Learning to Listen (Paperback)

Brookes Publishing Co

ISBN 10: 1557661642 / ISBN 13: 9781557661647

Published by Brookes Publishing Co, Baltimore, 1996

About this Item

Paperback. This nontechnical and absorbing text describes how the interactive process of "learning to listen" provides practical alternatives to overly controlling behavior modification techniques. Written for support and other service providers working with people with intellectual disabilities, this book includes compelling and detailed case studies that illustrate possible positive approaches and reveal how people with disabilities can take control of their lives. This accessible and absorbing text describes how the interactive process of learning to listen can help support providers replace overly controlling behavior modification techniques with thoughtful, practical alternatives.; Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Learning to Listen (Paperback)
• Publisher: Brookes Publishing Co, Baltimore
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1557661642
• ISBN 13: 9781557661647
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

This nontechnical and absorbing text describes how the interactive process of "learning to listen" provides practical alternatives to overly controlling behavior modification techniques. Written for support and other service providers working with people with intellectual disabilities, this book includes compelling and detailed case studies that illustrate possible positive approaches and reveal how people with disabilities can take control of their lives.

About the Author

Herbert Lovett, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Boston, Massachusetts, and a program coordinator with the Institute on Disability, University of New Hampshire. He has worked throughout the Northern Hemisphere to promote inclusive supports in and equal access to education, work, housing, and human rights. He is the author of Cognitive Counseling and Persons with Special Needs (1985) and a past president of the Autism National Committee.