Barbara Bonner

Bonner received her B.S. degree in Special Education at Oklahoma State University. She obtained a master's degree in Educational Assessment and a PhD in Clinical Psychology at Oklahoma State University (1984).

Bonner's career has focused on developing interventions for children with problematic sexual behavior and the treatment and prevention of child abuse. In 1985, while working as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (supervised by C. Eugene Walker), Bonner established the Adolescents with Illegal Sexual Behavior Treatment Program. In 1987, she joined the faculty of the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and established its Interdisciplinary Training Program in Child Abuse and Neglect. In 1992, she established the Center on Child Abuse and Neglect in the Department of Pediatrics of the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, and a treatment program for children with sexual behavior problems.

Bonner served terms as president of the International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse{{Cite news|url=https://www.ispcan.org/who-we-are-2/history/|title=History|work=ISPCAN|access-date=2018-12-03|language=en-US}} and the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC). The APSAC awarded Bonner the Outstanding Service award in 1997 and the Ronald C. Laney Distinguished Service Award in 2012 in recognition of her contributions through leadership and service to the Society.{{Cite web|url=https://apsac.memberclicks.net/apsac-awards|title=APSAC Awards|website=apsac.memberclicks.net|language=en-us|access-date=2018-12-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180114184723/https://apsac.memberclicks.net/apsac-awards|archive-date=2018-01-14|url-status=dead}} Her other awards include the 2011 Byliner Award for Child Advocacy from the Association for Women in Communications.{{Cite web|url=http://www.awcokc.org/application/files/7214/4667/1321/PastBylinerHonorees_1.pdf|title=The Association for Women in Communications Past Byliner Award Winners}}

Bonner's work has been funded by the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect{{Cite news|url=https://newsok.com/article/2418704/ou-to-study-treatment-of-child-sex-offenders|title=OU to Study Treatment Of Child Sex Offenders|date=1993-01-17|work=NewsOK.com|access-date=2018-12-03|language=en-US}} and by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Bonner is co-author (with C. Eugene Walker and Keith Kaufman) of the practitioner guide The Physically and Sexually Abused Child: Evaluation and Treatment.{{Cite book|title=The physically and sexually abused child: Evaluation and treatment|last1=Walker|first1=C. Eugene|last2=Bonner|first2=Barbara L.|last3=Kaufman|first3=Keith L.|date=1988|publisher=Pergamon Press|isbn=978-0080327693|edition= 1st|location=New York|oclc=15518385}} She is author of the booklet Taking Action: Support for Families of Adolescents with Illegal Sexual Behavior, distributed by the Safer Society Foundation to provide information and support for parents and caregivers of juvenile sex offenders.{{Cite news|url=http://www.safersociety.org/foundation/taking-action-booklets-help-for-parents/|title=Taking Action booklets – Help for Families & Caregivers|date=2015|work=Safer Society Foundation|access-date=2018-12-03|language=en-US}} Her research paper "Family preservation and family support programs: Child maltreatment outcomes across client risk levels and program types" (co-authored with Mark Chaffin and Robert Hill) received the Pro Humanitate Literary Award from the North American Resource Center for Child Welfare in 2002.{{Cite journal|last1=Chaffin|first1=Mark|last2=Bonner|first2=Barbara L|last3=Hill|first3=Robert F|date=2001|title=Family preservation and family support programs: child maltreatment outcomes across client risk levels and program types|journal=Child Abuse & Neglect|volume=25|issue=10|pages=1269–1289|doi=10.1016/s0145-2134(01)00275-7|pmid=11720379|issn=0145-2134}}{{Cite web|url=https://youthtoday.org/2002/11/awards-for-november-2002/|title=Awards for November 2002 - Youth Today|website=youthtoday.org|date=November 2002 |language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-03}} This large-scale study failed to find evidence that statewide Family Preservation and Family Support programs were effective in decreasing child maltreatment.

• Bonner, B. L., Crow, S. M., & Hensley, L. D. (1997). State efforts to identify maltreated children with disabilities: A follow-up study. Child Maltreatment, 2(1), 52–60.
• Bonner, B. L., & Everett, F. L. (1986). Influence of client preparation and problem severity on attitudes and expectations in child psychotherapy. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 17(3), 223–229.
• Bonner, B. L., Walker, C. E., & Berliner, L. (2001). Children with sexual behavior problems: Assessment and treatment. National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information.
• Chaffin, M., Silovsky, J. F., Funderburk, B., Valle, L. A., Brestan, E. V., Balachova, T., ... & Bonner, B. L. (2004). Parent-child interaction therapy with physically abusive parents: efficacy for reducing future abuse reports. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 72(3), 500–510.
• Chaffin, M., Bonner, B. L., & Hill, R. F. (2001). Family preservation and family support programs: Child maltreatment outcomes across client risk levels and program types. Child Abuse & Neglect, 25(10), 1269–1289.
• Welch, G. L., & Bonner, B. L. (2013). Fatal child neglect: Characteristics, causation, and strategies for prevention. Child Abuse & Neglect, 37(10), 745–752.

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• [https://www.oumedicine.com/department-of-pediatrics/department-sections/devbehav/center-on-child-abuse-and-neglect University of Oklahoma Center on Child Abuse and Neglect]
• [http://www.ncsby.org/ National Center on the Sexual Behavior of Youth]

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