Education & Training. At a minimum, probation officers should have a bachelorâs degree in a field related to human service. The best degrees for probation officers include social work and criminal justice. Other possible areas of study are psychology, sociology, or criminology.robation officers are responsible for overseeing people who are convicted of crimes, but who have been released on probation or parole.
Habilitative/Habilitation Services. Health care services that help you keep, learn, or improve skills and functioning for daily living. Examples include therapy for a child who isn't walking or talking at the expected age. These services may include physical and occupational therapy, speech-language pathology, and other services for people with disabilities in a variety of inpatient and/or outpatient settings.
Noun. 1. behavior therapy-psychotherapy that seeks to extinguish or inhibit abnormal or maladaptive behavior by reinforcing desired behavior and extinguishing undesired behavior. behavior modification.psychotherapy-the treatment of mental or emotional problems by psychological means.eciprocal inhibition, reciprocal-inhibition therapy-a method of behavior therapy based on the inhibition of one response by the occurrence of another response that is mutually incompatible with it; a relaxation response might be conditioned to a stimulus that previously evoked anxiety.