Behavior Modification in Mental Retardation : The Education and Rehabilitation of the Mentally Retarded Adolescent and Adult

ISBN-13: 9780202308579 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 390 str.

William I. Gardener

Opis

In this important book, one of the most exciting and promising developments in clinical psychology-behavior modifi cation is applied to the treatment of the mentally retarded, particularly those whose behavior poses diffi cult problems for institutions. William I. Gardner presents an easily intelligible yet detailed account of the concepts and practices of behavior modifi cation and the underlying learning systems, with numerous clinical illustrations of applying specifi c techniques to various educational and rehabilitation problems. A thorough discussion of the inadequacies of the psychological evaluation systems normally used in education and rehabilitation is offered, along with an alternative behavior analysis approach that provides a method of translating evaluation data into treatment practices. In explaining behavior analysis, the author takes into account the limited behavioral repertoire of the retarded and environmental deficits.

Spis treści

One: Problems of Education and Rehabilitation of the Mentally Retarded Client; One: Introduction; Two: Types of Problem Behaviors; Three: Characteristics and Bases of Problem Behaviors; Two: Behavior Modification: Concepts and Principles; Four: The Nature of Behavior Modification; Five: Concepts of Respondent Learning; Six: Concepts of Operant Learning; Seven: Concepts of Observational Learning; Three: Psychological Evaluation of the Mentally Retarded Client; Eight: Behavioral Evaluation: A Basis for Rehabilitation; Nine: A Functional Analysis Approach to Evaluation; Four: Methods of Producing Behavior Change; Ten: Behavior Treatment: General Considerations; Eleven: Behavior Treatment: Program Development and Strategies for Modification of Behavior; Twelve: Applications to Development of Adaptive Behavior of the Moderately and Mildly Retarded; Thirteen: Applications to Development of Adaptive Behavior of the Severely and Profoundly Retarded; Fourteen: Applied Behavioral Technology in a Vocational Rehabilitation Setting

O autorze

William Gardner