Clinical
Disruptive Behavior Clinic at
the Institute for Juvenile Research

The Disruptive behavior Clinic (DBC) includes both School-Age & Preschool Programs.. The Clinic provides evidence-based outpatient assessment and treatments to families of children and adolescents with disruptive behavior problems. The DBC uses a family-focused intervention through its two components: the Preschool Program designed to provide developmentally-based clinical services to young children (ages of 18 months-6 years), and the DBC School-Age Program ( for children and teens ages 7 to 14 years). Children and youth are eligible if they present concerns of persistent non-compliance, frequent tantrums, aggressive , destructive behavior , “hard to manage” or “out of control” behavior . Both DBC Programs emphasize evidence-based, ecologically-appropriate, and developmentally- and culturally-sensitive practices that integrate clinic-based and community-based services (e.g., medication management, school consultation, referrals to community mental health centers, etc.). Its family-focused intervention combines group, family, and individual therapy modalities. The research of the DBC focuses on risk factors for , early identification of, and community interventions f or early emerging disruptive and delinquent behavior

DBC School-Age Program (Karen Tayl or Crawford, M.D, Director ; Jaleel Abdul-Adil, Ph.D., Associate Director ). The School Age Program is designed to provide assistance to children and families challenged by life situations and problems like aggression, school failure, school suspension, school drop out, repeated police contact and violence. Diagnoses including Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Dis or der (ADHD), Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD), Conduct Dis order (CD), and co-m or bid disorders (e.g., Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, etc), which are interfering with the child's daily functioning.

DBC Preschool Program ( Lauren Wakschlag , Ph.D., Director ; Barbara Danis , Ph.D., Associate Director ). Clinical services are specifically designed f or preschool aged children and their families in or der to determine whether behavi or is of clinical concern or within the normal range for this developmental period. Evaluation includes comprehensive behavioral assessment, developmental testing assessment of family supports and stressors and school-based assessment.