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Texas Tech University

Parent-Child Interaction Therapy Lab



Joaquin Borrego, Jr., Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Psychology

Child Maltreatment:

  • Child physical abuse (CPA) treatment
  • Behavioral observations of physically abusive parent-child interactions
  • Clinical utility of 'treatment matching'
  • The consideration of ‘culture' in the context of child maltreatment assessment and intervention with ethnic minority populations
  • Identifying ‘mechanisms of change' in parent-child interactions and interventions

Child Behavior Problems:

  • Socially disruptive (externalizing) behaviors
    • Behavioral assessment and treatment
    • Risk for child physical abuse

Hispanic Populations:

  • The development, implementation, and evaluation of psychosocial treatments with Spanish-speaking and other ethnic minority populations
  • Examining the generalizability of empirically validated treatments with Spanish-speaking populations
  • Visit the Latino Mental Health Homepage

Behavioral Research Methodology:

  • Behavioral Assessment
    • Functional Assessments
    • Functional Diagnostic Categories
  • Treatment Matching
    • Treatment Adherence and Outcome
  • Effective Dissemination Practices
  • Clinical Behavior Analysis

Community Interventions with Underserved Populations:

  • Prevention of obesity
    • Specifically with ethnic minority populations
  • Social (ecological)