PROMOTING DESIRED LIFESTYLES AMONG ADULTS WITH SEVERE AUTISM AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES : ... person centered applications of behavior analysis

The degree to which adults with severe autism and intellectual disabilities experiences desired lifestyles often is heavily dependent on supports and services provided by human service agencies. __Promoting Desired Lifestyles Among Adults With Severe Autism and Intellectual Disabilities: Person-Centered Applications of Behavior Analysis__ describes how desired of individual adults can be accurately identified and supports and services provided in accordance with those desires. Focusing on person-centered applications of behavior analysis, procedures are presented for human service staff to develop good relationships with individuals, provide routine choice opportunities and ensure access to preferences, teach individuals to exert control over their daily lifestyles, overcome challenging behavior in acceptable ways, and treat individuals with dignity. The goal is to ensure individuals achieve lifestyles they personally desire and experience day-to-day happiness. Promoting Desired Lifestyles Among Adults with Severe Autism and Intellectual Disabilities: Person Centered Applications of Behavior Analysis describes how clinicians, psychologists, and mental health support staff can best fulfill these needs. Using a person-centered application of behavior analysis, the book provides procedures to facilitate clients overcoming challenging behavior, pursuing good relationships, and making good choices, while getting access to all support needed. It provides information on staff training and supervision to insure staff motivation and client happiness. Ultimately, the goal is to allow client choice and personal control over daily lifestyle.Reviews strategies for identifying and promoting individual happinessDescribes how to make traditionally undesired situations more desirableIncludes staff training and supervision requirements for promotion desired lifestylesWritten for agency staff, supervisors, clinicians, and consultants Contents Preface I. Introduction to promoting desired lifestyles 1. Overview of promoting desired lifestyles among adults with severe autism and intellectual disabilities 2. The critical roles of behavior analysis and person-centeredness 3. Laying the foundation I: Evidence-based identification of individual desires 4. Laying the foundation II: Identifying valid indices of happiness II. Promoting day-to-day happiness 5. Actively promoting good relationships 6. Providing choice opportunities 7. Ensuring access to preferences 8. Making undesirable situations more desirable III. Special considerations in promoting desired lifestyles 9. The qualified role of teaching 10. Person-centeredness, behavior analysis, and treating challenging behavior 11. Training, supervising, and motivating front-line staff 12. Treating with dignity IV. Selected readings Selected readings Index