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This page states the Terms and Conditions under which you, the website visitor (hereinafter "You" or "visitor"), may use this site, the content of which is owned by the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies and the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology and is operated and administered by the two organizations collectively. By using this site, You agree to be bound by all of the Terms and Conditions set forth below. If You do not accept these Terms and Conditions, please do not use this site. The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies and the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology may, at their sole discretion, revise these Terms and Conditions at any time; therefore, You should visit this page periodically to review the Terms and Conditions.

The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies and the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology seek to improve mental health treatment for children. Although they strive for timeliness and accuracy in all materials, The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies and the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology make no representations, warranties, or assurances as to the availability, accuracy, currency, or completeness of this site or its contents. The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies and the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology shall not be liable for any damages or injury resulting from Your access to, inability to access, or use of this site, including, without limitation, any damages or injury arising from any links to other sites contained within or referred to in this site.

Privacy

The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies and the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology are committed to preserving Your right to privacy. The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies and the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology do not collect identifying information about You (such as Your name, address, telephone number, or email address) unless You voluntarily submit that information to us through our Contact Us page or other means.

Please do not provide any confidential information (including health information) about your child, yourself or anyone to us via electronic communication. Any information you do submit will not be sold to any third parties.

We collect non-personal information about your use of our website through the use of cookies. The information collected by cookies allows us to statistically monitor how many people are using our website. We may use cookie information to determine the popularity of certain content and how long visitors stay on the site.

Additionally, The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies and the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology may include a third party cookie from Google in order to use Google Analytics to monitor site statistics. Please note that Google and its wholly owned subsidiaries may retain and use, subject to the terms of its Privacy Policy (located at http://www.google.com/privacy.html, or such other URL as Google may provide from time to time), information collected in Your use of the Service.

You do not have to accept our cookies in order to use our site. We do not use cookies to collect or store personal health information about you.

When You visit the site, The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies and the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology may automatically collect certain non-identifying information about You, such as the type of browser or computer operating system You use or the domain name of the site from which You linked to us.

Any automatically collected information may be maintained indefinitely and used for our internal purposes, such as assessing traffic patterns and usage of various features on the site, but will not be sold or otherwise disclosed to third parties for any purposes. Notwithstanding any other statements or representations here or elsewhere on the site, The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies and the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology reserve their right to disclose any information in its possession if it is required to do so by law, or it believes, in good faith, that such a disclosure is necessary to comply with the law, defend its rights or property, or to respond to an emergency situation.

If You are concerned about the information You have provided to The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies and the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology or would like to review, update, or delete that information, please contact us at:

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The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies and the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology will make reasonable efforts to comply with Your wishes.

Contact Us

The Contact Us page is the primary means of communication with Effective Child Therapy staff. Website visitors may use the Contact Us page to send content suggestions or questions about the "Public" or "Professionals & Educators" areas of the site. Website visitors may also use this form to ask general questions, communicate privacy concerns, and/or submit praise and/or complaints. All comments are seen by the Website Coordinator of www.effectivechildtherapy.com who handles all content-related issues. Any health information submitted through the Contact Us page is not stored.

Security

The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies and the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology does not collect personal information. Information submitted, via the Contact Us form, is not secure.

User Submissions

The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies and the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology welcome Your comments on its site and content. However, You acknowledge that if You send us creative suggestions, ideas, notes, drawings, concepts, inventions, or other information (collectively, the "Information"), the Information shall be deemed, and shall remain, the property of The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies and the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. By submission of any Information to us, You assign to us and we shall exclusively own all now known or hereafter existing rights to such Information and shall be entitled to unrestricted use of the Information for any purpose whatsoever, commercial or otherwise, without compensation to You.

As a user of this site, You are responsible for Your own communications and are responsible for the consequences of their posting. Therefore, do not do any of the following things: transmit to us material that is copyrighted, unless You are the copyright owner or have the permission of the copyright owner to post it; send material that reveals trade secrets, unless You own them or have the permission of the owner; send material that infringes on any other intellectual property rights of others or on the privacy or publicity rights of others; send material that is obscene, defamatory, threatening, harassing, abusive, hateful, or embarrassing to another user or any other person or entity; send sexually explicit images; send advertisements or solicitations of business; send chain letters or pyramid schemes; or impersonate another person.

