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22 Six Step Reframing
Although created by John Grinder and Richard Bandler after ‘modeling’ [The process of observing and mapping the successful behaviours of other people. In NLP this involves profiling behaviours/physiology, beliefs and values, internal states and strategies] the Family...
23 Assertiveness
This material is developed using information from three major sources: Chapter 6, Assertiveness Groups by Martha Davis, PhD, which appears in the book Focal Group Psychotherapy, Edited by Matthew McKay & Kim Paleg, 1992, New Harbinger Publications, Inc. Your...
23 Messages
MESSAGE ---> INTERPRETATION --- RESPONSE ---> RESPONSE MESSAGE ---> INTERPRETATION --- RESPONSE ---> RESPONSE MESSAGE ---> INTERPRETATION --- RESPONSE ---> RESPONSE MESSAGE A chain of messages is usually called a dialogue or a conversation. MESSAGE -...
23 Principles of Management
Presupposition: all human service delivery is experimental.
23 Transformational Ideas
A person always makes decisions that at the time they consider to be in their best interest. Thus, when people have obvious problems in living, it should be apparent that their ‘inner logic’ is flawed. To help identify a flawed inner logic, it is necessary to help the individual articulate his/her own goals, personal preferences and desires and to seek to understand the barriers to achievement.
24 Attribution Training
Clinical Prompt There are three steps to effective use of Attribution: it must be applied in a situation where people are thinking about why things are happening, the explanation must be an internal attribution, and the attribution must convey a positive message....
24 Comprehensive Understanding
This article is concerned with addressing the differences between children with developmental difficulties who manifest behavior problems and those whose behavior IS the disability. Since the traditional Functional Behavioral Assessment has been developed and oriented towards the former group and the ‘mental health’ assessments have little meaning other than establishing a diagnosis, we offer here some suggestions as to how to improve the assessment methodology.
24 Rambling Thoughts
Ramble, I am told by Ayoto comes from ‘ram’ and etymologically denotes ‘wander around like a randy ram, looking for ewes to copulate with’ – I have to stop looking up words. This article rambles, in much less provocative ways looking at the development and alteration of and individual’s inner logic.
24 Transformational Organizations
Making a shift in a system of human services from a medical model to a cognitive behavior model requires significant design changes within all factors of the system. When such changes are attempted, managers often attempt to address only one part of the system at a time because they are convinced that such practices are pragmatic.