Severe Behavior Problems: A Functional Communication Training Approach (Treatment Manuals for Practitioners) - Softcover

Durand, V. Mark

 
9780898622171: Severe Behavior Problems: A Functional Communication Training Approach (Treatment Manuals for Practitioners)

Synopsis

This book provides the practitioner with step-by-step instructions for implementing functional communication training. A variety of assessment strategies are reviewed for assisting in determining appropriate interventions. The Motivation Assessment Scale--designed to assess the function of problem behavior--is outlined in detail and is accompanied with guidelines for its administration and interpretation. Communication training is then detailed and illustrated using speech, sign language, and augmentative systems as examples. Numerous case examples throughout illuminate both the assessment and intervention strategies.

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About the Author

V. Mark Durand, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg.

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9780898622065: Functional Communication Training: An Intervention Program for Severe Behavior Problems (TREATMENT MANUALS FOR PRACTITIONERS)

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ISBN 10:  0898622069 ISBN 13:  9780898622065
Publisher: Guilford Publications, 1990
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