The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies and the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology reserves the right to expel users and prevent their further access to this site for violating these terms or the law and reserves the right to remove any communications from this site. The violation of any of the terms and conditions set forth on this Terms and Conditions page shall result in the immediate revocation of Your right to use the content and obligates You to immediately destroy any copies of the content in Your possession.

Editorial Policies

Articles and features published on this site undergo a rigorous editorial process that includes extensive review by professional clinical psychologists. However, all information on this site is for educational purposes only. For specific medical advice, diagnoses, and treatment, consult Your doctor.

Links

This site contains links to websites owned by third parties. These links are provided solely as a convenience to You and are not an endorsement by The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies and the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology of the contents of those other sites. The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies and the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology are not responsible for the content of any linked sites and make no representations regarding the content or accuracy of materials on such sites. If You decide to visit any third-party sites using links from this site, You do so at Your own risk.

Emails Claiming to Be From Effective Child Therapy

Effective Child Therapy does not send out unsolicited emails or commercial endorsements, and does not ask for detailed personal information. If you get this sort of email appearing to be from Effective Child Therapy, you should assume that it is fraudulent and avoid clicking any link within the email.

Disclaimer of Warranties

The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies and the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology do not warrant that the site will operate error-free or that the site or its server are free of computer viruses or other harmful material. If Your use of the site or the site's material results in the need for servicing or replacing of equipment or data, The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies and the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology shall not be responsible for those costs. This site and its material are provided on an "as is" basis without any warranties of any kind. THE ASSOCIATION FOR BEHAVIORAL AND COGNITIVE THERAPIES AND THE SOCIETY OF CLINICAL CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING THE WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTIES' RIGHTS, AND THE WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Disclaimer of Consequential Damages

IN NO EVENT SHALL THE ASSOCIATION FOR BEHAVIORAL AND COGNITIVE THERAPIES AND THE SOCIETY OF CLINICAL CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY, ITS EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS, OR ANY THIRD PARTIES MENTIONED IN THE SITE CONTENT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, LOST PROFITS, OR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM LOST DATA OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) RESULTING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE MATERIAL ON THIS WEBSITE OR SITES LINKED TO THIS WEBSITE, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER THE ASSOCIATION FOR BEHAVIORAL AND COGNITIVE THERAPIES AND THE SOCIETY OF CLINICAL CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY ARE ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

Use of Site Material

The contents of this site, including, without limitation, text, graphics, images, and other content (the "Content") are owned by The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies and the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology and are protected by copyright under both United States and foreign laws. Unauthorized use of the Content violates copyright, trademark, and other laws. You agree to retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained in the original Content on any copy You make of such material. You may not sell or modify our Content or reproduce, display, distribute, or otherwise use the Content in any way for any public or commercial purpose. Use of the Content on any other website or in a networked environment is prohibited.

Miscellaneous

This site originates from within the United States. The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies and the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology do not claim that the Content on this site is appropriate or may be used outside of the United States. Access to the Content may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. If You access the site from outside the United States, You do so at Your own risk and are responsible for compliance with the laws of Your jurisdiction.

These Terms and Conditions are governed by the substantive laws of the District of Columbia, without respect to its conflict of laws principles. You agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the courts situated in the District of Columbia with respect to any dispute, disagreement, or cause of action related to or involving this site. If any provision is found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these Terms and Conditions, which shall remain in full force and effect. No waiver of any of these Terms and Conditions shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or any other term. Except as expressly provided elsewhere in this site, these Terms and Conditions constitute the entire agreement between You and The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies and the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology with respect to Your use of this site.

www.effectivechildtherapy.com is a trademark of The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies and the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology.

This privacy policy applies to all users of www.effectivechildtherapy.com; it was informed by information provided by a Better Business Bureau (www.bbbonline.com) and Free Privacy Policy (www.freeprivacypolicy.com), and based on the privacy policy and terms of use from Kids Health (www.kidshealth.org).