Behavior Modification in Mental Retardation

The Education and Rehabilitation of the Mentally Retarded Adolescent and Adult

William Gardner (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

390 Seiten

2006
AldineTransaction (Verlag)
978-0-202-30857-9 (ISBN)

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In this important book, one of the most exciting and promising developments in clinical psychology-behavior modification is applied to the treatment of the mentally retarded, particularly those whose behavior poses difficult problems for institutions. Professor Gardner presents an easily intelligible yet detailed account of the concepts and practices of behavior modification and the underlying learning systems, with numerous clinical illustrations of applying specific 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. Individual chapters on respondent, operant, and observational learning, and a detailed discussion of a functional analysis approach to evaluation, are included. Proven behavior modification strategies are presented along with a review of related research and clinical studies. The book closes with a detailed description of a research program for the design and testing of sheltered workshop systems for the retarded and emotionally disturbed. The positive approach inherent in the belief that behavior is modifiable-even in the severely limited retarded-is in marked contrast to the pessimism of other systems of therapy, education, and training. Also, the author has concentrated throughout on making the book understandable to clinicians and students with no previous knowledge of behavior modification. Besides serving as a valuable handbook for all treatment personnel, the book can also be used as a basic text for various courses dealing with mental retardation.

William I. Gardner is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education at the University of Wisconsin School of Education;

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

Erscheint lt. Verlag	15.7.2006
Verlagsort	Somerset
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	612 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Klinische Psychologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-202-30857-X / 020230857X
ISBN-13	978-0-202-30857-9 / 9780202308579
Zustand	Neuware