The challenge of severe mental handicap : a behaviour analytic approach
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The challenge of severe mental handicap : a behaviour analytic approach
（The Wiley series in clinical psychology）
Wiley, c1991
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
The Challenge of Severe Mental Handicap A Behaviour Analytic Approach Edited by Bob Remington, University of Southampton, UK This book is concerned with understanding the behaviour of people with severe mental handicap, and using that understanding both to devise remedial treatment procedures that can enhance their daily functioning and maximize their presence and participation in the community. It is written by a group of experts working in Europe and North America who share a strong commitment to the behaviour analytic approach, and who are concerned with both research and treatment. The book is thematically organized to emphasize three interlocking aspects of a behaviourally-based clinical response to severe mental handicap.
The first section reviews theoretical and practical advances in the area; the second section explores the way that language and symbolic functions have been approached within this framework; the final section focuses on behaviour analytic approaches to service delivery for people with severe mental handicap, covering intervention in learning, home, and work environments, and relating research in these areas to the practical goals of normalization and social role valorization. This timely and innovative book reflects the current major surge of interest in functional analysis in the area of challenging behaviour and will prove invaluable to practitioners and researchers working in the field of severe mental handicap.
Table of Contents
Partial table of contents: FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS AND INTERVENTION FOR CHALLENGING BEHAVIORS. The Assessment and Evaluation of Reinforcers for Individuals with Severe Mental Handicap (W. Berg & D. Wacker). Teaching Functionally Equivalent Responses as an Intervention for Challenging Behavior (V. Durand & D. Crimmins). The Use of a Portable Microcomputer in the Functional Analysis of Maladaptive Behavior (A. Repp, et al.). BEHAVIORAL APPROACHES TO FUNCTIONAL COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGE. Manual Sign-Based Communication for Individuals with Severe or Profound Mental Handicap (P. Duker & B. Remington). Teaching Communicative Signing: Labeling, Requesting and Transfer of Function (J. Goodman & B. Remington). BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS AND SERVICE DELIVERY. The Task Demonstration Model: A Program for Teaching Persons with Severe Disabilities (A. Repp & K. Karsh). Social and Vocational Factors in the Employment of Persons with Developmental Disabilities (R. Gaylord-Ross, et al.). Professional Ethics: Behavior Analysis and Normalization (C. Kiernan). Index.
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