Behavior Modification in Mental Retardation: The Education and Rehabilitation of the Mentally Retarded Adolescent and Adult

by Gardner,William

• ISBN13: 9780202308579
• ISBN10: 020230857X
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2006-07-15
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

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. William I. 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.

Author Biography

William I. Gardner is professor emeritus in the Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education at the University of Wisconsin School of Education, Madison

Table of Contents

Preface	v
PART I PROBLEMS OF EDUCATION AND REHABILITATION OF THE MENTALLY RETARDED CLIENT	1	(58)
1. Introduction	3	(25)
2. Types of Problem Behaviors	28	(11)
3. Characteristics and Bases of Problem Behaviors	39	(20)
PART II BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION: CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES	59	(82)
4. The Nature of Behavior Modification	61	(18)
5. Concepts of Respondent Learning	79	(9)
6. Concepts of Operant Learning	88	(46)
7. Concepts of Observational Learning	134	(7)
PART III PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF THE MENTALLY RETARDED CLIENT	141	(48)
8. Behavioral Evaluation: A Basis for Rehabilitation	143	(20)
9. A Functional Analysis Approach to Evaluation	163	(26)
PART IV METHODS OF PRODUCING BEHAVIOR CHANGE	189	(172)
10. Behavior Treatment: General Considerations	191	(27)
11. Behavior Treatment: Program Development and Strategies for Modification of Behavior	218	(30)
12. Applications to Development of Adaptive Behavior of the Moderately and Mildly Retarded	248	(27)
13. Applications to Development of Adaptive Behavior of the Severely and Profoundly Retarded	275	(40)
14. Applied Behavioral Technology in a Vocational Rehabilitation Setting	315	(46)
C.G. Screven, Joseph A. Straka, Richard LaFond
References	361	(12)
Index	373