Pamela Lewis

Achieving Best Behavior for Children with Developmental Disabilities

A Step-By-Step Workbook for Parents and Carers

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This workbook is designed for parents of children with developmental disabilities. It offers step-by-step instructions for drawing up and implementing behaviour plans that successfully address and improve challenging behaviours. The book is full of checklists and activities to monitor and assess behaviours and track a child's development.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 158
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 280mm x 210mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 405g
• ISBN-13: 9781843108092
• ISBN-10: 1843108097
• Artikelnr.: 22300046

Autorenporträt

Pamela Lewis is a psychologist based at the Clinical Services Unit, Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction. I Starting out. 2. Believe you can. 3. Medical factors. 4.
Identify/Create your support network. 5. Overview. II Understand your
child's developmental levels. 6. Developmental levels. III Target and
define behavior. 7. Go through a typical day. 8. Define the behavior. 9.
Agree on a prioritized list of troubling behaviors. IV Functions of
behavior. 10. Identify the function of the behavior. V Create a behaviour
plan. 11. Antecedents and consequences. 12. Look for patterns. 13. Identify
the function of the behavior. 14. Use rewards! 15. Create a behavior plan
(1): reducing setting events, communication, structure, and choice. 16.
Create a behavior plan (2): rewarding desirable behaviors. 17. Create a
behavior plan (3): contingencies for negative behaviors. 18. Summarize your
behavior plan. 19. Conclusion. VI Strategies for common challenges.
Appendix 1: Reward/reinforcer survey. Appendix 2: Resources for autism and
learning disabilities. Index.