A New Family Approach to Therapy for the Learning Disabled Child

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Recommendations for a treatment mode for learning disabled children and their parents were derived from a questionnaire compiled during a three year period. Recognizing that several approaches in use were ineffective, a new program format was developed. Our revised procedure was based on the family's contracting for service, and it focused on the major reinforcers in a child's life space — i.e., parents, teachers, and peers. Remediation and behavior modification techniques were used, the goal being increased independent functioning of the children. Relating skills also were developed, that is, synchronizing feelings with words. Positive results were observed in both remediation and socialization.

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