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| Int'l Panel - Therapy by Contingencies with Children and Adults |
| Saturday, May 29, 2004 |
| 4:00 PM–4:50 PM |
| Conference Room 4 |
| Area: CBM/VBC; Domain: Applied Research |
| Chair: Helio J. Guilhardi (Instituto de Analise de Comportamento) |
| HELIO J. GUILHARDI (Instituto de Analise de Comportamento) |
| PATRÍCIA BARROS PIAZZON DE SOUZA QUEIROZ (Instituto de Analise de Comportamento) |
| MARTHA HÜBNER (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil) |
| Abstract: Therapy by Contingencies of Reinforcement is a term that describes a way to deal with behaviors of out-patients using strictily procedures and concepts derived from the Science of Behavior and Radical Behaviorism of B. F. Skinner. A "panic disorder" of an adult client is analysed and delt with based on the Estes-Skinner's anxiety paradigma. A children's behavior of stealing money and objects was dealt with the strenghting of incompatible behaviors of cooperation and behaviors that would produce social reinforcing consequences. The therapist let him play games, describing him the consequences of his behaviors, but not giving him any specific instructions to be followed. He came to be under the control of the descriptions of contingencies and generalized such control from the games to the interactions with people. Contingencies were also arranged with two teenagers, each one with a history of being classified as “dyslexic” and with “ low interest” in reading. In both cases, reading behavior was positively reinforced during sessions, with texts selected by the participants. In spite of the fact that both teenagers had different repertoires in reading, contingencies management lead to the same result: both achieved the same week rate of reading and improvement in school performance |
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