Auteur : Jacobson, John W. / Foxx, Richard M. / Mulick, James A. (James Anton) 1948-

Maison d'édition : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates

Date de publication : 2005

Collation : xxii, 505 p. : ill.

ISBN : 080584192X

Langue : Anglais

Table des matières : Part I : General issues
1. Where do fads come from? -- 2. Sifting sound practice from snake oil -- 3. The nature nad value of empirically validated interventions -- 4. The appeal of unvalidated treatments
Part II : Historical, cultural, and psychological issues
5. Historical approaches to developmental disabilities -- 6. Classification versus labeling -- 7. The self-esteem fallacy -- 8. The delusion of full inclusion -- 9. Credulity and gullibility among service providers : an attempt to understand why snake oil sells -- 10. Developmental disabilities and the paranormal
Part III : fiels-specific issues
11. Fads in general education : fad, fraud, and folly -- 12. Fads in special education : an overview -- 13. The neutralization of special education -- 14. Fads in speech-language pathology
Part IV : Disorders and symptom specific issues
15. Autism : a late 20th century fad magnet -- 16. Helping parents separate the wheat from the chaff : putting autism treatments to the test -- 17. Severe aggressive and self-destructive behavior : emntalistic attribution -- 18. Severe aggressive and self-destructive behavior : the myth of the nonaversive treatment of severe behavior
Part V : Intervention-specific issues
19. Person-centered planning : afaux fixe in the service of humanism? -- 20. Sensory integrative therapy -- 21. Auditory integration training : a critical review -- 22. Facilitated communication : the ultimate fad treatment -- 23. Positive behavior support : a paternalistic utopian delusion -- 24. Nonaversive treatment -- 25. Gentle teaching
Part VI : Ethical, legal and political concerns
26. Ethical dilemmas and the most effective therapies -- 27. Judicial remedies for fads and fraudulent treatment practices -- 28. The national institutes of health consensus development conference on the treatment of destructive behaviors : a study in professional politics

Résumé : This book brings together leading behavioral scientists and practitioners to focus light on the major controversies surrounding these questions. The authors review the origins, perpetuation, and resistance to scrutiny of questionable practices, and offer a clear rationale for appraising the quality of services. In an era of incresing accountability, no one with a professional or personal stake in services to individuals with mental retardation and developmental disabilities can afford not to read this book.

Mots-clés : Troubles du développement - Aspect génétique / Troubles du développement

Cote : WS 350 J176c 2005