Psicologia (Jan 2008)

The Use of Videotape in Clinical Interventions with Parents: Literature Review and Behavioral Hypothesis about their Effects

  • Cynthia Borges de Moura,
  • Edwiges Ferreira de Mattos Silvares

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 144 – 161

Abstract

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This article aims to present a review of the area of clinical interventions that use the video as a strategy of intervention, especially in the area of parents training of pre-school children. It also intends to present functional hypothesis about the behavioral process implicit in the positive results with the use of this resource. It discusses the advantages of using the video in the optimization of the instructions offered, for shortening the interventions, encouraging membership, reducing costs and leading to the achievement of positive results in the shortest time possible.

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