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Rizvi, Shireen L.; Dimeff, Linda A.; Skutch, Julie; Carroll, David; Linehan, Marsha M. – Behavior Therapy, 2011
Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) has received strong empirical support and is practiced widely as a treatment for borderline personality disorder (BPD) and BPD with comorbid substance use disorders (BPD-SUD). Therapeutic success in DBT requires that individuals generalize newly acquired skills to their natural environment. However, there have…
Descriptors: Personality Problems, Behavior Modification, Personality, Coping
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Facon, Bruno; Sahiri, Safia; Riviere, Vinca – Behavior Therapy, 2008
The aim of the present study was to demonstrate the efficacy of combining two operant learning procedures--shaping and fading--for treating selective mutism. The participant was a 12-year-old boy with mental retardation presenting a severe long-term selective mutism. The treatment was aimed at increasing the loudness of his vocalizations in an…
Descriptors: Verbal Stimuli, Mental Retardation, Behavior Modification, Reinforcement
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Rapp, John T.; Vollmer, Timothy R.; Hovanetz, Alyson N. – Behavior Therapy, 2005
We evaluated and treated swimming pool avoidance that was exhibited by a 14-year-old girl diagnosed with autism. In part, treatment involved blocking for flopping (dropping to the ground) and elopement (running away from the pool) and access to food for movements toward a swimming pool. Treatment also involved reinforcement for exposure to various…
Descriptors: Aquatic Sports, Mothers, Autism, Recreational Facilities