The Determinants of Parenting Ability

Discipline and Corporal Punishment in Childrearing

Factors Promoting Resiliency in Young Children

Assessment and Intervention in Parenting

Applications of Theory and Research in Child Development

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Walters, G.C. & Power, L. (1993,1997). Manual for the Parenting Profile Interview and Child Management Scales: Version 2 . Toronto, Ontario.

Rogan, M. Breaking the Vicious Circle. (August ,1997) Toronto Life Magazine, 49-55.

Walters, G.C. (1991). Generalizations from Psychological Research on Punishment. 4^th National Conference on Child Abuse. Toronto, Ontario.

Grusec, J.E. & Walters, G.C. Psychological abuse and childrearing belief systems (1991). In D. Walfe and R. Starr (ed.) The Longitudinal Study of Child Maltreatment, 186-202, New York: Guilford.

Oldershaw, L., Walters , G.C., and Hall. D.K. (1989). A behavioral approach to the classification of different types of physically abusive mothers. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 35, 255-279.

Walters, G.C. & Covell, K. (1991).Anger Arousal in High-Stress, Economically Disadvantaged Families: A Descriptive Study. Report to The Institute for the Prevention of Child Abuse, Toronto, Ontario.

Walters G.C. & Grusec, J.E. (1977) . Punishment. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman,

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Current Projects

1. The study of children who have been exposed to childhood trauma and are currently high functioning. While the general characteristics of so-called resilient children have been identified the processes underlying resilience and the conditions under which it is manifest has yet to be determined. Our present work is aimed at understanding these processes and their relation to subsequent coping with stress over the developmental spectrum.

 

2. Continued development of tools, methodology and training for the professionals involved in the assessment of parenting capacity.

 

3. Outreach programs for delivering essentials of theory and research in the field of child development relevant to parenting applications. Currently we are exploring a variety of approaches to bring this information to public attention in a way that is immediately useful to individual parents.

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Parenting Consultation

A limited private practice offers consultation with professionals involved in child care issues as well as individual parents.