Applied behavior analysis advanced guidebook : a manual for professional practice / James K. Luiselli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Luiselli, James K., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Behaviorism (Psychology).

Human behavior.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (439 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London, [England] : Academic Press, 2017.

Summary:

The Applied Behavior Analysis Practice Guidebook: A Manual for Professional Practice gives behavioral practitioners pragmatic advice, direction and recommendations for being an effective clinician, consultant, supervisor and performance manager.The book adopts a how to do it perspective featuring contributions from expert scientist-practitioners.

Contents:

Front Cover

Applied Behavior Analysis Advanced Guidebook

Copyright Page

Contents

List of Contributors

Preface

I. Supervision, Training, and Service Delivery

1 Behavior Analytic Supervision

Introduction to the topic and relevance for behavioral practitioners

Past and current status of practitioner training in the topic

Research base and implications for practice

Practice guidelines, procedures, and implementation recommendations

Deciding to supervise

First meeting-Setting the stage for a positive supervision experience

Assessment of skills

Selecting target skills

Developing clearly defined and measurable behavioral objectives

Using behavioral skills training to teach objectives to competency

Continuously monitor supervisory behaviors

Take home message of above practice guidelines

References

Appendix A Procedural checklist for first supervision meeting

Get to know each other

Discuss the professional supervisory relationship

Set expectations for the supervision experience

2 Competency-Based Staff Training

Preparing behavioral practitioners to train staff

Behavioral research that developed evidence-based staff training procedures

Research on singular staff training procedures

Modeling

Performance practice

Performance feedback

Research on staff training programs

Guidelines and recommendations for practice

Guidelines and recommendations for implementing the steps of BST

BST step 1: Provide rationale for why a skill will be trained

BST step 2: Describe the behaviors necessary to perform the skill

BST step 3: Provide a written description of the skill

BST step 4: Demonstrate the skill

BST step 5: Have staff practice performing the skill

BST step 6: Provide performance feedback

BST step 7: Repeat steps 5 and 6 until competency.

On-the-job component of behavioral skills training

Informal staff training

Making staff training more time efficient for practitioners

Pyramidal staff training

Use of visual media and technology in staff training

The critical but qualified role of staff training

A practice checklist for competency-based staff training

3 Functional Behavioral Assessments

Status of practitioner training

Recommendations for practitioner training

Types of functional behavioral assessments

Indirect assessments

Research base-Indirect assessments

Implications for practice-Indirect assessments

Descriptive assessments

Research base-Descriptive assessments

Implications for practice-Descriptive assessments

Functional analyses

Research base-Functional analysis

Implications for practice-Functional analyses

Practice guidelines checklist

Further reading

4 Social Validity Assessment

Assessing social validity: A priority in the field of applied behavior analysis

Social significance of the goals

Social acceptability of intervention procedures

Social importance of effects

The relevance of social validity assessment for practicing professional

Practical applications of social validity

Assessing social validity at each level of prevention

Assessing social validity from stakeholders involved

Intervention agent

Parents and caregivers

Students or clients

Assessing social validity using a range of methods

Self-report rating scales

Interviews

Direct techniques

Normative comparison

Participant preference assessment

Sustained use

External evaluation

Summary: Essential learnings

5 Behavioral Risk Assessment.

Clinical-behavioral risk in individuals with IDD

Applied behavior analysis in the evaluation of risk

Identification of multiple topographies

Identification of settings

Identification of secondary consequences

Identifying the need for specialist involvement

When to use the screening tool for behaviors of concern

Determining appropriateness for admission to a setting

Preparing for safer entry into a program

Reassessment of chronic complexities

Preparation

Comprehensive record review

Choosing informants

Other considerations

Administering the screening tool

Building rapport

Avoiding tangents

Using understandable language

The general-to-specific strategy

Conceptualizing risk and developing a mitigation plan

Preparation of caregivers

Preventive approaches

Protecting people and settings

Contingent response protocols

Seeking consultation

Treatment planning considerations

Documenting your work

Practice guidelines, summary

Appendix 1

6 Incentive-Based Performance Improvement

Incentive-based performance improvement

Relevant research

Practice recommendations

Conclusion

Takeaways

7 Technology and Telehealth Applications

Technology and telehealth applications

Past and current status of behavior analyst telehealth training

Need for formal telehealth training

Telehealth training recommendations

Technology and telehealth applications in behavioral assessment

Research on conducting behavioral assessments using telehealth in clinical, school, and residential settings

Intervention and consultation

Intervention and consultation in home settings.

Intervention and consultation in school settings

Intervention and consultation in clinical settings

Implications and future directions

Legal and ethical considerations

Initiation of services

Confidentiality

Assessment and intervention

Implementation recommendations

Features important for behavior analysts

II. Consultation Practices

8 Consultation Practices: School-Based Instructional Support

Introduction

The need for instructional consultation in schools

Differences between children's academic and behavior problems

The past and present of school-based instructional intervention

Applied behavior analysis as an evidence-based practice

Foundations of effective instruction

Academic responding as the index of learning

Stimulus control as the process of learning

The learning/instructional hierarchy as a model for strengthening stimulus control

Best practice recommendations for instructional intervention

Assessing student skills and skill deficits

Selecting instructional interventions

Designing instructional sessions

Providing implementation support to teachers

Conclusion and practice guidelines checklist

9 Consultation Practices: School-Based Behavior Support

Consultation practices: school-based behavior support

Functional behavior assessment: research base and implications

Function-based treatment: research base and implications

Extinction

Noncontingent reinforcement

Differential reinforcement

Recommended practice guideline 1: be analytical

Recommended practice guideline 2: employ a functional analysis.

Use open-ended indirect and direct assessments to inform the functional analysis, not replace it

Consider potential barriers to conducting an FA, and select the FA format that reduces these potential barriers

Be prepared to clarify undifferentiated responding in the FA through design variations and procedural modifications

Consider a synthesized contingency analysis

Recommended practice guideline 3: employ skill- and function-based treatments

Use FCT

Consider extinction

Create a practical treatment via reinforcement schedule thinning

Consider antecedent strategies for escape-maintained problem behavior

Conduct a treatment analysis before recommending a long-term intervention

Recommended practice guideline 4: prevent the development of challenging behavior

Individualize training as needed

Recommended practice guideline 5: train and supervise staff well

Consider variables that may influence integrity

Consider establishing operations

Use effective staff training approaches

Plan for generalization

Manipulate consequences

Recommended practice guideline 6: assess social validity

Target socially significant challenging behavior

Evaluate practical significance of behavior change

Evaluate acceptability of assessment and treatment procedures

Consider student preferences

Evaluate acceptability of the consultation process

10 Consultation Practices: Training Parents and Families

History of our outpatient clinics

Description of parent and family training approach

Outpatient clinic description

Step one: Referral

Step two: Preparation prior to the evaluation

Step three: During the evaluation

Step four: Follow-up after the evaluation

Case illustration and benefits of the 90-minute outpatient clinic.

Limitations of the 90-minute outpatient clinic.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

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ISBN:

9780128111284

0128111283

9780128111222

0128111224

OCLC:

1001571831