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Feather, J. & Ronan, K. R. 2010 Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Child Trauma and Abuse: a Step-by-Step Approach, London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Feather, J. & Ronan, K. R. 2009 "Safeguarding Children in the Primary Care Context: Assessment and Interventions for Child Trauma and Abuse", in Taylor, J. & Themessl-Huber, M.(eds.), Safeguarding Children in Primary Health Care, London: Kingsley Publishing
Paton, D., Violanti, J.M., Burke, K. & Gehrke, A. 2009 Traumatic Stress in Police Officers - A Career Length Assessment from Recruitment to Retirement, Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas
Taylor, J. & Themessl-Huber, M. (eds) 2009 Safeguarding Children in Primary Health Care, London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Ronan, K.R & Curtis, N. M. 2008 "Interventions with antisocial youth and families", in VandeCreek, L. (ed.), Innovations in clinical practice: Focus on group, couples, and family therapy, Sarasota: Professional Resource Press, 5-27
Journal Articles
Curtis, N. M., Ronan, K. R., Heiblum, N., & Crellin, K. 2009 "Dissemination and effectiveness of Multisystemic Treatment in New Zealand: A benchmarking study", Journal of Family Psychology, 23/2: 119-129
Feather, J. & Ronan, K.R. 2009 "Trauma-focused CBT with maltreated children: evaluation of a new treatment manual in a child protection setting", Australian Psychologist, 44/3: 174-194
Girling-Butcher, R. & Ronan, K. R. 2009 "Brief Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy for Children with Anxiety Disorders:Initial Evaluation of a Program Designed for Clinic Settings", Behaviour Change, 26/1: 27-53
Ronan, K. R., Canoy, D. F., & Burke, K. J. 2009 "Child maltreatment: Prevalence, risk, solutions, obstacles", Australian Psychologist, 44: 195-213
Ronan, K.R. & Feather, J. (eds) 2009 "Child maltreatment", special issue of Australian Psychologist, 44/3
Ronan, K.R. & Feather, J. 2009 "Child maltreatment: introduction to the special issue", Australian Psychologist, 44/3: 143-145
Ronan, K.R., Canoy, D., & Burke, K. J. 2009 "Child maltreatment: Prevalence, risk, solutions, obstacles", Australian Psychologist, 44/3: 195-215
Taylor, N. & Signal, T. 2009 "Pet, pest, profit: isolating differences in attitudes towards the treatment of animals", Anthrozoos, 22: 129-135
Taylor, N. & Signal, T. 2009 "Willingness to pay for farm animal welfare: Australian consumers", Journal of Applied Animal Welfare, 12: 345-359
Lees, D. & Ronan, K.R. 2008 "Engagement and effectiveness of parent management training (Incredible Years) for solo high risk mothers: A multiple baseline evaluation", Behaviour Change, 25/2: 109-128
Moxon, A. & Ronan, K. R. 2008 "Providing information to relatives and patients about expressed emotion and schizophrenia in a community support setting: A randomized, controlled trial", Clinical Schizophrenia and Related Psychoses, 2/1: 47-58
Ronan, K. R., Crellin, K., Johnston, D. M., Finnis, K., Paton, D., & Becker, J. 2008 "Promoting child and family resilience to disasters: Effects, interventions, and prevention effectiveness", Children, Youth, and Environments, 18/1: 332-353
Finnis, K., Johnston, D., Becker, J., Ronan, K.R., Paton, D. 2007, "School and community-based hazards education and links to disaster resilient communities", in Kelman, I. (ed.), Earthquake safety of schoolchildren (special issue), Regional Development Dialogue (RDD), 28/2, Nagoya, Japan: United Nations Centre for Regional Development
Kazantzis, N., Busch, R., Ronan, K. R., & Merrick, P. L. 2007 "Using homework assignments in psychotherapy: Differences by theoretical orientation and professional training?" Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 35: 121-128
Williams, M., Fletcher, R., & Ronan, K.R. 2007 "Investigating the theoretical construct and invariance of a self-control scale using confirmatory factor analysis", Journal of Criminal Justice, 35: 205-218
Under review/in press:
Burke, K, Ronan, K, & Canoy, D. (under review) Decisions regarding Design and Methodology in Longitudinal Studies of Health and Wellbeing.
Burke, K.J., Paton, D. & Shakespeare-Finch, J. (under review). Longitudinal Predictors of Police Officer Well-being. Journal of Occupational and Organisational Psychology.
Burke, K.J. (under review). Police Conceptualisations of the Training Experience: A Qualitative Analysis of the Disparity between Expectations and Experiences for New Police Officers. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology.
Feather, J. & Ronan, K. R. Trauma-focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for children with PTSD following maltreatment. London: Jessica Kingsley: in press.
