Adaptive Behavior

teaching defusion from thoughts and feelings, and clarifying life values. The key therapeutic objective of ACT is to encourage psychological flexibility. This basically means that the main therapeutic goal of ACT is to encourage the ability to change behaviors in the search of goals and values, even when this brings the client into contact with aversive internal experiences. Hence, symptom reduction is not highlighted in ACT treatment of eating disorders, instead on helping patients live a more…

emotional functioning was assessed using the BASC-2. The BASC-2 assess Tina’s internalizing (i.e., behaviors that manifest internally such as depression or anxiety) and externalizing (i.e., behaviors that are more readily observed by others) behaviors, and adaptive skills. Children rated in the typical range (T scores 40-60) are considered to be in the average range indicating that may sometimes display the behavior in question, but in a range that is similar to other children their area.…

seeks to examine adaptive and maladaptive concerns of BstrongBfit participants. Pre to post intervention changes in anxiety, depression, behavioral concerns, social outcomes, and academic functioning will be measured by the Behavior Intervention Monitoring Assessment System (BIMAS) (McDougal, Bardos & Meier, 2011) and the Children’s Adolescent Wellness Scale (CAWS). Research Questions The researcher will use data obtained from the Self Report and Parent report forms of the Behavior…

should clarify which his behaviors are adaptive and which his behaviors are maladaptive because the suggestions should increase future likelihood of adaptive behaviors and decrease the probability of maladaptive behaviors occurring in the future. His teachers complain that Johnny gets off task easily during class which leads him to turn in incomplete or incorrect classwork. Why does Johnny get off task easily? According to operant conditioning theory, the probability of a behavior occurring in…

Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a lifelong neurodevelopmental disability that affects how a person communicates with, and relates to other people. Autistic children struggle with social interaction, communication, and/or with repetitive and restrictive behaviors on a regular day basis. About 1 in 68 children has been identified with ASD according to estimates from the CDC. The occurrence of ASD is 4.5 times more in males than in females. Autism Spectrum Disorder does not discriminate and is present…

cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) with adolescents and adults with mood or adjustment problems is extensive and diverse. In fact, CBT is one of the most widely used non-pharmacologic treatments for individuals with mental and emotional disorders, especially depression, and its use with individuals with autism spectrum disorders is growing. CBT focuses on replacing negative or ineffective patterns of thought and behavior with structured strategies that are effective in improving mood and adaptive…

As a horizontal leader, the Clinical Nurse Leader is pivotal to the healthcare team, serving as a critical navigator through the microsystem (Harris, et. al., 2014). In preparing the CNL for the prestigious role, such skills as effective communication, collaboration, negotiation, delegation, coordination and evaluation must be learned and mastered for the CNL to be successful in demonstrating the strength of this new type of nurse. It is through these advanced characteristics that will aid the…

commonalities, both therapies are unique in their own way when assisting the needs of a client. Behavioral therapy deals with changing the maladaptive behavior that the induvial has learned from their environment via operant or classical conditioning and observational learning or vicarious conditioning. Behaviorist are concerned with the current behaviors that are observable and attempt to disengage the connection of the stimulus and undesired response that in a way has lead the client to…

form is given to a rater (parent/teacher/caregiver) that know the child well. The rater for this form was Tara Noel’s daycare provider. I did fill it out with her so I could see all parts of this assessment and understand Tara Noel’s day to day behaviors away from her parents. Typically, the rater does this on their own, but this was the first time I was able to use this assessment as I am normally on the rater’s side. Tara Noel’s parents were also given the GARS 3 from her doctor’s office, and…

Spiro & Jehng (1990, p. 165) state: "By cognitive flexibility, we mean the ability to spontaneously restructure one's knowledge, in many ways, in adaptive response to radically changing situational demands...This is a function of both the way knowledge is represented (e.g., along multiple rather single conceptual dimensions) and the processes that operate on those mental representations (e.g., processes…