title: Implementing a Modified Version of Parent Management Training (PMT) with an intellectually disabled client in a special education setting.
abstract: In this article the author discusses how an evidence-based practice was modified to treat an intellectually disabled client with oppositional behavior. Parent Management Training was modified to treat the client. A single-subject A-B design was used. Behavior improved from 1.57 (SD = .78) to 0.63 (SD = .71) episodes of negative behavior per day from baseline to intervention, and findings were significant (t = 2.83, p = .01). Follow-up with the family indicated sustained improvement one year after the intervention was discontinued. Consideration should be given to using principles of Parent Management Training to create formal plans for addressing problem behaviors across settings with intellectually disabled clients.
authors.affiliation: Wurzweiler School of Social Work, Yeshiva University, New York, NY 10033, USA. schudric@yu.edu
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Schudrich
mesh_terms: D019958:Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D003216:Conditioning, Operant; D004493:Education / Q000379:methods*; D004495:Education of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D012951:Socialization; D055815:Young Adult