Used as a technique within a number of different therapies in training for developmental delays, for behavioural aspects of CNS conditions, to correct abnormal characteristics (e.g. of fine motor movement) and where there is held to be a major psychological or psychosomatic component. Originates from ideas of Skinner and others on conditioning, and on group dynamics.
BABCP British Association for Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapies, tel: 01254 875277, www.babcp.com. Practitioners of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT).
Royal College of Psychiatrists, leaflets dept., tel: 020 7235 2351 x259, www.rcpsych.ac.uk. Leaflets and factsheets include: Physical illness and mental health; Child and adolescent mental health; Learning disabilities; Cognitive Behavioural Therapy; Behavioural problems and conduct disorder; CR144 (report concerning standards of clinical practice in supporting people with learning disabilities who present behavioural challenges); Behavioural and conduct problems; and information about drugs used for behaviour modification.
