Sentences with phrase «at behaviour modification»

Republicans see the Obama administration's increase in taxes as an attempt at behaviour modification, to behave in the way Obama sees fit in line with his socialism.

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Employing a dog trainer to help with behaviour modification is ideal, but if you're looking something you can try at home first, here are a few ideas.

CBATIs are experienced trainers who have trained clients and dogs for at least 200 hours, with half of those hours specifically in behaviour modification for fear, aggression, and frustration.

A few alternatives include, frequent nail trims, Soft Paws (https://www.softpaws.com) and behaviour modification techniques to encourage scratching of acceptable surfaces at home.

The veterinary behaviourist must also receive training in normal species typical behaviour, comparative animal behaviour, the principles of learning and behaviour modification, abnormal behaviour, psychopharmacology and the effects of disease on behaviour, and must work for at least two years seeing cases under the mentorship of a board certified behaviourist.

Regarding the child, the importance of the intrauterine and early postnatal environments for metabolic programming and modifications of the epigenome is increasingly recognised, 12 — 14 particularly for metabolic diseases such as obesity and diabetes.15 Thus, GDM is related to macrosomia at birth (> 4 kg), to excess body fat and (central) obesity and to insulin secretion in infants and children, the obesity being in part mediated by maternal body mass index (BMI) or birth weight.16 — 23 Intrauterine exposure to GDM also doubles the risk for subsequent type 2 diabetes in offspring compared with offspring of mothers with a high genetic predisposition for type 2 diabetes, but with normal glucose tolerance during the index pregnancy.24 Maternal prepregnancy overweight and excessive gestational weight gain also predict high birth weight and adiposity during infancy.12 25 This is highly relevant, as up to 60 % — 70 % of women with GDM are overweight or obese before pregnancy.26 Finally, maternal lifestyle behaviour such as a high fat diet or lack of physical activity during pregnancy can influence offspring adiposity independent of maternal obesity.12 27

Paper presented at the Bicentennial conference of the Australian Behaviour Modification Association, Adelaide, Australia.

Astrid studied at the University of Sydney, specialising in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) and was an active member of the Australian Behaviour Modification Association She completed postgraduate qualifications in clinical hypnosis, worked in hospitals and general medical practices providing psychological therapy for a range of common problems, and set up and ran chronic pain management programmes for healthcare providers.