Destructive behavior in developmental disabilities :  diagnosis and treatment / 
Travis Thompson, David B. Gray, editors. 
 - Thousand Oaks, CA :  Sage Publications,  c1994. 
 - viii, 327 p. :  ill. ;  23 cm. 
 - Sage focus editions ;  170 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>PART ONE: EPIDEMIOLOGY AND ONTOGENY OF DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR<br/>Prevalence of Destructive Behavior - Sharon A Borthwick-Duffy<br/>A Study of Aggression, Self-Injury and Property Destruction<br/>Challenging Behaviors among Persons with Mental Retardation in Residential Settings - Robert H Bruininks<br/>Implications for Policy, Research and Practice<br/>Epidemiology and Topographic Taxonomy of Self-Injurious Behavior - Johannes Rojahn<br/>Developmental Psychopathology of Destructive Behavior - William MacLean<br/>PART TWO: OBSERVATIONAL DATA RECORDING SYSTEMS FOR ANALYZING DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR AND ANALYZING RESULTS FROM MULTIPLE SMALL SAMPLE INVESTIGATIONS<br/>Laptop Computer Systems for Data Recording and Contextual Analyses - Alan C Repp<br/>Data Collection with Bar Code Technology - Richard R Saunders<br/>Aggregating Results from Multiple Studies - Lynne K Edwards<br/>PART THREE: BIOLOGICAL INTERVENTIONS FOR DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR<br/>Neurobehavioral Mechanisms of Drug Actions in Developmental Disabilities - Travis Thompson<br/>The Lesch-Nyhan Disease - William L Nyhan<br/>Dopaminergic and Serotonergic Mechanisms in Self-Injury and Aggression - Steven R Schroeder<br/>PART FOUR: ENVIRONMENTAL INTERVENTIONS FOR DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR<br/>Covariation within Functional Response Classes - Robert H Horner<br/>Implications for Treatment of Severe Problem Behavior<br/>Intensive and Long-Term Treatment for Clients with Destructive Behavior - O Ivar Lovaas<br/>Measurement and Evaluation of Treatment Outcomes with Extremely Dangerous Behavior - Richard M Foxx<br/>Severe Problem Behaviors of Children with Developmental Disabilities - Jill Taylor<br/>Reciprocal Social Influences<br/>PART FIVE: ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN TREATMENTS FOR DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR<br/>Ethics of Treatment Evaluation - Robert L Sprague<br/>Balancing Efficacy Against Other Considerations 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0803955820 (cl) 0803955839 (pb) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>93043673  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mental retardation--Complications.<br/>Self-injurious behavior--Prevention.<br/>Violence--Prevention.<br/>Aggressiveness--Prevention.<br/>People with mental disabilities--Rehabilitation.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RC451.4.M47  / D47 1994 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>616.858 8 THO G