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BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION STRATEGIES FOR EMPLOYMENT COUNSELING
Author(s) -
Fuhriman Addie,
Pappas James P.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
journal of employment counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.252
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 2161-1920
pISSN - 0022-0787
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-1920.1971.tb01269.x
Subject(s) - psychology , intervention (counseling) , variety (cybernetics) , contingency management , antecedent (behavioral psychology) , contingency , reinforcement , assertion , repertoire , applied psychology , unemployment , token economy , behavior management , social psychology , psychotherapist , computer science , linguistics , philosophy , physics , artificial intelligence , psychiatry , economic growth , acoustics , economics , programming language
There is currently considerable impetus for applying behavioral intervention strategies to a variety of counseling settings. This discussion seeks to extend the application of these procedures to the employment security counseling situation. Unemployment is seen as unadaptive behavior, and its antecedent conditions are examined. Behavioral counseling tactics of goal‐setting, contingency management, counter‐conditioning procedures, and social systems intervention are considered in relation to the employment counselor's repertoire of potential helping responses. A hypothetical case is discussed to illustrate the application of these procedures. This case includes potential applications in systematic desensitization, assertion training, modeling and behavioral rehearsal, manipulation of reinforcement contingencies, and intervention in the employment system.