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Wahler, Robert G. – Journal of Early and Intensive Behavior Intervention, 2004
This paper reviews the recent parent training research in which parents are taught to use principles of operant learning as well as general principles of positive verbal discourse. While this combination of interventions has been shown to have greater impact than the operant guidelines used alone, a rationale for the discourse strategy is not…
Descriptors: Operant Conditioning, Reinforcement, Parents, Intervention
Gordon, Steven B.; Wiltz, Nick – 1971
The authors describe the background for and explore the use of a unique apartment-like setting, complete with observational facilities, in which the parents of a hyperactive, aggressive boy were trained in the application of behavioral principles. Procedures consisted of having the entire family live in this setting for 5 consecutive days where…
Descriptors: Behavior, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Change Agents

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