Social‐skills Training to Modify Abusive Verbal Outbursts in Adults

Frederiksen, Lee W.; Jenkins, Jack O.; Foy, David W.; Eisler, Richard M.

doi:10.1901/jaba.1976.9-117

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“…Harvey, Luiselli, & Wong, 2009; Hassiotis et al, 2011; Luiselli, 2009; Luyben, 2009; Neef, 2001; Neidert et al, 2010; Robertson et al, 2005). In particular, there are numerous single subject experimental studies supporting ABA with children (Borrero & Vollmer, 2006; Luce, Delquadri, & Hall, 1980; McGee & Ellis, 2000; Russo, Cataldo, & Cushing, 1981; Vaughan, Clarke, & Dunlap, 1997) and with adults in highly controlled environments (e.g., in hospitals and institutional settings; Frederiksen, Jenkins, Foy, & Eisler, 1976; Iwata, Smith, Mazaleski, & Lerman, 1994; Roscoe, Iwata, & Goh, 1998; Shore, Iwata, Vollmer, Lerman, & Zarcone, 1995). We searched several electronic journals and databases (e.g., PsycInfo and PubMed) and Internet search engines for relevant single subject experimental studies and randomized controlled trials evaluating psychosocial interventions for CBs in adults with IDD in outpatient community settings, but the only study of ABA we found was a randomized controlled trial (RCT) that found support for ABA (Hassiotis et al, 2009).…”

Section: Treatment Optionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Treating Individuals With Intellectual Disabilities and Challenging Behaviors With Adapted Dialectical Behavior Therapy

Brown

Dibiasio

2013

Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities

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Approximately one third of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities have emotion dysregulation and challenging behaviors (CBs). Although research has not yet confirmed that existing treatments adequately reduce CBs in this population, dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) holds promise, as it has been shown to effectively reduce CBs in other emotionally dysregulated populations. This longitudinal single-group pilot study examined whether individuals with impaired intellectual functioning would show reductions in CBs while receiving standard DBT individual therapy used in conjunction with the Skills System (DBT-SS), a DBT emotion regulation skills curriculum adapted for individuals with cognitive impairment. Forty adults with developmental disabilities (most of whom also had intellectual disabilities) and CBs, including histories of aggression, self-injury, sexual offending, or other CBs, participated in this study. Changes in their behaviors were monitored over 4 years while in DBT-SS. Large reductions in CBs were observed during the 4 years. These findings suggest that modified DBT holds promise for effectively treating individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

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Section: Treatment Optionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Treating Individuals With Intellectual Disabilities and Challenging Behaviors With Adapted Dialectical Behavior Therapy

Brown

Dibiasio

2013

Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities

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“…Investigators rarely assess whether subjects were aware of the "unobtrusive" measurement procedure. As an exception, Frederiksen et al (1976) asked patients on the ward whether they had realized that situations to which they were previously exposed were contrived. The patients did not identify the situations as related to assessment.…”

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Unobtrusive Measures in Behavioral Assessment

Kazdin

1979

J of App Behav Analysis

108

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A major distinguishing characteristic of behavioral assessment is the direct assessment of overt behavior. Direct assessment is assumed to provide a sample of behavior that reflects client performance in the situation in which behavior is assessed, even if the assessment procedures were not implemented. Yet, in the majority of investigations, behavioral assessment procedures are obtrusive, i.e., subjects are aware that their behavior is being assessed. The potential problem with obtrusive assessment is that it may be reactive, i.e., affect how subjects perform. Recent research has demonstrated that obtrusive observations often are reactive and that behaviors assessed under obtrusive and unobtrusive conditions bear little relation. From methodological and applied perspectives, additional attention needs to be given to unobtrusive measures of behavior change. The present paper illustrates unobtrusive measures in behavior modification including direct observations, archival records, and physical traces of performance. In addition, validation and assessment problems, questions about the obtrusiveness of the measures, and ethical issues are discussed.

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“…MacPherson (1972), contrarily, used AT to decrease subjects' levels of aggression. The psychiatric population often receives AT (Eisler et al, 1973a(Eisler et al, , 1974Wolfe and Fodor, 1977;Frederiksen et al, 1976;Foy et al, 1975). In addition, a psychiatric patient suffering from a history of alcoholism (Eisler et al, 1973a) as well as one suffering from chronic crying spells (Rimm, 1967) were successfully treated with AT.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%