Communication-Based Intervention for Problem Behavior

Author: Edward Carr Ph.D.
Edition: First
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 1557661596

Communication-Based Intervention for Problem Behavior: A User's Guide for Producing Positive Change

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Understanding why individuals engage in problem behavior is the first step toward developing effective interventions-and this user-friendly guide will help you do both. First, you'll get a primer on understanding challenging behaviors and learn how to conduct your own functional assessments to reveal what's behind an individual's actions. Then you'll get extensively field-tested strategies, including adaptable guidelines on - building rapport - providing opportunities for individuals to make their own choices - selecting and teaching forms of communication - establishing crisis management tactics Throughout the book, you'll find checklists of things to do, case stories with transcripts of interactions, and helpful commentary on what worked in the examples and why. Order today, and learn how to help individuals replace aggression and self-injury with alternative communication skills.

Communication Based Intervention F/Problem Behavior:

Understanding why individuals engage in problem behavior is the first step toward developing effective interventions--and this user-friendly guide will help you do both. First, you'll get a primer on understanding challenging behaviors and learn how to conduct your own functional assessments to reveal what's behind an individual's actions. Then you'll get extensively field-tested strategies, including adaptable guidelines on- building rapport- providing opportunities for individuals to make their own choices- selecting and teaching forms of communication- establishing crisis management tactics

Two basic principles underlie this extensively field-tested manual: 1) problem behavior often serves a purpose for the individual displaying it, and 2) intervention should take place within the community. In clear and friendly language, this book translates those principles into methods for conducting functional assessments, communication-based intervention strategies, procedures for facilitating generalization and maintenance, and crisis management tactics. Also included are case studies and checklists that help ensure success. Useful for handling intense behavior problems, this book is inval

Categories: Behavior therapy->In adolescence, Mentally disabled->Behavior modification, Developmentally disabled->Rehabilitation. Contributors: Carr - Author. Format: Paperback

Categories: Behavior therapy->In adolescence, Mentally disabled->Behavior modification. Contributors: Carr - Author. Format: Paperback

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