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Issues in the Training and Evaluation of Behaviour Modification Skills for Staff Working with Profoundly Retarded Multiply Handicapped Children*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2009

J. Hogg ,
T. Foxen  and
J. McBrien
J. Hogg
Affiliation:
Hester Adrian Research Centre, University of Manchester
T. Foxen
Affiliation:
Hester Adrian Research Centre, University of Manchester
J. McBrien
Affiliation:
Hester Adrian Research Centre, University of Manchester
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Kiernan and Riddick's programme for training operant techniques was employed to teach behaviour modification to a variety of staff in a children's mental handicap hospital. The aim was to evaluate the course in relation to a carefully defined group of profoundly retarded multiply handicapped children. Evaluation of the course is described and significant improvement in trainees' skills with respect to the use of physical prompting and reinforcement noted. Some problems of staff in implementing the learnt technique are considered. Finally, the relation between the applicability of behavioural techniques and the characteristics of profoundly retarded multiply handicapped children is considered in the light of more detailed studies of their learning characteristics.

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Research Article
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Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 9 , Issue 4 , October 1981 , pp. 345 - 357
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Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 1981

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