Treatment Procedures in Communicative Disorders

by Hegde, M. N.

• ISBN13: 9780890797297
• ISBN10: 0890797293
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-04-01
• Publisher: Pro Ed

Table of Contents

Preface	xi	(2)
Introduction	xiii
Chapter 1 A Treatment Paradigm for Communicative Disorders	1	(20)
Treatment Principles and Procedures	2	(3)
A Treatment Paradigm for Communicative Disorders	5	(4)
Treatment Targets Versus Treatment Procedures	9	(2)
Treatment Programs and Variables	11	(1)
A Definition of Treatment	12	(1)
Some Legal Considerations	13	(3)
The Student Clinician in a Clinical Practicum	16	(1)
Summary	17	(1)
Study Guide	18	(3)
Chapter 2 Documenting Treatment Effectiveness	21	(32)
What Is Science?	22	(5)
Science and Clinical Practice	27	(2)
Improvement Versus Effectiveness	29	(1)
Documenting Treatment Effectiveness	30	(11)
Generality of Treatment Effects	41	(1)
Ethnocultural Generality: A Special Case of Client Generality	42	(1)
Treatment Effects and Functional Outcome	43	(2)
Selection of Treatment Procedures	45	(3)
Summary	48	(1)
Study Guide	49	(4)
Chapter 3 Selection and Definition of Target Behaviors	53	(30)
An Overview of Assessment Strategies	54	(6)
Selection of Target Behaviors	60	(1)
Response Classes as Target Behaviors	61	(5)
Target Behaviors Across Disorders	66	(1)
The Normative Strategy	67	(3)
The Client-Specific Strategy	70	(3)
Definition of Target Behaviors	73	(6)
Summary	79	(1)
Study Guide	80	(3)
Chapter 4 Contingencies as Treatment Variables	83	(30)
Reinforcement and Reinforcers	85	(1)
Positive Reinforcers	86	(1)
Types of Positive Reinforcers	87	(11)
Negative Reinforcers	98	(2)
Schedules of Reinforcement	100	(8)
Clinical Use of Reinforcement Schedules	108	(1)
Summary	109	(1)
Study Guide	110	(3)
Chapter 5 Treatment Program I: The Basic Sequence	113	(40)
Baselines of Target Behaviors	114	(8)
The Basic Treatment Program	122	(3)
The Basic Treatment Procedure	125	(13)
An Example of Initial Training and Probe Sequence	138	(8)
Flexibility in Treatment and Training Sequence	146	(1)
Application of Sequence to Other Disorders	147	(2)
Summary	149	(1)
Study Guide	150	(3)
Chapter 6 Stimulus Control in Treatment	153	(22)
Physical Stimuli	154	(1)
Instructions	154	(1)
Demonstrations	155	(1)
Modeling and Imitation	156	(7)
Shaping	163	(5)
Prompts	168	(1)
Fading	169	(2)
Summary	171	(1)
Study Guide	172	(3)
Chapter 7 Discrimination, Generalization, and Maintenance	175	(32)
Discrimination	175	(4)
Generalization	179	(8)
Generalization: Intermediate or Final Clinical Target?	187	(4)
Maintenance Strategies	191	(11)
Summary	202	(1)
Study Guide	203	(4)
Chapter 8 Decreasing Undersirable Behaviors	207	(46)
More or Less Aversive Methods of Response Reduction	208	(2)
Assessment of Undersirable Behaviors	210	(5)
Direct Methods of Response Reduction	215	(15)
Indirect Methods of Response Reduction	230	(5)
Negative Side Effects of Aversive Methods	235	(5)
Positive Side Effects of Aversive Methods	240	(1)
Implementing a Least Aversive Response-Reduction Strategy	241	(6)
Summary	247	(2)
Study Guide	249	(4)
Chapter 9 Working with Families and Other Professionals	253	(24)
Counseling: Varied Concepts and Methods	254	(2)
Outcome-Oriented Work with Families and Others	256	(1)
Peer Training	257	(1)
Family Members as Therapists	258	(3)
Strategies of Working with Families and Others	261	(8)
Working with Other Professionals	269	(4)
Summary	273	(2)
Study Guide	275	(2)
Chapter 10 Treatment Program II: How to Write, Modify, and Implement Programs	277	(22)
How To Write Treatment Programs	277	(1)
An Outline of a General Treatment Program	278	(8)
How To Modify Treatment Programs	286	(5)
Sequence of Training	291	(3)
Summary	294	(1)
Study Guide	295	(1)
Concluding Remarks	296	(3)
Glossary	299	(8)
References	307	(12)
Index	319