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Behavior treatment, behavior management, and behavior control: Needed distinctions
Author(s) -
Gardner William I.,
Cole Christine L.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
behavioral interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.605
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1099-078X
pISSN - 1072-0847
DOI - 10.1002/bin.2360020104
Subject(s) - behavior management , psychology , applied behavior analysis , control (management) , behavior change , focus (optics) , developmental psychology , social psychology , computer science , artificial intelligence , autism , physics , optics
Behavioral procedures are used frequently with persons who present the dual handicapping conditons of mental retardation and chronic behavior difficulties. It is suggested that behavior management and behavior control procedures are used excessively and at the expense of active behavior treatment. It is recommended that behavior treatment staff be more discriminating in use of these classes of procedures, and that the major focus of behavioral programs be that of active treatment.