Parents' Education as Autism Therapists: Applied Behaviour Analysis in Context

by Keenan, Mickey

• ISBN13: 9781853027789
• ISBN10: 1853027782
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-01-01
• Publisher: JESSICA KINGSLEY

Summary

Clear, focused, and practical, this book is a useful introduction to ABA for parents and professionals working with children with autism. Successful child rearing is an essential skill for any parent. For most of us this skill is handed down from our own parents and society in general. In real terms this means that rather than relying on any formal instruction to help us, we bring up our children using skills based largely upon commonsense and a willingness to do our best. These methods are, by-and-large, successful in everyday situations. However, when it comes to more difficult aspects of developing skills in out children, we need something more dependable than good will. Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), the systematic implementation of scientifically proven behavioral principles offers just hat. Aimed at enhancing people's lives in ways that they or their careers feel are important, it includes a variety of methods and techniques which can be used to promote, decrease, or maintain skills for daily living.

Author Biography

Mickey Keenan is Director of PEAT and a lecturer in the Psychology Department at the University of Ulster at Coleraine Ken P. Kerr is Director of Training of PEAT and a Learning and Behavioural Consultant in private practice Karola Dillenburger is a lecturer in the School of Social Work at The Queen's University of Belfast.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. 8
Foreword	p. 9
Preface	p. 13
Applied Behaviour Analysis: A Parents' Perspective	p. 15
Applied Behaviour Analysis: The Therapy of Choice	p. 32
Functional Assessment, Functional Analysis and Challenging Behaviour	p. 47
Colin's Story	p. 63
What do We Want to Teach our Children?	p. 131
Conclusion and Way Ahead	p. 152
Colin's Language	p. 160
Colin's Vocabulary	p. 161
Speech And Language Therapy	p. 163
Colin's Day	p. 167
Subject Index	p. 174
Name Index	p. 177
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