Applied Behavior Analysis for Teachers, 8th Edition

Scholarly and empirically based, this market-leading text gives students what they need to understand using the principles and practices of applied behavioral management in the classroom. The content is presented clearly, in a friendly, accessible–even fun–manner. The eighth edition uses classroom-based examples and practices firmly grounded in research. Content is presented in the order of decision-making by a teacher who has a student exhibiting challenging behavior in class or a student who needs to execute a behavior-change project. The text covers identifying target behavior, collecting and graphing data, functional assessment, experimental design, arranging antecedents and consequences, generalizing behavior change and discusses the importance of ethical considerations in using applied behavior analysis in the classroom.

Chapter 1    Roots of Applied Behavior Analysis

The Usefulness of Explanations

Developmental Explanations

Cognitive Explanations

Behavioral Explanations

Historical Development of Behaviorism

Chapter 2    Preparing Behavioral Objectives

Definition and Purpose

Educational Goals

Components of a Behavioral Objective

Format for a Behavioral Objective

Expanding the Scope of the Basic Behavioral Objective

Behavioral Objectives and the IEP

Chapter 3    Procedures for Collecting Data

A Rationale

Choosing a System

Anecodotal Reports

Permanent Product Recording

Observational Recording Systems

Duration and Latency Recording

How Can All This Be Done?

Summary of Data Collection Systems

Reliability

Factors That May Affect Data Collection and Interobserver Agreement

Chapter 4    Graphing Data

The Simple Line Graph

Additional Graphing Conventions

Cumulative Graphs

Bar Graphs

Chapter 5    Single-Subject Designs

Variables and Functional Relations

Basic Categories of Designs

Single-Subject Designs

AB Design

Reversal Design

Changing Criterion Design

Multiple Baseline Design

Alternating Treatments Design

Changing Conditions Design

Evaluating Single-Subject Designs

Action Research and Single-Subject Designs

Chapter 6    Developing a Hypothesis for Behavior Change: Functional Assessment and Functional Analysis

Behavior and Its Function

The Behavior Support Plan

Development of a Behavior Support Plan

Chapter 7    Arranging Consequences That Increase Behavior

Positive Reinforcement

Contracting

Variations in Administration of Reinforcers

Negative Reinforcement

Natural Reinforcement

Chapter 8    Arrranging Consequences That Decrease Behavior

Procedural Alternatives for Behavior Reduction

Level I: Reinforcement-Based Strategies

Level II: Extinction

Sensory Extinction

Punishment

Level III: Removal of Desirable Stimuli

Level IV: Presentation of Aversive Stimuli

Overcorrection

Chapter 9    Differential Reinforcement: Antecedent Control and Shaping

Antecedent Influences on Behavior

Differential Reinforcement for Stimulus Control,

Principles of Discrimination

Prompts

Modeling

Physical Guidance

Fading

Teaching Complex Behaviors

Differential Reinforcement for Shaping

Chapter 10  Providing for Generalization of Behavior Change

Generalization

Training Generalization

Chapter 11  Teaching Students to Manage Their Own Behavior

A Common Experience

Preparing Students to Manage Their Own Behavior

Self-Management for Learners with Severe Disabilities

Self-Management for Learners with Mild Disabilities

Self-Management for Students at Risk

Chapter 12  Responsible Use of Applied Behavior Analysis Procedures

Concerns About Applied Behavior Analysis

Ethical Use of Applied Behavior Analysis Procedures

Accountability

Theory or Recipes?

Chapter 13  Putting It All Together

Stimulus Control

A Look into Learning Environments