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Training Parents in Behavioral Medicine Techniques for the Chronic Care of Their Developmentally Disabled Children

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Behavioral medicine involves the application of behavioral techniques to health-related problems. Although the ultimate goal of behavioral medicine may be self-control of health-related behaviors by the child, in many instances it is more practical to use some responsible other, such as a parent, to bring about the behavior change. This is particularly true with special populations such as developmentally disabled children. With these children, behavior change is often most effectively brought about through the use of outside agents, such as parents, nurses, aides, or teachers. When children, parents, or significant others are taught behavioral techniques to control developmentally disabled children’s problematic behavior related to health status, this subset of behavior therapy is referred to as behavioral medicine or behavioral pediatrics with developmentally disabled children.

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  1. University of Florida Health Sciences Center, Gainesville, Florida, 32610, USA

    Carol Lewis

  2. Department of Psychology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, 39216, USA

    Ronald S. Drabman

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  1. The Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Dennis C. Russo

  2. Kennedy Memorial Hospital for Children, Brighton, Massachusetts, USA

    Jurgen H. Kedesdy

  3. Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Jurgen H. Kedesdy

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Lewis, C., Drabman, R.S. (1988). Training Parents in Behavioral Medicine Techniques for the Chronic Care of Their Developmentally Disabled Children. In: Russo, D.C., Kedesdy, J.H. (eds) Behavioral Medicine with the Developmentally Disabled. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0999-4_15

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