PSYB45H3 Lecture Notes - Beek, Stuttering
23 Jun 2011
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Chapter 21: habit reversal procedures: habit reversal: used to decrease frequency of undesirable habit behaviours. tourette"s disorder: stuttering: word repetitions, prolongations, habit reversal procedures: therapy session with the client who exhibits the habit disorder, awareness training. client learns to identify when the habit occurs or when it is about to occur: competing response training. client learns about a behaviour incompatible with the habit behaviour and practices the competing response in session after each occurrence of the habit. Next, the client imagines the situations in which he or she will use the competing response outside the session to inhabit the habit. Finally, the client is instructed to use the competing response outside the session whenever the habit occurs or is about to occur. example: for nail biting or hair pulling. Also they are instructed to www. notesolution. com praise the client for not engaging in the habit and for using the competing response successfully: motivation procedures.
