Behaviour problems in

disabled
 Respondent behaviour
 Operant behaviour
 intensity or strength of operant
behaviour depends on consequences.
 In some disabilitys , coping behaviour is
good.
 Learning difficult- negative changes in
behaviour.
 Beh problems are due to organic and
inorganic causes.
Various behavioral disorders
 Psychiatric- disturbance in mental function.
Organic and functional psychosis.
 Neurosis-anxiety neurosis, phobic neurosis,
obsessive- compulsive neurosis, hysteria –
conversion reaction, reactive depression,
temper tantrum, delusion, hallucination,
illusion.
Behavioral problems
 Dementia- loss of higher mental
functioning, memory, judgment,
reasoning.
 Head injured/ stroke-
 Psychological evaluation- aims, history
taking, psycho tests- PAI and HRNB.
 Principles- +ve beh reinforcing factor is
identified.
 Difficult tasks should be broken down
into smaller steps.
 Leisure activities, home-care activities
given.
 Exposure therapy.
 Aversion therapy.
 Hypnotic psychological treatment.
 Treat pt with respect.
 EBD- don’t learns from past experience.
 Don’t like school. Low confidence.
Feeling of worthlessness. Resist change.
 AUTISM- poor learning capacity.
Engagement in repeated activities.
Retarded language development. Empty
gaze. withdrawel from personnel
contacts.
 Therapy- drug therapy, group therapy,
family therapy, recreation therapy.
 MR – it is the term applied to a
condition in which there is a retarded
mental development from birth or early
childhood. Characterized by limited
intelligence , difficulty in adaptive
learning.
 Principles of management-
 Learn through imitation.
 Interact with other same group.
 Don’t be impatient.
 Start training from known to unknown.
 Reward each effort immediately.
 Encourage participation of parents and
community members.