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
