PSYB45H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Intellectual Disability, Autism Spectrum, Behaviour Therapy
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Ch. 2 areas of application: an overview (part 1) The value of behaviour modification techniques for improving a wide variety of behaviours has been amply demonstrated in thousands of research reports. Successful applications have been documented with populations ranging from persons with profound learning disabilities to the highly intelligent, from the very young to very old, and from controlled institutional programs to varied community settings. Modified behaviours range from simple motor skills to complex problem solving. In areas such as education, social work, nursing, clinical psychology, psychiatry, community psychology, medicine, rehabilitation, business, industry, and sports, applications are occurring with ever-increasing frequency. In addition to meeting basic needs, parents are responsible for their children"s initial behavioural development. That responsibility is shared with teachers and others as the child develops through early childhood, adolescence, and into adulthood. There are many books and articles on behaviour modification to teach parents way to improve their child-rearing practices.
