Research Catalog

Title

Destructive behavior in developmental disabilities : diagnosis and treatment / Travis Thompson, David B. Gray, editors.

Publication

Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications, [1994], ©1994.

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Additional Authors

• Gray, David B.
• Thompson, Travis.

Description

viii, 327 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.

Summary

• A recent study by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development revealed that the annual cost of service to people with mental retardation who harm others, injure themselves, or damage property exceeds $3.5 billion per year. This book is about the search for solutions to this difficult problem. How do we diagnose those with developmental disabilities who display such problem behavior? How do we measure the effectiveness of various interventions or treatment programs?
• An interdisciplinary team of the nation's experts addresses these and related questions, such as the epidemiology of self-injury and aggression, developmental psychopathology associated with destructive behavior, methods for studying these behavior problems, biological and environmental interventions for destructive behavior, and policy concerns.
• Destructive Behavior in Developmental Disabilities provides professionals and researchers interested in developmental psychology, psychology, nursing, and interpersonal violence with an analysis beyond single-factor theories and demonstrates how attention to the interaction of multiple variables can contribute to discovering solutions to the complex problem of destructive behavior.

Series Statement

Sage focus editions ; 170

Uniform Title

Sage focus editions ; v. 170.

Subjects

• Self-injurious behavior > Prevention
• Aggressiveness > Prevention
• Self-Injurious Behavior
• Violence > Prevention
• Intellectual Disability > rehabilitation
• Intellectual Disability > complications
• People with mental disabilities > Rehabilitation
• Intellectual disability > Complications

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Pt. I. Epidemiology and Ontogeny of Destructive Behavior. 1. Prevalence of Destructive Behaviors: A Study of Aggression, Self-Injury, and Property Destruction / Sharon A. Borthwick-Duffy. 2. Challenging Behaviors Among Persons With Mental Retardation in Residential Settings: Implications for Policy, Research, and Practice / Robert H. Bruininks, Kathleen M. Olson, Sheryl A. Larson and K. Charlie Lakin. 3. Epidemiology and Topographic Taxonomy of Self-Injurious Behavior / Johannes Rojahn. 4. Developmental Psychopathology of Destructive Behavior / William E. MacLean, Jr., Wendy L. Stone and William H. Brown -- Pt. II. Observational Data Recording Systems for Analyzing Destructive Behavior and Analyzing Results From Multiple Small-Sample Investigations. 5. Laptop Computer System for Data Recording and Contextual Analyses / Alan C. Repp and Kathryn G. Karsh. 6. Data Collection With Bar Code Technology / Richard R. Saunders, Muriel D. Saunders and Jay L. Saunders.
• 7. Aggregating Results From Multiple Studies / Lynne K. Edwards and Amy N. Spiegel -- Pt. III. Biological Interventions for Destructive Behavior. 8. Neurobehavioral Mechanisms of Drug Action in Developmental Disabilities / Travis Thompson, Mark Egli, Frank Symons and Dawn Delaney. 9. The Lesch-Nyhan Disease / William L. Nyhan. 10. Dopaminergic and Serotonergic Mechanisms in Self-Injury and Aggression / Stephen R. Schroeder and Richard Tessel -- Pt. IV. Environmental Interventions for Destructive Behavior. 11. Covariation Within Functional Response Classes: Implications for Treatment of Severe Problem Behavior / Jeffrey R. Sprague and Robert H. Horner. 12. Intensive and Long-Term Treatments for Clients With Destructive Behaviors / O. Ivar Lovaas and Tristram Smith. 13. Measurement and Evaluation of Treatment Outcomes With Extremely Dangerous Behavior / Richard M. Foxx, George Zukotynski and Don E. Williams.
• 14. Severe Problem Behaviors of Children With Developmental Disabilities: Reciprocal Social Influences / Jill C. Taylor and Edward G. Carr -- Pt. V. Ethical Considerations in Treatments for Destructive Behavior. 15. Ethics of Treatment Evaluation: Balancing Efficacy Against Other Considerations / Robert L. Sprague.

ISBN

• 0803955820 (cl)
• 0803955839 (pb)

LCCN

93043673

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries