NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 4 results Save | Export
Operant Conditioning of Grooming Behavior of Severely Retarded Girls
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Treffry, Doug; And Others – Mental Retardation, 1970
Descriptors: Conditioning, Educational Methods, Exceptional Child Research, Females
An Overview of Behavior Modification with the Severely and Profoundly Retarded: Part III, Maintenance of Change and Epilogue
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Nawas, M. Mike; Braun, Stephen H. – Mental Retardation, 1970
The last installment of a series of three papers on operant techniques. (KW)
Descriptors: Behavior, Behavior Change, Conditioning, Educational Methods
Normalization, De-Humanization, and Conditioning -- Conflict or Harmony?
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Roos, Philip – Mental Retardation, 1970
Reconciled are the current philosophy of normalization (providing patterns and conditions of everyday life) and the growth of behavior-shaping strategies as the bases of the institutional care and program of the severely mentally handicapped. (KW)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Conditioning, Educational Methods, Exceptional Child Education
The AAMR Position Statement on Aversive Therapy: The Controversy.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Mental Retardation, 1988
A survey of 55 Louisiana members of the American Association on Mental Retardation (AAMR) indicated disagreement with an AAMR position statement condemning inhumane forms of aversive therapy. AAMR is urged to reconsider its position concerning the scope of aversive therapy, need for further research, and use of aversive therapy with some…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Conditioning