Learning to Listen: Positive Approaches and People with Difficult Behavior (Lovett)

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Recognizing the needs and wishes of the people you serve.

Related Titles:

Positive Behavioral Support

Communication-Based Intervention for Problem Behavior

Learning to Listen
Positive Approaches and People with Difficult Behavior
By

Herbert Lovett, Ph.D.

"A must-read for anyone who provides services for persons with disabilities." —Journal of Vocational Special Needs Education

"Lovett invites practitioners to enter into the same relationship with consumers that most of us treasure with our peers; ongoing, with mutual affection and regard." —The Journal of Applied Rehabilitation Counseling

"Common-sense solutions to behavioral difficulties." —Disability Resources Monthly

This nontechnical and absorbing text describes how the interactive process of "learning to listen" provides practical alternatives to overly controlling behavior modification techniques. Written for support and other service providers working with people with intellectual disabilities, this book includes compelling and detailed case studies that illustrate possible positive approaches and reveal how people with disabilities can take control of their lives.

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ISBN 1-55766-164-2
Paperback
288 pages / 6 x 9
1996 / $34.95
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Table of Contents

Foreword, by Nancy R. Thaler

Learning to Listen
The Politics of Labeling Behavior
The Policies of Behaviorism
The Hierarchy of Control
People Who Hurt Themselves
Choices and Challenges

References: Literature Cited

Appendix A: The Expositor; or Many Mysteries Unraveled

Appendix B: Handicap Consciousness