew?

• Child ‘Mis’behavior – What’s ‘mis’ing?

• To vape or not to vape: Is that really a question?

• Manners matter

• How dogs can teach parenting

• Racism: Developmental perspective can inform tough conversations

• Making something ordinary out of the extraordinary

• Play it as it lies: Handling lying by kids

• Poor sleep due to ADHD or ADHD due to poor sleep?

• It’s all in the timing

• ALERT: Grandmother in the room!

• Scoring below the cut but still depressed: What to do?

• Making an Effective Referral is Surprisingly Complex

• Dissuading Parents From Using Corporal Punishment 

• Ghostbusting in Pediatric Primary Care

• How to Help Crying Infants

• Making an effective referral is surprisingly complex

• Speaking the unspeakable: Talking to children about parental mental illness

• Assessing and managing the many faces of childhood trauma

• Why do you need to know about bipolar disorder?

• Taming or teaching the tiger? Myths and management of childhood aggression

• Sleepless in adolescence

• You can help with the behavior of children with autism spectrum disorder

• Learn how to manage your patients' behavior problems

• Mindfulness and child health

• Solving stool refusal

• What, you never filled the prescription?!

• Not enough time? Time to rethink

• Do as I say, not as I do! A futile plea

• Me? Address social determinants of health? How?

• Don’t touch that! You’ll get hurt! Fear in childhood.

• Value of the Pre-Baby Visit

• Adoption and Its Challenges

• ADHD and Comorbidities

• He just won’t poop

• Head Banging, Breath Holding Typically Go Away

• If babies don't sleep at night, check feeding schedule

• Internet incontinence and other daytime disasters

• Soothing Parents of Infants Who Cry

• We already tried that ... Refining your behavior management plans

• When to Refer Oppositional Defiant Disorder

• Why screen if there are no services?