CYC 804 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3-4: Restorative Justice, System Model, Integrative Thinking

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Child and Youth Care
• Course: CYC 804
• Professor: Anne Black

Document Summary

Behavior change theoretical orientations are used to explain how people become who they are and how to help them change. Often embedded in ontological positions or in metatheories which represent beliefs and reflect values that are embedded within the practitioner"s and sometimes the organization"s philosophical positions. Psychoanalytic theory: theory of personality development, focusing on how unconscious factors motivate behavior, first 6 years are determinants of later personality, focus on early history. Adlerian theory: focus on client"s faulty perceptions and assumptions about life, growth theory that stresses taking responsibility and creating one"s own destiny. Person-centered theory: gives responsibility to the client in dealing with their own problems, unconditional positive regard and developing a positive relationship. Behavior theory: seek information on present behavior and how past learning relates to it, looking at stimuli that reinforces behavior. Rational-emotive theory: people construct faulty thinking and irrational beliefs, attention paid to events that resulted in certain beliefs and changing these.