Joaquin Borrego Jr., Ph.D.
Research Interests Clinical Interests Publications Education
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 & Interventions
Child Behavior Problems:
  • Socially Disruptive (Externalizing) Behaviors
    • Behavioral Assessment & Treatment
    • Risk for Child Physical Abuse
Hispanic Populations:
  • The development, implementations, and evaluation of psychosocial treatmes with Spanish-speaking and other ethinc 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 Adherance and Outcome
  • Effective Dissemination Practices
  • Clinical Behavior Analysis
Community Interventions with Underserved Populations:
  • Prevention of Obesity
    • Specifically with ethnic minority populations
  • Social (ecological)