Handbook for Behavioral Skills Training

By (author) Peter Sturmey,Lindsay Maffei-Almodovar

ISBN13: 9780443160660

Imprint: Academic Press Inc

Publisher: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc

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Published: 29/11/2024

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Handbook for Behavioral Skills Training is a method consisting of multiple treatment components that is effective for training a wide variety of skills, both simple and complex, in people in a wide variety of populations, including children and adults with disabilities. This book is the first comprehensive research-based guide on behavior skills training for practitioners and human service organizations. Behavioral skills training includes instructions, modelling, rehearsal, and feedback, leading to improvement in social and language skills, reduced problem behavior, independence, and autonomy. This book provides a detailed roadmap from beginning (identifying training needs) to end (large scale application across entire organizations).
1. Behavioral Skills Training: An Introduction 2. Needs Assessment 3. Basic BST procedures 4. Programming Generalization and Maintenance 5. Applications 6. Evidence Base for Behavioral Skills Training 7. Component and Parametric Analyses 8. How Does BST Work? Functional analysis of BST 9. Pyramidal training and systems issues 10. Future directions
  • Educational psychology
  • Cognitive behavioural therapy
  • Professional & Vocational
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