…but it will also extinguish positive behaviors if they are acted out as well, unless they are reintegrated through the person’s brain. Any accompanying dialogue should be a reinforcement of the positive behavior as opposed to that we find in many films and television episodes. It should be like reparenting a brain injured person. Vacuuming at the mall is not my idea of reparenting positive behaviors, nor is exposing one to loud ceiling A/C vents on behavioral units with cement floors and inappropriate foot covering.
