This work outlines a definition and treatment of behaviourally disordered children and adolescents. It suggests strategies to teach such students to learn to control their own social and academic behaviour in the school setting. These include self-management and a social skills training model.
This work outlines a definition and treatment of behaviourally disordered children and adolescents. It suggests strategies to teach such students to l...
With this important work, written around current behavioral psychology research and practice as it applies to school-age children, the authors address both experimental and applied issues in the assessments and interventions used with this population. Among the issues examined are the legal, bureaucratic, and psychological complications involving the newly mandated Functional Assessment law. Included with this book is a software package designed specifically to provide tools to conduct and calculate outcomes for functional assessment procedures on notebook computers.
With this important work, written around current behavioral psychology research and practice as it applies to school-age children, the authors address...
Designed primarily for teachers and school psychologists, this text reviews the literature on behavioral processes used in school-specific techniques like contracting, self-management, and token economies. Much of the material applies to mainstream classrooms and activities, but there are also chapters dealing with hyperactivity, aggression, withdrawal, depression, and suicide. Studies of such specimen populations as autistic, delinquent, or retarded children are also cited. The authors' stated intent is to provide a balanced mix of theory and methods, so that skills can be developed with...
Designed primarily for teachers and school psychologists, this text reviews the literature on behavioral processes used in school-specific techniqu...