Kazantzis, N., Wakefield, A., Deane, F.P., Ronan, K.R. & Johnson, M. (in press) "Public attitudes toward people with mental illness in New Zealand, 1995 - 1996", Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counseling
Kazantzis, N., Calvert, S.J., Orlinsky, D.E., Rooke, S., Ronan, K.R. & Merrick, P. (in press) "Professional development of New Zealand counselors across the career", New Zealand Journal of Counseling
Kazantzis, N., Dobson, K. S., Merrick, P. L., Leathem, J. L., Dattilio, F. M., Scott, J., Newman, F. L., Ronan, K. R., & Moss-Morris, R. Therapist adherence and competence in using homework assignments, patient homework compliance and homework beliefs, in cognitive behavior therapy for depression. World Congress of Behavior and Cognitive Therapies, Boston: in press.
Ronan, K. R. Education and training for emergency preparedness. In P. Bobrowsky (Ed.), Encyclopedia of natural hazards. Springer: Heidelberg: in press.
Ronan, K.R, Crellin, K., & Johnston, D. M. "Correlates of hazards education for youth: a replication study", Natural Hazards: in press
Ronan, K.R, Crellin, K., & Johnston, D. M. (2010). Predictors of hazards awareness, preparation, and hazards education effectiveness. Natural Hazards: in press
Ronan, K.R., Crellin, K., & Johnston, D. M. (2008). Implementation of a new tsunami warning system: Quasi-experimental investigation of the effectiveness of a school education program. Manuscript in preparation for submission (Disaster Prevention & Research: An International Journal).
Burke, K.J., Ronan, K. R., Lockie, S., Douglas, J., Mummery, W.K., Happell, B., & Taylor, S.D. (2008). Collaboration to develop healthy communities: promoting population health and community sustainability. The Australasian Journal of Community Engagement: in press.
Feather, J. & Ronan, K.R. (2008). The applicability of a trauma-focused intervention in different cultural contexts: An outcome evaluation. Invited manuscript in preparation (Child Abuse and Neglect).
Ronan, K. R., Crellin, K., & McMurray, K. (2008). Childhood anxiety treatment: A comprehensive meta-analysis and review. Manuscript in preparation for submission (Psychological Bulletin).
Becker, J.S., Johnston, D., Paton, D. & Ronan, K.R. 2009"Community resilience to earthquakes: understanding how individuals make meaning of hazard information and how this relates to preparing for hazards", Proceedings of the 2009 New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering Conference (April 3-5),Christchurch (NZ): New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering
Gowan, M.E., Johnston, D.M., Kirk, R.C. & Ronan, K.R. 2009 Self-management of Disaster Risk and Uncertainty: Evaluating a Preventive Health Approach for Building Resistance to Disaster, Research report 2009/01 Wellington: Earthquake Commission
Ronan, K. R. 2009 "Intervention for youth at risk. Keynote presentation, Coordinated Referral for Young Persons At-Risk (CRYPAR)", Queensland Police integrated referral program launch, Rockhampton, 6 November
Ronan, K. R. 2009 "Mechanisms and interventions for severe conduct disorder in youth and families", Queensland Health Social Work, Rockhampton, 29 October
Ronan, K.R. 2009 "Preparedness and obstacles for preparedness for disasters", Podcasts and transcripts presented on Australian Child, Adolescent Trauma, Loss and Grief Network Website: www.earlytraumagrief.anu.edu.au/, 14 October
Ronan, K. R. 2009 "Child and family resilience to disaster", Presidential Symposia, Australian Psychological Society Conference, Darwin, 3 October
Ronan, K. R. 2009 "A new intervention for conduct disorder: training of therapists and research staff", CQUniversity, Rockhampton, 14-18 September
Ronan, K. R. 2009 "Clinical psychology training", presentation for Queensland Health psychologists, Community Health, Rockhampton, 24 August
Ronan, K. R. 2009 "Seminar chair: incredible Years", New Zealand Psychological Society Conference, Palmerston North, 27 August
Ronan, K.R. & Johnston, D. M. 2009 "Working with children, families and schools in disasters", workshop presented at 3rd Australasian hazards management workshop series 2009: From warnings to effective response and recovery, Melbourne, 6 August
Ronan, K. R. 2009 "Preparedness for disasters: the role for schools, youth and families", presentation at Australian Child and Adolescent Trauma, Loss & Grief Network seminar, Australian National University, Canberra, 13-14 July
Ronan, K. R. 2009 "Exploring conduct disorder: Assessment and treatment", workshop provided at induction training of EVOLVE teams, Disability Services Queensland, Brisbane, 14 May
Ronan, K. R. 2009 "Conceptualising complex, disruptive disorders: professional development workshop", workshop for Guidance Officers, Brisbane, 23 January
