1st Edition
Behavior Modification in Mental Retardation The Education and Rehabilitation of the Mentally Retarded Adolescent and Adult
By William Gardner
Copyright 1971
390 Pages
by
Routledge
390 Pages
by
Routledge
379 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
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
Biography
William Gardner
