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Peer reviewedFoxx, Richard M. – Australia and New Zealand Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 1985
The paper discusses efforts to reduce maladaptive behaviors in retarded persons including seven desirable characteristics of behavioral change agents, programmatic factors contributing to failure (such as a reactive rather than active intervention model), appropriate use of reinforcement, reasons clients misbehave, and research based suggestions…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Change Agents
