no fighting, no biting, no screaming
Subtitle: how to make behaving positively possible for people with autism and other developmental disabilities
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley; Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Londo, Philadelphia
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781849051262
Table of contents: title: Challenging behaviour: definitions and theories. What is challenging behaviour? -- Dangerous behaviour? Or just difficult? -- Throwing the blame on somebody else -- History : theories and therapies -- A new outlook -- Background to our conceptions -- Summary -- Conceptions and misconceptions. The importance of self-control -- Methods for changing behavior -- Consequence and structure -- Conceptions of the causes of behavior -- Summary -- Adjustment of demands. Methods of adjusting demands -- Ability to respond to demands -- Summary -- Stress factors : a model for explaining chaos. The effects of stress -- Basic stress factors -- Situational stress factors -- Warning signs -- Signs of chaos -- Protective or calming factors -- Summary -- When conflict happens : keeping it calm. Theories of affect and emotion contagion -- The low-arousal approach -- Creating diversions -- Confrontation or intervention? -- Conflict-seeking service-users -- Summary -- Looking to the future. Fundamental principles -- Leaving the past behind.