This book is the first attempt to validate behavior modification
techniques in a carefully controlled experimental treatment
environment for emotionally disturbed children. Such special
settings permit carefully conducted research experiments can be
carried out. This is the first book to synthesize scientific and
clinical approaches to human behavior, indicating that behavior
modification may one day be as much an applied science as
engineering or medicine.
This experimental approach introduces scientific rigor to the
clinical setting, as evidenced by precise measurement of behavior
variables, detailed specification of treatment procedures, and the
use of sophisticated experimental designs to provide objective
evaluation of the effectiveness of treatment programs. In this
approach, series of idiographic (single-subject) case studies are
conducted in a precise manner with each patient-subject admitted to
the treatment program. The general research methodology is similar
to that used in the broad area of operant conditioning, and most
work reported in the book was conducted within a learning theory or
behavior-modification framework.
Browning and Stover discuss the general problems of developing
and controlling a total therapeutic milieu, presenting practical
discussions of problems of data collection, decisions about
treatment programs to be used, staffing problems, and documental
opinion on the relative values of various treatment techniques.
Throughout attention is devoted to developing a method for
answering common questions of parent, child-care worker, and
professional. The authors conducted symposia on the material
contained in this book at various national and regional meetings
and have lectured extensively on college campuses. It is a
ground-breaking study.
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