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Reducing Restraint and Restrictive Behavior Management Practices
Peter Sturmey
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Description for Reducing Restraint and Restrictive Behavior Management Practices
Hardback. Series: Autism and Child Psychopathology Series. Num Pages: 249 pages, 11 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JKSN; JMC; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 246 x 19. Weight in Grams: 542.
This book presents an evidence-based framework for replacing harmful, restrictive behavior management practices with safe and effective alternatives. The first half summarizes the concept and history of restraint and seclusion in mental health applications used with impaired elders, children with intellectual disabilities, and psychiatric patients. Subsequent chapters provide robust data and make the case for behavior management interventions that are less restrictive without compromising the safety of the patients, staff, or others. This volume presents the necessary steps toward the gradual elimination of restraint-based strategies and advocates for practices based in client rights and ethical values. ... Read more
This book presents an evidence-based framework for replacing harmful, restrictive behavior management practices with safe and effective alternatives. The first half summarizes the concept and history of restraint and seclusion in mental health applications used with impaired elders, children with intellectual disabilities, and psychiatric patients. Subsequent chapters provide robust data and make the case for behavior management interventions that are less restrictive without compromising the safety of the patients, staff, or others. This volume presents the necessary steps toward the gradual elimination of restraint-based strategies and advocates for practices based in client rights and ethical values. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Series
Autism and Child Psychopathology Series
Condition
New
Weight
542g
Number of Pages
249
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319175683
SKU
V9783319175683
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Ref
99-15
About Peter Sturmey
Peter Sturmey Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology at The Graduate Center and Queens College, City University of New York and a member of the Doctoral program in Behavior Analysis. He has published widely on intellectual and other developmental disabilities and made many national and international presentations for more than 30 years. His main focus of research is training staff and ... Read more
Reviews for Reducing Restraint and Restrictive Behavior Management Practices
This comprehensive book has almost everything you would ever want to know on the subject. ... Reducing Restraint and Restrictive Behavior Management Practices especially useful for both managers and clinicians working in psychiatric settings. In mental health and geriatric residential facilities, schools, juvenile detention centers, and similar more restrictive settings, the book would be informative ... Read more