This book provides an interdisciplinary review of specific diagnostic groups of children and the treatment interventions that are most applicable. Unlike other books, Contemporary Interdisciplinary Interventions differentiates among diagnostic categories of emotionally and behaviorally disordered children, offering different approaches to different problems. Brooks and Sabatino explore the basic approaches as well as more novel techniques used by special educators, social workers, abuse counselors, psychologists and psychiatrists.

The same child or family is often seen by different professionals in different environments. Many times these services have different goals and are uncoordinated. The materials in this book are provided to facilitate interdisciplinary communications. They are provided to readers representing various training backgrounds who may be oriented to utilize one point of view in the treatment process, offering instead a panoramic view of intervention.