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BASIC CONCEPTS OF BEHAVIOUR THERAPY: AN EXPERIMENT INVOLVING DISTURBED ADOLESCENT GIRLS
Author(s) -
Jodrell Ruth D.,
SansonFisher Robert
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
australian occupational therapy journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.595
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1440-1630
pISSN - 0045-0766
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1630.1976.tb01056.x
Subject(s) - psychology , occupational therapy , compliance (psychology) , social skills , developmental psychology , unit (ring theory) , psychotherapist , clinical psychology , social psychology , psychiatry , mathematics education
This paper attempts to summarize some of the basic principles and approaches of behaviour therapy that occupational therapists may find useful for application in many areas of practice. It attempts to do this by describing an experimental application of the behavioural modification approach within a treatment unit for disturbed adolescent girls. Two social skills, compliance and social greeting, are dealt with in this article. These skills are two of the many behaviours labeled “performance survival skills” shown in recent studies to be necessary for successful community adjustment.