Progress in Behavior Modification. Volume 27.

Hersen, Michael., Eisler, Richard M., Miller, Peter M., eds.

ISBN 10: 080394196X / ISBN 13: 9780803941960

Verlag: Sage Publications, Newbury Park., CA., 1991

Beschreibung

8vo, hardcover. Volume 27. No dj. Vg condition. Single health lib. stamp to front endpaper. Spine label neatly removed. Binding tight, contents clean. 164 pp.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1060511.34

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Progress in Behavior Modification. Volume 27.
• Verlag: Sage Publications, Newbury Park., CA.
• Veröffentlichungsdatum: 1991
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 080394196X
• ISBN-13: 9780803941960
• Bindung: Hardcover
• Zustand: Very Good

Über diesen Titel

Inhaltsangabe

Highlights of this volume include two chapters on mental retardation: one presents a model for teaching self-instruction in order to promote independent skill performance and the other reviews self-instructional training on the adaptive functioning of persons with mild to severe mental retardation. Other topics explored include the use of computer technology for behavioural therapy, prevention of injuries, behavioural interventions with adolescents, and recent trends in the behavioural assessment and treatment of brain impairment.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Michel Hersen (Ph.D., ABPP, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1966) is Professor and Dean of the School of Professional Psychology at Pacific University.  He completed his post-doctoral training at the West Have VA (Yale University School of Medicine Program).  He is Past President of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy.  He has coauthored and co-edited 146 books and has published 225 scientific journal articles.  He is co-editor of several psychological journals, including Behavior Modification, Aggression & Violent Behavior: A Review Journal, Clinical Psychology Review, and Journal of Family Violence.  He is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Anxiety Disorders and of Clinical Case Studies, which is totally devoted to description of clients and patients treated with psychotherapy.  He is Editor-in-Chief of the 4-volume work, Comprehensive Handbook of Psychological Assessment.  He has been the recipient of numerous grants from the National Institute of Mental Health, the Department of Education, the National Institute of Disabilities and Rehabilitation Research, and the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation.  He is a Diplomat of the American Board of Professional Psychology, Fellow of the American Psychological Association, Distinguished Practitioner and Member of the National Academy of Practice in Psychology, and recipient of the Distinguished Career Achievement Award in 1996 from the American Board of Medical Psychotherapists and Psychodiagnosticians.  Finally, at one point in his career, he was in full-time private practice and on several occasions he has had part-time private practices.