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Download full textNew York State Commission on Quality of Care for the Mentally Disabled, Albany. – 1987
This report examines issues concerned with the use of aversive behavior modification techniques in actual treatment practices at one intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded. The review of these practices reveals how, once the philosophy of using aversives takes hold at a program (to deal with seemingly intractable behaviors), its…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Ethics
