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docjp
Junior Member
Registered: August 2006
Location: Northwest
Posts: 8
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Review Date: Tue August 22, 2006
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Would you recommend the product? No |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 2
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Unfortunately exacerbates the causal factors behind the behavior, thus stimulating increased behavioral expression.
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As mentioned, the essential problem with the behavioral approach is that it focuses on the obvious physical symptoms, which is what the MIND intends one to do, and thus, misses the causal facrtors which need to be discovered if the symptom behaviors are to be eliminated.
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Special_K
Newly Joined
Registered: July 2008
Location: Georgia, US
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Review Date: Thu November 2, 2006
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 7
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useful for targeting some kinds of specific behaviour problems
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sometimes people may need to continue with another variety of therapy
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There aren't many left, but there are still radical behaviourists out there who consider themselves to be applied behaviour analysts and not cognitive behaviour therapists.
Behaviourist techniques seem to be best suited (and indeed the treatment of choice) for:
- Behavioural problems in animals (e.g., dogs, horses)
- Behavioural problems in people with intellectual disability (including head banging, self harm, stereotyped behaviours etc)
- Teaching appropriate social behaviours to children with autism or autistic spectrum disorders
- Behavioural problems related to conduct disorder and / or ADD / ADHD.
I'd rate them 'very good' on the basis of being the treatment of choice for those problems.
Behaviourist techniques also led to the development of token economies which have had some (though fairly limited success) in effecting behavioural change with people on psych wards, classrooms, and drug rehabs. There has also been some success with treating anxiety / phobias and depression in adults. behaviourist techniques like progressive muscle relaxation, systematic desensitisation, flooding, activity scheduling etc have benefited many people. With these latter problems the behaviourist approach is limited, however. While the techniques are useful most people find they need to continue therapy with a therapist of another orientation after a course of behaviour therapy.
http://www.shapingbehavior.com/whatisaba.html
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