Full Description
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. Each chapter introduces the relevance of the topic for practicing professionals, describes and synthesizes the empirical basis of the topic, and then presents practitioner recommendations. With this format, readers can navigate the chapters with familiarity and confidence to facilitate the understanding of content and integration of the many practice areas addressed.
Contents
Section I: Supervision, Training, and Service Delivery
1. Behavior Analytic Supervision
2. Competency-Based Staff Training
3. Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA)
4. Social Validity Assessment
5. Behavoral Risk Assessment
6. Incentive-Based Performance Improvement
7. Technology and Telehealth Applications
Section II: Consultation Practices
8. Consultation Practices: School-Based Instructional Support
9. Consultation Practices: School-Based Behavior Support
10. Consultation Practices: Training to Parents and Families
11. Consultaton Practices: Organizations
12. Consultation Practices: Multidisciplinary Settings
Section III: Professional Development
13. Continuing Education: Accessing the Peer-Reviewed Literature
14. Practice Dissemination: Writing for Publication
15. Practice Dissemination: Public Speaking
16. Licensure and Certification
17. Ethical and Competent Practices in Applied Behavior Analysis: Perspective, Requirements, and Dilemmas
