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Behavioral Treatment Methods in Self Injurious Behavior In the Autistic and Mentally Retarded - Treatment Effectiveness and Implications for Further Research

target a specific behavior rather than self-injury as a whole (Edelson, 2006). Each self-injurous behavior is likely to have spec...

Connectivity, External and Internal Drive Bays

front panel." Kozierok (2001) also explains that the term "external drive bay" is a "bit of a misnomer" in that the term ex...

Harris & Weiss/Topics in Autism

the "Yu Family," with parents Harold and Grace. Eddie is their oldest child. Eddie is such a "good" baby, demanding little attenti...

Autistic Children Interventions

autistic children (Sallows and Graupner, 2005). In Sallows and Graupner (2005), 48 percent of the group were enrolled and perfor...

Changing Behavior of Autistic Children

children develop better language skills. Strain, et.al., on the other hand conducted a case study of the effects of self-monitorin...

Antitrust Issues and Internet Explorer of Microsoft

In five pages this paper examines the Department of Justice's antitrust case against Microsoft and issues regarding the Internet E...

Judaism in the Works of Franz Kafka

In five pages the ways in which Judaism ins represented in Franz Kafka's works are examined with an emphasis upon his story 'Metam...

Organized Crime Syndicates and Commercial Burglaries

but commercial burglaries are up (Star Tribune 02B). For many reasons, burglars find commercial establishments a better target th...

Anne Moody's 'Coming of Age in Mississippi'

This is a 5 page book review in which the author relates her own upbringing which is in sharp contrast to most members of American...

Greensboro Sit-Ins

turned into many as the protest continued for almost 6 months.5 In addition, it sparked many other protests throughout the South a...

Civil Rights Movement and Civil Disobedience

being obedient. As the key Civil Rights moments mentioned above illustrate, civil disobedience is characterized by an abs...

Literature Review on Mentally Retarded Students and Best Instruction Methods

and there is no question that in this particular case, the research does indeed come from quality sources. Elements of Best Pract...

Homeland Security, INS and Epidemiology

problems, but refugees are perhaps most at risk, since many of them "come from areas where disease control, diagnosis and treatmen...

Adult Learning Theories, An Article Summary/Chen

This article summary describes a study, Chen (2014), which pertains to nontraditional adult students and the application of adult ...

The Social Problem of Gang Violence

111). Social conditions become problematic through systems of communication (Charon). This interactionist perspective is based ...

Behaviorism and B.F. Skinner

The main point of Skinners theory was that learning was the result of a change in overt behavior, and those changes in behavior we...

Disruptive Behavior and Behavioral Interventions

reinforcer because a negative or unpleasant condition is avoided or stopped as a consequence of the behavior. A good example is ...

A Fictional Case Study of Autism and Behavioral Intervention

which Brydons behavior will be assessed are held every week on Fridays. During the first two of these practice sessions baseline ...

The Death Penalty and Mental Retardation

arguments about the death penalty run the gamut and include rhetoric embracing issues of constitutionality to morality to fairness...

'Cruel and Unusual Punishment' and the 8th Amendment

punishment.iv It was a close vote of 4 to 3, which means that not all justices on that court believed electrocution to be cruel an...

Selective Abortions and Medical Ethics

be ethical, considering that there is still a high degree of false positives. Still, the argument is, at least theoretically, that...

Juvenile Delinquents and Mental Retardation

In five pages this paper examines mentally retarded adolescence and the increases in juvenile crime which result. There is the in...

Mentally Retarded Child and Development of Ego

In eleven pages the development of the ego of a mentally retarded child is considered in a fictitious scenario involving a young g...

Designing and Implementing a Token Economy for the Mentally Unstable

to avoid changing the economy in response to cost contingencies, to provide reinforcers cheaply, and to include a number of token ...

Mentally Retarded Adults and Parents' Support Groups

In five pages this research paper discusses the benefits offered by support groups for developmentally disabled or mentally retard...

Group Counseling for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities

The mentally retarded are the focus of this paper that looks at group counseling. This is not an ordinary approach taken with this...

The Treatment of Mentally Ill Women in the 19th Century

This 5 page paper discusses the way mentally ill women were treated in the 19th century. The writer argues that mental illness oft...

The Mentally Ill and Assertive Community Treatment

when not much was known about mental illness and the right way to treat it. Many medications used today were not developed at the ...

CBT & Drug Addiction/A Case Scenario

in which he or she is most vulnerable to drug use, avoid those high-risk situations whenever possible, and use a range of behavior...

Applied Behavior Analysis and Autism

family (Meadan, Halle & Ebata, 2010). This stress can lead to poor health, anxiety, depression, and marital discord (Meadan, Halle...