Behaviour and Health
Types of Assessments
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Assessment
Measures attention and ADHD with a variety of assessment products.
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Adolescent Assessment
Evaluate children’s social perception.
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Anger Assessment
Measures anger, aggression, and threat risk.
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Anxiety Assessment
Evaluate anxiety and stress caused by various sources.
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Autism Spectrum Disorder
Identifies attention issues, ADHD, and executive function concerns.
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Chronic Pain Assessment
Identifies areas of clinical concern, attitudes toward chronic pain, and beliefs about pain and treatment.
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Depression & Suicide Assessment
Measures behavioral manifestations and severity of depression.
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Employment Assistant Program (EAP) Assessment
Evaluates stress in career settings.
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Family & Relationship Assessment
Measures the relationship of the family members.
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General Assessment
Assesses general behavior skills throughout the life span.
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Parenting Assessment
Evaluates stress caused by parenting.
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Personality Assessment
Find personality and psychopathology assessment products.
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Assessment
Evaluates acute and chronic post-traumatic symptomatology.
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School-Based Assessment
Assesses child’s special needs.
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Substance Misuse
Identifies an individual’s probability of having a substance-dependent disorder.
Behavioural Therapist
Behavioural Therapy is an important component of NexGenCounselling.
What is a behavioural therapist?
Behavioural therapy is the use of operant learning theory to bring about meaningful and positive change in behaviour.
A behavioural therapist has qualifications in behavioural science, psychology, or social science and has specialized training in applied behavioural analysis.
Most people would understandably assume behavioural therapists only work with maladaptive, or challenging, behaviours. The truth can be found in this notion of behavioural therapy but to get to that eventual conclusion, it is important to fully understand the concept of behavioural therapy and what comprises maladaptive, or challenging, behaviours versus adaptive, or typical, behaviours.
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Behavioural therapists aim to teach children everything they need to know in order to functionally access their world. If a child has the understanding of how to obtain everything he or she needs, in the most appropriate manner, he or she will use this knowledge. By having access to every appropriate way of accessing our wants and needs, challenging behaviours no longer have any purpose.
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From a more straightforward angle, rather than theoretical, behaviour therapists have a slew of different responsibilities. A behavioural therapist will analyse challenging behaviours based upon the function, or reason, behind the behaviour. According to this, a behavioural therapist will write a behaviour plan which includes exactly how to manage the behaviour across home, school, and the natural environment when the behaviour does occur. A behaviour plan will also include what to do in order to reward and encourage the behaviours we want to see as we work towards these appropriate behaviours replacing the challenging ones.
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Effectively, behavioural therapists better the lives of individuals who may be experiencing difficulties. Thankfully, behavioural therapists are also some of the most kind-hearted, patient, and caring individuals you’ll ever come across and are always happy to help. So, when you do have any trouble; when you’re searching for answers; when you’re lost for how to help yourself, contact a behavioural therapist.