Becker, J., Johnston, D. M., Paton, D., & Ronan, K. R. 2008 "Increasing community resilience to disasters: Understanding how individuals make meaning of hazard information, and how this relates to preparing for hazards", in Stewart, C. (ed.), Proceedings of 2nd Australasian Natural Hazards Management Conference: From Warnings to Effective Response and Recovery, Wellington, 28-31 July: Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, GNS Science Miscellaneous Series 15
Burke, K.J. 2008. Do you know what's in you food? The effects of Food additive and food intolerances on health and behaviour, CQUniversity Healthy Communities Research Unplugged Series, Rockhampton, July 31st 2008
Burke, K.J. 2008 Collaboration to develop healthy communities: Promoting population health and community sustainability. in Friday Session 3, Stream 4, Service Provision. Presentation at the Australian Universities Community Engagement Alliance Annual National Conference, Sunshine Coast and Fraser Island, July 2008
Gowan, M., Kirk, R., Johnston, D. M., & Ronan, K.R. 2008 "Integrating the affective domain into community outreach for motivating disaster preparedness", Stewart, C. (ed.), Proceedings of 2nd Australasian Natural Hazards Management Conference: From Warnings to Effective Response and Recovery, Wellington, 28-31 July: Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, GNS Science Miscellaneous Series 15
Ronan, K. R. 2008 Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, presented material to National Counter-Terrorism Committee, Office of National Security (Mark Duckworth, chair) Canberra, August 21
Ronan, K. R. 2008 Department of Child Safety, Innovators (research advisory) Group, Brisbane, Minister Margaret Keech, Norelle Deeth, Director General (chairs), June 17
Ronan, K. R. 2008 Australian Child and Adolescent Trauma, Loss and Grief Network (a Commonwealth initiative), Elspeth McDonald, Beverley Raphael (chairs), March 28
Becker, J., Johnston, D. M, Paton, D., & Ronan, K.R. 2007 "Creating hazard-resilient communities: Understanding how people make meaning of hazard information and how this influences preparedness", Paper presented at the Australasian Natural Hazards Management Conference, Brisbane, July 1-4
Crellin, K., Ronan, K. R., & McMurray, K. 2007 "Meta analysis of childhood anxiety treatments", in Grenyer, Brin, King, R., Crowe, T, & Deane, F. (eds.), Evidence-Based Psychotherapy: Proceedings of the 2007 Psychotherapy Research Group Meeting, Wollongong: Illawara Institute of Mental Health, University of Wollongong, December 5-6
Curtis, N. M., Ronan, K. R., Heiblum, N., & Crellin, K. 2007 "Dissemination and effectiveness of multisystemic treatment in New Zealand: A benchmarking study", in Grenyer, Brin, King, R., Crowe, T, & Deane, F. (eds.), Evidence-Based Psychotherapy: Proceedings of the 2007 Psychotherapy Research Group Meeting, Wollongong: Illawara Institute of Mental Health, University of Wollongong, December 5-6.
Girling-Butcher, R. & Ronan, K. R. 2007 "Brief cognitive-behavioral therapy for children with anxiety disorders", in Grenyer, Brin, King, R., Crowe, T, & Deane, F. (eds.), Evidence-Based Psychotherapy: Proceedings of the 2007 Psychotherapy Research Group Meeting, Wollongong: Illawara Institute of Mental Health, University of Wollongong, December 5-6
Lees, D. & Ronan, K. R. 2007 "Engagement and effectiveness of parent management training for solo high risk mothers: A multiple baseline evaluation", in Grenyer, Brin, King, R., Crowe, T, & Deane, F. (eds.), Evidence-Based Psychotherapy: Proceedings of the 2007 Psychotherapy Research Group Meeting, Wollongong: Illawara Institute of Mental Health, University of Wollongong, December 5-6
Moxon, A. M. & Ronan, K. R. 2007 "Providing information to relatives and patients about expressed emotion and schizophrenia in a community support setting: A randomized, controlled trial", in Grenyer, Brin, King, R., Crowe, T, & Deane, F. (eds.), Evidence-Based Psychotherapy: Proceedings of the 2007 Psychotherapy Research Group Meeting, Wollongong: Illawara Institute of Mental Health, University of Wollongong, December 5-6
Ronan, K.R. 2007 "Child and youth pre-disaster preparedness: The role of hazards education programs", invited presentation at Psychosocial Response and Recovery Symposium, Brisbane, November 2-3
Ronan, K. 2007 Overview of Cross-Program Strategy, CQUniversity Healthy Communities Launch, Rockhampton, Nov. 2007
Towers, B. Paton, D., & Ronan, K.R. 2007 "Educating children about bushfire risk and mitigation", paper presented to the Australasian Natural Hazards Management Conference, Brisbane, July 1-4
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