Self-injurious behavior in intellectual disabilities /
Intended to give a broad overview of the literature in the area of self-injurious behavior in people with intellectual disabilities, but most of the text is dedicated to the review of the behavioral and biological research in this field. In fact, it is our view that the most promising heuristic appr...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; Oxford :
Elsevier,
2007.
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| Series: | Assessment and treatment of child psychopathology and ;
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Intended to give a broad overview of the literature in the area of self-injurious behavior in people with intellectual disabilities, but most of the text is dedicated to the review of the behavioral and biological research in this field. In fact, it is our view that the most promising heuristic approach for the advancement of our understanding of this phenomenon and for its management and treatment is likely the bio-behavioral perspective in which behavior can be studied at the intersect of learning and the biological bases of behavior. We will propose an overarching heuristic model, which we. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (300 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780080553320 008055332X 9780080448893 0080448895 1281059161 9781281059161 |